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Published May 18th, 2013 - 12:32PM
First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.
Published May 18th, 2013 - 10:07AM
President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf - in the rain.
Published May 18th, 2013 - 8:07AM
Virginia's activist conservative attorney general has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by acclamation.
Published May 18th, 2013 - 6:47AM
The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.
Published May 18th, 2013 - 6:07AM
There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.
Published May 18th, 2013 - 3:07AM
President Barack Obama is calling attention to his economic proposals and efforts to expand the middle class.
Published May 18th, 2013 - 12:52AM
Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.
Published May 18th, 2013 - 12:47AM
Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action for action" by deepening ties in response to democratic reforms.
Published May 18th, 2013 - 12:32AM
Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.
Published May 17th, 2013 - 3:52PM
Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional.
Published May 17th, 2013 - 3:47PM
Any confrontation over the nation’s debt ceiling is now unlikely until after Labor Day.
Published May 17th, 2013 - 3:32PM
An elite group of federal employees is set to receive cash bonuses despite this year’s automatic budget cuts, according to a report that a Senate subcommittee issued Friday.
Published May 17th, 2013 - 3:27PM
The White House says President Barack Obama has met with Daniel Werfel, the new acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.
Published May 17th, 2013 - 2:47PM
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control.
Published May 17th, 2013 - 2:32PM
Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. wants to see Bangladesh move forward on improving labor standards after a building collapse that killed hundreds of garment workers.


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