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    Immigration Reform Advocates Hail CBO Deficit Score

    Jun 19, 2013 01:15 PM EDT

    ... time an agent has shot a person. Their investigation follows the murky shooting of a man in Florida as the FBI questioned him about the Boston marathon bombing suspects. Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone piece on Stanley McChrystal prompted the general's eventual resignation, died in a car ...

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    Watch Live: Obama Addresses Drones, Gitmo

    May 23, 2013 01:43 PM EDT

    ... led war in Afghanistan has decimated al-Qaida's core, even as new threats emerge elsewhere. Against the backdrop of last month's deadly double-bombing at the Boston Marathon, administration officials said Obama will highlight the persistent threat of homegrown terrorists - militants or extremists who are either American citizens ...

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    Obama Ponders Time Left in Office as Probes Pile Up

    May 14, 2013 01:25 PM EDT

    ... focus on a newly proposed guest worker program. The Washington Post's David Nakamura explores the monitoring of foreign students in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. Democratic Sen. Al Franken remains unchallenged in Minnesota after GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen declined to run for Senate or governor. American Bridge ...

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    The Calendar Says 2013, but It Feels Like 2016

    May 03, 2013 12:58 PM EDT

    ... win in South Carolina's first district primary on Tuesday. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was in Denver on Thursday and told students that the Boston Marathon bombings highlight the sensitivity of racial profiling. The Republican group focused on rapid response has a new Tumblr. It has looks at the ...

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    Gun Control Advocates Lose 'Round One'

    Apr 18, 2013 01:31 PM EDT

    ... NewsHour, WNYC's Todd Zwillich explained to Hari Sreenivasan that the scare and evacuations of Senate office buildings added to already frayed nerves since the Boston bombings. On that front, it remains unclear whether law enforcement officials have a suspect. Most of the news focused on how badly the media ...

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    Manchin-Toomey Deal on Background Checks Facing Uphill Climb

    Apr 17, 2013 01:29 PM EDT

    Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband Mark Kelly arrive at the Capitol Tuesday with Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., left, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. Emotional appeals. A tense week on Capitol Hill. A moment of truth, for some. The Senate on Wednesday will begin voting on a series...