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  • White House: Syria's Assad used chemical weapons against rebels

    By Brian Hughes | 06/13/13 05:50 PM

    White House officials on Thursday said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime used chemical weapons repeatedly against anti-government rebels, acknowledging the leader had crossed the "red line" that President Obama said would warrant deeper U.S. intervention in the nation's civil war....

  • Coverage may be unaffordable for low-wage workers

    06/13/13 04:51 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — It's called the Affordable Care Act, but President Barack Obama's health care law may turn out to be unaffordable for many low-wage workers, including employees at big chain restaurants, retail stores and hotels. That might seem strange since the law requires medium-sized...

  • US officials: Assad used chemical weapons

    06/13/13 04:27 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has concluded that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons against the opposition seeking to overthrow him, U.S. officials said Thursday, crossing what President Barack Obama has called a 'red line' that would trigger greater...

  • Obama administration: Some religions are more equal than others

    By Michael Barone | 06/13/13 02:45 PM

    The Obama administration “strongly objects” to a proposed House amendment to the defense authorization bill which would require, in the words of its sponsor, Rep. John Fleming (R-LA), “the Armed Forces to accommodate ‘actions and speech’ reflecting the conscience, moral, principles or...

  • NSA chief claims surveillance programs stopped 'dozens' of attacks

    By Brian Hughes | 06/12/13 07:30 PM

    The director of the National Security Agency, under fire for the widespread surveillance of U.S. phones and Internet servers, told lawmakers Wednesday that such data collections have foiled "dozens" of terrorist plots. Addressing the simmering controversy in the first open congressional...

  • US-China climate deal was long in the works

    By associated press | 06/12/13 06:00 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Disparate interests ranging from environmental activists to businesses and industry are lining up to support a first-of-its-kind deal between the U.S. and China to phase out a chemical blamed for climate change. Although it took most proponents by surprise, the deal was in...

  • White House: If lawmakers didn’t know about NSA program, that’s their fault

    By Joel Gehrke | 06/12/13 01:05 PM

    Congressional ignorance about the National Security Agency’s phone record collection exists because lawmakers skipped briefings on the program, according to President Obama’s spokesman, who maintained that the program had sufficient congressional oversight. “I think it’s been amply...

  • White House video on staff immigrants slammed by YouTube viewers

    By Paul Bedard | 06/12/13 12:45 PM

    The White House on Wednesday stepped up its campaign for immigration reform with a video of West Wing staffers talking about their immigrant roots, but it was immediately slammed by YouTube viewers as a whitewash of the issue of illegals pouring over the southern border. "The White House...

  • Obama challenges GOP on immigration as Senate advances bill

    By Brian Hughes | 06/11/13 05:45 PM

    In a thinly veiled threat to congressional Republicans, President Obama on Tuesday warned the GOP not to obstruct a comprehensive immigration-reform bill now advancing in the Senate, ending his virtual silence on an issue paramount to his second-term agenda. "If you're actually serious and...

  • Obama wishes 'speedy recovery' for ailing Mandela

    06/11/13 03:01 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is wishing for a "speedy recovery" for ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela. The 94-year-old Mandela is currently in a Johannesburg hospital, receiving treatment for a recurring lung infection. White House spokesman Jay Carney says...


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