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President Obama, seeking to put the prosperity and promise of the middle class at the heart of his second-term agenda, called on Congress on Tuesday night to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour, saying that would lift millions out of poverty and energize the economy.

‘Stop-and-frisk’ continues to pop up in the former mayor’s meetings with black leaders.

In his first few events as a Democratic presidential candidate, billionaire Michael Bloomberg has huddled with black elected officials and activists in Mississippi, addressed a diverse gathering of party leaders in Texas and toured an African-American history museum in Georgia.

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President Obama will announce Tuesday he is planning to sidestep Congress to implement a national plan to combat climate change that will include the first-ever federal regulations on carbon dioxide emitted by existing power plants, despite adamant opposition from Republicans and some energy producers.

As the U.S. gross domestic product takes a hit from lower defense budgets, federal spending cuts viewed as unthinkable a few months ago -- $1.2 trillion falling heavily on the Pentagon -- are seen as likely starting March 1.