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Moniz: LNG exports on hold until data reviewed
51 mins ago
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on domestic natural gas supplies and prices.
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Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps
32 mins ago
The Senate has voted to keep a $400 million annual cut _ or roughly a half of 1 percent _ to the food stamp program in a farm bill it is considering this week.
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IRS official Lerner to take 5th at hearing
49 mins ago
A key figure in the Internal Revenue Service controversy plans to invoke her constitutional right not to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
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No new funds needed for Okla. tornado recovery
51 mins ago
Top lawmakers and officials said Tuesday that the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma.
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IRS chief knew tea party groups targeted in 2012
53 mins ago
The former head of the Internal Revenue Service said he first learned in the spring of 2012 _ in the heat of the presidential campaign _ that agents had improperly targeted political groups that vehemently opposed President Barack Obama's policies.
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Key senator to let Myanmar sanctions bill lapse
70 mins ago
The top Senate Republican says he plans to let key sanctions legislation against Myanmar (mee-an-MAWR') lapse because of the country's progress toward democracy.
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Committee nears final vote on immigration bill
1 hour 46 mins ago
Far-reaching immigration legislation neared a final committee vote on Tuesday as the White House and Democratic supporters pressed the panel's chairman to delay a showdown over the rights of gay spouses until a debate in the full Senate.
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FBI ID's Benghazi suspects _ but no arrests yet
1 hour 46 mins ago
The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers.
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Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled
An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.
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World
Nigeria: Islamic extremist inmates to be released
Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists _ including all the women now held ...
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Finance
Oil slips as traders wait for Fed, supply data
The price of oil fell Tuesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy.
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