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Obama to renew calls for nuclear reductions

President Barack Obama listens to French President Francois Hollande during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The final day of the G-8 summit of wealthy nations is ending with discussions on globe-trotting corporate tax dodgers, a lunch with leaders from Africa, and suspense over whether Russia and Western leaders can avoid diplomatic fireworks over their deadlock on Syria’s civil war. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said.


Posted on 19 June 2013 | 1:50 am

Rural lawmakers push for farm bill votes in House

WASHINGTON (AP) — Farm-state lawmakers are scrambling to win bipartisan support for a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill on the House floor this week.

Posted on 19 June 2013 | 12:41 am

NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled

From left, Deputy Attorney General James Cole; National Security Agency (NSA) Deputy Director Chris Inglis; NSA Director Gen. Keith B. Alexander; Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce; and Robert Litt, general counsel to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing regarding NSA surveillance. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying.


Posted on 19 June 2013 | 12:21 am

Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law

WASHINGTON (AP) — There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.

Posted on 19 June 2013 | 12:09 am

Today in History

Today is Wednesday, June 19, the 170th day of 2013. There are 195 days left in the year.

Posted on 19 June 2013 | 12:01 am

D.C. is Getting a Duggar

D.C. is Getting a DuggarOne of the 19 Duggar children is leaving the family's home state of Arkansas and moving to D.C. for a job with the Family Research Council. There, Josh Duggar will take over as the Executive Director of FRCAction, the lobbying arm of the conservative organization probably best known for its anti-gay advocacy. 


Posted on 18 June 2013 | 9:39 pm

Should U.S. or Local Authorities Judge Border's Security? Americans Divided

Fewer than half of Americans think the Homeland Security Department should be responsible for determining if the country’s borders are secure, according to the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll, indicating a small preference for a national agency over state and local government.

Posted on 18 June 2013 | 7:50 pm

Americans Split on Linking Border Security and Citizenship in Immigration Reform

Most Americans say illegal immigrants should be allowed to remain in the country, but the public divides evenly on whether citizenship should be linked to stiff progress in securing the border, as many Senate Republicans are demanding, the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll has found.

Posted on 18 June 2013 | 7:49 pm

Doctors to Obama: Let us treat Guantanamo detainees on hunger strike

More than 150 doctors and other medical professionals are asking President Barack Obama to allow them to treat hunger strikers in the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "It is clear that they do not trust their military doctors," the physicians wrote in an open letter published in The Lancet medical journal on Tuesday. "Without [...]

Posted on 18 June 2013 | 7:01 pm

Obama’s Second-Term G-8 Dance Card: Judo With Putin, Trade, and Syria

BERLIN—President Obama arrived here to recapture some of his 2008 magic.

Posted on 18 June 2013 | 6:15 pm