It’s time for Congress to end the restrictions that for more than half a century have prevented most Americans from visiting Cuba, a bipartisan group of senators said Tuesday.
AP – Don’t have a cow, man! The Simpsons will appear on postage stamps.
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Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday proposed cutting greenhouse gases by one-fifth over the next decade, a faster clip than urged by President Barack Obama.
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AP – Ten years and a day after a jury awarded Mayola Williams nearly $80 million in punitive damages in her fight with a cigarette maker, the Supreme Court said Tuesday she can collect her share.
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AP – Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday proposed cutting greenhouse gases by one-fifth over the next decade, a faster clip than urged by President Barack Obama.
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Politico – Blog: The White House heard in two meetings today from non-profit officials…
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President Barack Obama’s second choice for Health and Human Services secretary is getting ready to make her Senate debut.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is expected to get a friendly reception from the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Tuesday. It was unclear whether the committee chairman, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., who’s been battling brain cancer, would preside.
Sebelius’ appearance comes nearly two months after Obama’s first choice for HHS secretary, former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, withdrew from consideration while apologizing for failing to pay $140,000 in taxes and interest.
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The head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says Mexico’s government may be stretched thin — but it’s not on the brink of collapse in its bloody war with drug gangs.
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Rep. Gregory W. Meeks speaks on Capitol Hill Monday. Meeks called for minority- and women-owned businesses to have more of a role in the economic recovery plan.
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Barack Obama might be the new president, but to hear Republicans tell it, Nancy Pelosi is really running things.
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AP – In his first presidential trip across the Atlantic, Barack Obama hopes to convince European allies that his young administration can improve the global economy and the United States’ image.
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Politico – “The West Wing” is back — sort of.
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