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Aug 12 2014
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Top Obama Housing Official Carol Galante to Step Down
A top government housing official plans to step down toward year's end, a move that would leave a void at a critical time for the Obama administration as it struggles to expand access to mortgage credit.
Carol Galante, the commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration, steered the agency through a turbulent period in which it was forced to seek last year the first congressional
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jan 07 2013
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Study: Immigration dominates federal law enforcement
The federal government spends more on immigration enforcement than on all other national law enforcement combined, according to a new report from the Migration Policy Institute on Monday. The findings come as Congress prepares for a major battle over immigration legislation this year, and the report indicates that the government already has taken many of the steps to build internal enforcement
Washington Times
Jun 09 2015
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High Court Ruling Against Gay Marriage Would Produce 'Chaos'
Gay and lesbian couples could face legal chaos if the Supreme Court rules against same-sex marriage in the next few weeks.
Same-sex weddings could come to a halt in many states, depending on a confusing mix of lower-court decisions and the sometimes-contradictory views of state and local officials.
Among the 36 states in which same-sex couples can now marry are 20 in which
Newsmax (News)
Nov 08 2012
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‘Fiscal cliff’ nudges deal-making talk
House Speaker John A. Boehner offered the first olive branch Wednesday in what is expected to be a frenetic spate of postelection deal-making to avert the looming “fiscal cliff, saying the GOP will let the government collect more tax revenue if President Obama will drop his plan to raise tax rates on the wealthy.
Washington Times
Jan 18 2014
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Obama on NSA: A reluctant reformer
We’re not really sorry, but we’ll change. That was the message President Barack Obama delivered on behalf of the U.S. government Friday as he announced results of a six-month-long policy review triggered by leaker Edward Snowden’s disclosures about top-secret National Security Agency programs sweeping up vast amounts of U.S. calling data and tap
Politico
Apr 16 2015
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High school, middle school kids now use more e-cigs than tobacco: CDC
The number of middle and high school students using electronic cigarettes tripled between 2013 and 2014, according to government figures released Thursday, a startling increase that public health officials fear could reverse decades of efforts combating the scourge of smoking.
The use of e-cigarettes among teenagers has eclipsed the use of traditional cigarettes and all other tobacco
Washington Post
Jan 14 2015
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First 'Charlie Hebdo' issue since attack sells out
The first edition of Charlie Hebdo since terror attacks in Paris last week left 17 people dead sold out at newsstands across France shortly after going on sale Wednesday.
Residents in Paris formed lines at dawn and by mid-morning kiosks sported signs that said "No more Charlie Hebdo" and "Out of stock." Local French media reported scuffles broke out as people realized copies were
USA TODAY
Jun 08 2012
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Holder Directs U.S. Attorneys to Track Down Paths of Leaks
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday assigned two United States attorneys to lead separate criminal investigations into recent disclosures to the news media of national security secrets, saying they were authorized to “follow all appropriate investigative leads within the executive and legislative branches of government.
New York Times (News)
Sep 05 2015
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'Exceptional response' as thousands of migrants pour into Austria
Thousands of migrants arrived in Austria and many more were heading there on foot Saturday as European countries broke a stalemate and began finding ways to take in the masses of humanity.
Hungary, which had spent days stopping migrants from leaving by train, provided buses to take them into Austria. The government relented under international pressure and after desperate refugees who
USA TODAY
Jan 17 2020
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Senate Opens Trump Impeachment Trial as New Ukraine Revelations Emerge
The chief justice was sworn in as the presiding officer and senators swore to do “impartial justice,” as the Senate opened only the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history.
The Senate formally opened the impeachment trial of President Trump on Thursday, bracing for a deeply divisive debate over his fate as senators swore to deliver “impartial justice” and installed Chief
New York Times (News)