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FAA furloughs and political football
4/25/13 4:24 PM
Williams interview April 23, 2013
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House GOP gears up for summer debt showdown
4/24/13 3:00 PM
Get ready for another debt showdown this summer.
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Sen. Baucus to retire
4/23/13 11:34 AM
The 72-year-old Democrat has served six terms. He helped steer President Barack Obama's ambitious health care overhaul into law in 2010 but more recently broke with the president on gun control legislation.
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Bid for FBI building sets off regional competition
4/20/13 9:35 PM
The FBI's announcement that it needs a new home has touched off a virtual real estate beauty contest, with communities around the region jockeying for the opportunity to attract the law enforcement agency and the economic benefits.
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Local immigrants cautiously welcome U.S. immigration reform
4/17/13 8:02 PM
Mexicans reacted with cautious optimism to the immigration reform bill submitted to the U.S. Senate Wednesday, saying that while it proposes a long wait for migrants to gain U.S. citizenship, it at least gives them a stable path to do so.
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Political role reversal on the Tennessee Valley Authority
4/17/13 4:37 PM
Ellis interview April 16, 2013
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Takeaways from the quarterly campaign finance filing deadline
4/16/13 2:40 PM
Levinthal interview April 15, 2013
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Inside Washington April 14, 2013
4/14/13 8:57 AM
This week on Inside Washington: Is a bi-partisan deal on guns possible?
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Obama earned less in 2012, pays $112k in taxes
4/12/13 6:56 PM
President Obama made less in 2012 than in any other year since taking office, with about 40 percent of the nearly $609,000 in income that he and first lady Michelle Obama reported coming from book sales.
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George W. Bush advises brother Jeb to run for president
4/24/13 8:45 PM
In an interview aired Wednesday with ABC News, the former president says his brother would be, in his words, a "marvelous candidate."
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Bombing investigation doesn't slow down political fundraising
4/23/13 2:33 PM
Levinthal interview April 22, 2013
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That was the week that was
4/22/13 4:22 PM
Burkman and Fowler interview April 22, 2013
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Inside Washington April 21, 2013
4/20/13 9:43 AM
Watch this week's episode of Inside Washington.
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Senate rejects bipartisan gun control measure
4/17/13 6:13 PM
Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades on Wednesday.
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Congressman wanted National Guard out of Boston Marathon
4/16/13 2:56 PM
As recently as a year ago, a Georgia Congressman was openly wondering whether it was necessary to mobilize National Guard troops at major sporting events, specifically referencing the Boston Marathon, according to Politico.
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That was the week that was
4/15/13 4:45 PM
Burkman and Fowler interview April 12, 2013
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Newtown mom subs for Obama, pleads for gun control (Video)
4/14/13 8:57 AM
Francine Wheeler, the mother of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Connecticut school shooting, filled in for President Barack Obama during the weekly radio and Internet address from the White House, saying, "Please help us do something before our tragedy becomes your tragedy." (Video)
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First Lady to give Bowie State commencement
4/11/13 1:37 PM
The White House announced that Michelle Obama will address graduates at Eastern Kentucky University, Bowie State University in Bowie, Md., and Martin Luther King Academic Magnet High School for Health Sciences and Engineering in Nashville, Tenn.
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