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    Potential Deal on Border Security Could Boost Immigration Bill's Outlook

    Jun 20, 2013 01:05 PM EDT

    ... say that what I think you can expect to see tomorrow is a substantial improvement -- a substantial improvement -- in the border security parts of this bill." In a signal of the delicate political balance Rubio is attempting to strike, and a difficult pathway for the bill in the House, consider ...

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    Let the Games Begin: Romney Tries to Rebound From Olympics Gaffe

    Jul 27, 2012 01:49 PM EDT

    ... filled day of diplomacy. On Thursday, he had expressed doubt that the British were excited and that security and other issues wouldn't plague the games. But on Friday, he told NBC's "Today Show" that he was "absolutely convinced" London was prepared for the start of the Olympic Games ...

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    Opposition to House Tax Bill Not Limited to Traditional Liberal Districts

    Dec 14, 2010 08:40 PM EDT

    Rep. Christopher Van Hollen, D-Md.; Roll Call/Getty Images file photo Although House Democratic leaders said they would not block the compromise tax cuts bill from reaching the floor, it may reveal growing opposition from both representatives of traditional liberal districts and more middle-income districts where the politics ...

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    Extended Interview: Mary Nichols, California Air Resources Board

    Jun 25, 2008 04:00 AM EDT

    ... that we have to look at totally different fuels and technologies because of global warming, and we now have a mandate from our legislature. A bill signed by the governor that requires us to slash our emissions of greenhouse gases, which in effect means that you have to replace the ...

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    Extended Interview: Brit Hume

    Jan 31, 2002 05:00 AM EDT

    ... Bill O'Reilly and some of the others? BRIT HUME: Well, sure, Terry. But, again, these are subjective matters. You can make an argument that Bill O'Reilly is a conservative or a Republican, and he certainly, I think, lines up that way on some issues but not on all ...

  • Paris aims to rekindle love for the Olympics as the 100-day countdown begins

    Paris aims to rekindle love for the Olympics as the 100-day countdown begins

    Apr 15, 2024 10:16 PM EDT

    "We really were driven by the ambition of sobriety and above all not to build sports facilities that aren’t needed and which will have no reason to exist after the Games,” Marie Barsacq, the organizing committee's legacy director, said in an interview. The hand-me-down 50 ...

  • Hawaii closes last coal-fired power plant in bid to fight climate change

    Hawaii closes last coal-fired power plant in bid to fight climate change

    Sep 01, 2022 11:59 PM EDT

    ... fifth of the electricity on Oahu — the most populous island in a state of nearly 1.5 million people. “It really is about reducing greenhouse gases,” Hawaii Gov. David Ige said in an interview with The Associated Press. "And this coal facility is one of the largest emitters. Taking it ...

  • How Trump’s feud with Corker reflects the GOP’s shifting direction

    How Trump’s feud with Corker reflects the GOP’s shifting direction

    Oct 09, 2017 11:31 PM EDT

    ... be a retiring Republican senator from Tennessee, but his criticism of President Trump is ramping up. The latest escalation came in a New York Times interview, with Corker asserting Mr. Trump's reckless threats toward other countries could set the U.S. -- quote -- "on the path to World War III ...

  • What does North Carolina's HB2 compromise mean for LGBTQ rights?

    What does North Carolina's HB2 compromise mean for LGBTQ rights?

    Mar 30, 2017 11:13 PM EDT

    North Carolina's state legislature overwhelmingly voted to replace its so-called "bathroom bill" on Thursday, after suffering a business and economic backlash from a law that many saw as discriminatory. How do people see the compromise deal? Hari Sreenivasan talks to North Carolina State Representative Darren Jackson and Cathryn Oakley, senior legislative counsel for Human Rights...

  • 13 undeniably good things that happened in 2016

    13 undeniably good things that happened in 2016

    Dec 26, 2016 09:09 PM EDT

    It’s worth looking back through the debris of the last year to remember that it wasn’t all bad.