President Obama tweets during a Twitter town hall meeting Wednesday at the White House as Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey watches; Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images In a live "Twitter town hall" meeting Wednesday, President Obama fielded tweeted questions…

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4:30 p.m. ET | A second vote in the House of Representatives Friday portrayed a complex portrait on Congress' attitude toward the Libya mission, with a vote to cut off some of its funding falling short by a 238-180 vote.

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Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., walk to the budget talk meeting with Vice President Biden and other Congressional leaders in Sen. Reid's office on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (Photo By…

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Chubby cheeks for babies may not be so cute after all. A report released Thursday afternoon by the Institute of Medicine offers a stark reminder that obese babies often become obese adults -- and a series of simple…

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President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) President Obama welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House Friday, one day after a major…

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Bahrain doctors treat protestors in February. AFP/Getty photo. Doctors Detained in Bahrain Report Abuse More than 100 medical workers have been targeted and detained by Bahrain's government in recent months for their role in aiding protestors, say human…

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As the Obama administration pushes ahead with plans to increase the use of electronic medical records, two internal reports released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services revealed "significant concerns" about security gaps in the system.

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Donald Trump attends South Florida Tax Day Tea Party Rally on April 16, 2011 in Boca Raton, Fla. (Photo by Larry Marano/Getty Images) Billionaire real estate tycoon and reality TV star Donald Trump announced Monday he will not run…

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Thursday on Capitol Hill represented a significant shift in narrative, as attention turned from the minute details of the death of Osama bin Laden to the looming debate over the budget, the debt ceiling and gas prices. Gas…

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Congressional leaders and the White House averted a government shutdown Friday evening by agreeing to cut almost $40 billion in federal spending on non-entitlement and non-defense projects from current levels. This was a rare move for Congress, which rarely…

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