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Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs
Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.
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Washington Politics
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National Political News
- Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs
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- Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses
- House to consider cuts to food stamps
- Capitol's Frederick Douglass statue to be unveiled
- Obama relying on untested oversight board on NSA
- Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill
- Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss
- Rural lawmakers push for farm bill votes in House
- NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled
Washington Insider Blog
- CBO: Immigration bill reduces deficit
- McCain raps Obama on secret e-mails
- U.S. Intelligence denies warrantless eavesdropping
- Justice Department conferences get attention in Congress
- Congress struggles for answers on NSA surveillance
- Top U.S. general disputes Benghazi attack story
- Details of Senate immigration reform bill
Government Finance and Taxes
- Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses
- Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill
- US: Immigration overhaul would cut federal deficit
- CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economy
- Hallmark to film TV series in Telluride
- IRS worker: No political bias against tea party
- House, Senate on diverging paths on agency budgets
2012 Elections
National Election Headlines
- CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economy
- House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill
- McCaskill endorses Ready for Hillary group
- Obama's influence, limitations on display at G-8
- Court: Ariz. citizenship proof law illegal
- Immigration splits GOP's national, House interests
- Immigration bill could decide 2016, senator says
- Graham: Without immigration, GOP to fail in 2016
- Less US urgency at G-8 in call for European growth
- Christie maintains a political balancing act
- Obama taps finance director as envoy to Denmark
- Jeb Bush: Immigrants 'more fertile,' fuel economy
- Hillary Clinton turning toward nonprofit world
- Rand Paul's NSA rebukes could help or hurt in 2016
- Debate over social issues emerges
Gomez, Markey Class in Mass. Senate Debate
The candidates for the open US Senate seat from Massachusetts clashed over tax policy. Democratic Congressman Ed Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez are competing for the seat that Secretary of State John Kerry vacated.
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