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WASHINGTON (AP) — The farm bill the Senate is considering this week would cut some farm subsidies but also expand government-subsidized crop insurance, a safety net used by many farmers in case of bad weather or lost revenue. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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The Smoking Gun Can Tell the AP What a Federal Leak Investigation Is Like
Posted by admin on May 18th, 2013
When, in 2006, the website The Smoking Gun released a secret CIA memo documenting prisoner organizing strategies at Guantanamo Bay, the FBI took notice. Now the site has posted details of the ensuing 44-month-long investigation, offering a timely glimpse into the black box of a Department of Justice leak prosecution. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! [...]
Senate votes to extend federal water projects law
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday put aside its partisan differences to extend the federal government’s main water resources law, which promotes investment in port improvements, flood protection, dam and levee projects and environmental restoration. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Federal appeals court says labor board can’t make employers post workers’ legal rights
Posted by admin on May 9th, 2013
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No Comments »Budget cuts nix $51m in federal work study
Posted by admin on April 29th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools in military communities and near tribal lands will receive $ 60 million less than expected this year. College students will earn $ 51 million less in federal work study programs. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Mississippi man to appear in federal court in ricin letters case
Posted by admin on April 29th, 2013
TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) – A Mississippi martial arts instructor is expected to appear in a federal court on Monday to face charges in connection with the mailing of letters containing the deadly poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials. Everett Dutschke, 41, was arrested on Saturday in Tupelo, Miss., after authorities searched [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Appear, case, Court, federal, Letters, Mississippi, Ricin No Comments »Federal government reviewing prison phone charges
Posted by admin on April 24th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Black Caucus pressed the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday to move swiftly to cut the costs that prison inmates and their families are paying for phone calls, an issue that has been tied up with the regulatory panel for a decade. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Gun control fight spills over to federal research
Posted by admin on April 23rd, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s fight over firearms restrictions isn’t limited to Congress. It’s also taking place in the halls of science — literally — where gun control advocates and the National Rifle Association differ over the direction federal research on gun violence should take. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Texas wants federal disaster aid it refused to give others
Posted by admin on April 18th, 2013
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Opinion of federal government hits record low: poll
Posted by admin on April 15th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans' opinion of the federal government has fallen to a record low even as they continue to view local and state governments favorably, according to Pew Research Center survey released on Monday. Just 28 percent of Americans rate the government in Washington favorably, the lowest percentage ever in a Pew survey and [...]
