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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:53 PM
Chairman Ben Bernanke says the Federal Reserve could scale back its $85 billion in monthly bond purchases later this year if the economy continues to improve.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:58 PM
FBI Director Robert Mueller is cautioning Congress to give careful consideration before making any changes to the National Security Agency programs for mass collection of people's phone records and information from the Internet.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:59 PM
A bipartisan group of senators is floating a proposal that would avoid the doubling of rates on student loans on July 1.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:41 AM
President Barack Obama is calling climate change "the global threat of our time."
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:05 PM
A State Department official says the United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, in the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:17 AM
President Barack Obama proposed reducing the American nuclear arsenal by as much as a third on Wednesday, directing the Defense Department to align the United States with what the administration says are the more credible threats of the 21st century.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:13 AM
Secretary of State John Kerry leaves Friday to visit seven countries on a trip focusing on global issues such as the Syrian crisis, Middle East peace and the West's standoffs with Iran and North Korea over their nuclear programs.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:22 AM
A former enforcer for James "Whitey" Bulger has been grilled by Bulger's attorney about varying stories he told over the years about killings he says were orchestrated by Bulger and his gang.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:50 AM
Country singer Slim Whitman has died at the age of 90 in Florida.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:37 AM
A Florida judge has read the formal charge against George Zimmerman to 40 potential jurors who could be selected to decide if he committed murder when he shot Trayvon Martin.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:39 AM
The NSA is reviewing whether to stop collecting a vast stockpile of records of Americans’ telephone calls by allowing telecommunications companies to retain the data until U.S. intelligence officials have a specific reason to review it.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:33 AM
Peace talks between the United States and the Taliban were thrown into doubt Wednesday – less than 24 hours after they were announced – when Afghan President Hamid Karzai angrily suspended his involvement.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:15 AM
President Barack Obama says lives have been saved by sweeping surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:26 AM
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:38 AM
An influential Republican senator says the Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:36 AM
Attorneys in the George Zimmerman murder trial are set for the next phase of jury selection.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:37 AM
A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:34 AM
The obscure oversight board that President Barack Obama wants to scrutinize the National Security Agency's secret surveillance system is little known for good reason.
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Updated: Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:33 AM
Supporters of a far-reaching immigration bill in the Senate see fresh momentum from a report by the Congressional Budget Office that the measure would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits by billions of dollars.
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Updated: Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:12 PM
Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith says he learned from a family member that the 33-year-old died early Tuesday.
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