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NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled
1 hour 50 mins ago
The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying.
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Rural lawmakers push for farm bill votes in House
89 mins ago
Farm-state lawmakers are scrambling to win bipartisan support for a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill on the House floor this week.
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Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law
2 hours 1 min ago
There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.
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CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economy
3 hours 18 mins ago
Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated 8 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully.
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House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill
5 hours 32 mins ago
The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women.
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IRS worker: No political bias against tea party
6 hours 53 mins ago
An Internal Revenue Service manager and self-described conservative Republican said the close scrutiny of tea party groups' tax forms originated in his Cincinnati IRS office and not in Washington, according to a full transcript of his interview by congressional investigators released Tuesday.
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Military plans would put women in most combat jobs
7 hours 6 mins ago
Declaring "the days of Rambo are over," a top general said Tuesday that cultural, social and behavioral concerns may be bigger hurdles than tough physical fitness requirements for women looking to join the military's special operations units.
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AP sources: 4 US troops killed in Afghanistan
7 hours 11 mins ago
Defense officials say four U.S. troops were killed Tuesday at or near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
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Hitchhiking cat 'Mata Hairi' headed home to Oregon
A well-traveled cat named "Mata Hairi" will soon be reunited with her owner after spending nearly 10 months traveling thousands of miles with a hitchhiker who rescued her from the rain.
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