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General Motors and the US auto safety regulator faced fresh scrutiny Tuesday as Congress launched a probe into why both were slow to act on a problem with GM cars linked to 13 deaths.
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by AFP
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A senior US senator on Tuesday accused the Central Intelligence Agency of illegally searching computers of Senate staff members who were investigating a CIA interrogation program.Dianne Feinstein, the powerful chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Comm...
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by AFP
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President Barack Obama’s proposed 2015 budget asks for a fraction of a percent increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and a one percent boost in funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Fighting Congressman Manny Pacquiao has not officially announced his intention to seek a senate seat in the 2016 national elections but presidential aspirant and incumbent Vice-President Jejomar Binay has already included him in his senatorial slate.
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The CIA's internal watchdog is investigating allegations that the agency improperly spied on Senate staffers probing secret details of a now-defunct interrogation program.Senator Dianne Feinstein acknowledged Wednesday the existence of the probe, which...
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by AFP
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US lawmakers who support steady relaxation of state laws on marijuana sparred with Obama administration officials who continue to label the drug in the same high-danger category as heroin.The Drug Enforcement Administration's chief deputy said marijuan...
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by Michael Mathes (AFP)
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China has banned delegates to its annual rubber-stamp parliament from holding banquets, an official said Tuesday as the government tries to improve its image following regular corruption scandals.Delegates to the National People's Congress (NPC), which...
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by AFP
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After a lifetime of farming and mining in the hills of southwest China, Zhang Zongfu was thrust into subsidised housing closer to town, and into a monumental urbanisation drive aimed at boosting growth.Zhang likes his newly built digs, which are effect...
In the Media
by Carol Huang (AFP)
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War is costly, not only in human lives lost, but to a nation. With the withdrawal of our forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military is under ordered budget cuts, making it an impossibility to retain many of those soldiers.
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During the 11th grade I was "selected" (really my parents paid for the right) to participate in a "leadership conference" in Washington D.C.
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Michele Bachmann, speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C.
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The following thoughts came to me from a friend’s email. I do not know if Mr. Junius P. Long actually exists or if...
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UPDATE: CSPAN @cspan .@SenRandPaul #filibuster #filiblizzard lasted 12hrs 52min (11:47am - 12:39am ET). As the...
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As the U.S. Congress once again pushes the country toward the limits of the debt ceiling, interest rates are likely to...
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As we start the new year, one would hope that we could look forward to better times and better lives. However, in the...
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Librarian of Congress James Billington is absolutely correct when he noted there is a difference between best and,...
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