Obama's Last Nuclear Summit Has New Urgency After Brussels Terror Attacks
President Obama hosts the fourth and final nuclear summit of his presidency, a gathering of 52 world leaders including China aimed at getting voluntary pledges to secure nuclear materials and guard nu...
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FBI's Cracking of iPhone Leaves Unsettling Questions
The high-profile debate over whether law enforcement should be able to force Apple to unlock iPhones when investigating criminal cases is over. But unsettling questions remain over how the government ...
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Brussels Terror Attacks Underscore Concerns Over ‘Soft Targets’ in U.S.
The terror attacks in Brussels have spurred much discussion about whether such an incident could happen in the United States. Experts and national security minded members of Congress note that while b...
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Lifting the Cuban Embargo
President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Cuba is over, but how his diplomacy affects the United States' ties with its Caribbean neighbor is very much an open question. While the administration and it...
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Working for Medicaid
The handful of red state governors and lawmakers who have been willing to expand Medicaid under the 2010 health care law have tried to put their own spin on the program – and one of their favorites ha...
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GOP Tension Over Budget
Speaker Paul Ryan’s goal of passing a budget plan for fiscal 2017 is being sidelined by hardline conservatives in the House of Representatives. Though the budget is largely symbolic and can’t become l...
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Obama Puts Republican Senators in a Tough Spot
President Obama put Senate Republicans on the spot by nominating Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. A former prosecutor who’s served 19 years on the powerful U.S. Court of Appea...
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Obama's SCOTUS Pick Nears
President Obama will soon select a nominee to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. What happens after that is unclear. Senate Republicans who control the confirmation process have vowed not to...
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