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Myanmar ruling party: Suu Kyi coalition possible
The chief of Myanmar's pro-military party said Wednesday he is not ruling out a coalition government with the opposition party of Aung San Suu Kyi after crucial elections in 2015 if it's in the national interest. In the past two weeks, both lower house speaker Shwe Mann and Nobel laureate ...
Border security at issue in immigration bill
Bickering across a deep divide, supporters of immigration legislation pushed back hard Wednesday against Republican demands for tougher border security measures before millions living illegally in the country could take the first steps toward U.S. citizenship. Even modest changes were snared in the political crossfire that erupted on the first ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Public outrage over government surveillance has led to many lawsuits, no results SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Before there was Edward Snowden and the leak of explosive documents showing widespread government surveillance, there was Mark Klein — a telecommunications technician who alleged that AT&T was allowing U.S. spies to siphon vast ...
Immigration debate clears procedural Senate hurdle
In Spanish and English, the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over early procedural hurdles with deceptive ease on Tuesday as President Barack Obama insisted the "moment is now" to give 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally a chance at citizenship. Despite the lopsided votes, Republicans served notice they ...
US immigration debate clears Senate hurdle
In Spanish and English, the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over an early procedural hurdle with deceptive ease on Tuesday as President Barack Obama insisted the "moment is now" to give 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally a chance at citizenship. Despite the lopsided, 82-15 vote, Republicans served ...
NYC bomb plot details settle little in NSA debate
The Obama administration declassified a handful of details Tuesday that credited its PRISM Internet spying program with intercepting a key email that unraveled a 2009 terrorist plot in New York. The details, declassified by the director of national intelligence, were circulated on Capitol Hill as part of government efforts to ...
Senate GOP leader calls NSA programs legal
The Senate Republican leader says the National Security Agency programs are legal and subject to rigorous oversight as he questioned the motivation of the private contractor who leaked information about the surveillance operations. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky told reporters on Tuesday that Edward Snowden, who disclosed details about two ...
Obama exhorts Congress to act on immigration
President Barack Obama prodded Congress Tuesday to send him a bill by autumn remaking U.S. nation's immigration laws, even as the Senate prepared to cast its first floor votes on the landmark measure opening a door to citizenship for millions. Obama's objective is to make overhaul of the immigration system ...
Chiesa sworn in as New Jersey's new senator
Jeffrey Chiesa of New Jersey became the Senate's newest member on Monday, but he'll only be around for about four months. The 47-year-old Republican took his seat after a swearing-in ceremony led by Vice President Joe Biden. GOP Gov. Chris Christie picked his attorney general to serve as interim senator ...
News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 a.m. EDT
Ky.'s senators blocked in effort to legalize hemp LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's U.S. senators suffered a setback Thursday in their efforts to re-establish industrial hemp as a legal crop, but they vowed to continue their campaign after getting blocked as they tried to attach hemp language to the Senate ...
Dems pouring money, Obama into Mass. Senate race
Fearful of another surprise Republican victory, Democrats are pouring money into the Massachusetts Senate race to succeed John Kerry and dispatching President Barack Obama to the state to rally party loyalists two weeks before Election Day. Republicans are watching closely to see if the contest tightens enough to justify spending ...
COMMENTARY: POWER TO THE PRESCHOOLERS
c.2013 New York Times News Service “Spread the word about President Obama’s plan to provide high-quality preschool for every kid in America,” twittered the White House on Wednesday. We all know that nothing on the planet compares to the awesome power of social media. But it may require more than ...
Kentucky editorial roundup
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: May 31 The Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky., on Walmart helping veterans adapt: Transitioning from military life to civilian life, especially for those who have served in combat, has to be difficult, but it is good to know that there are people and businesses out ...
New Jersey Sen. Lautenberg dead at 89
The next time a flight attendant reminds you there's no smoking or you witness a teenager getting carded at a liquor store, think of Frank Lautenberg. The liberal Democratic senator from New Jersey left his mark on the everyday lives of millions of Americans, whether they know it or not. ...
Martinez plans fundraiser in Washington, DC
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez travels to the nation's capital next week for a re-election fundraiser featuring prominent Republicans from across the country. Martinez political adviser Jay McCleskey said Tuesday's fundraiser is the first for the governor this year in Washington, D.C. Among the "featured guests" at the fundraising reception ...
Partisan showdown looms over DC circuit nominees
A partisan showdown is looming over what is known as the nation's second-highest court, with President Barack Obama poised to nominate as many as three choices for the understaffed U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington in the face of a Republican proposal to distribute its vacancies to other parts of ...
Feds pull plug on Ky. uranium plant and 1,000 jobs
The operator of a Cold War-era plant in western Kentucky that supplies enriched uranium to nuclear power plants said Friday it planned to cease production after federal energy officials decided to end its work, putting more than 1,000 workers out of high-paying jobs with benefits. The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant ...
IRS replaces official in tea party controversy
Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner was placed on ...
Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill
A key House committee chairman on Wednesday sharply criticized a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee, underscoring the difficulties ahead as the politically volatile measure moves forward in a divided Congress. Separately, a bipartisan House group that has been working behind the scenes to craft its own ...
Gov't dysfunction may be baked into the system
The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so. Yet despite years of hand-wringing in both parties, little progress has been made toward changing congressional rules on filibusters, senatorial "holds" on presidential nominees and other stalling ploys. ...
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