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Republican lawmaker says Clinton wiped clean email server
WASHINGTON - The Republican chairman of a House of Representatives committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi attacks said on Friday that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had failed to respond to the panel's subpoena for documents in the case.
- Arkansas Senate passes religion bill seen as targeting gays
- Senate Democrat Reid to retire; wants Schumer as next leader |
- Exclusive: Upset by Warren, U.S. banks debate halting some campaign donations |
- U.S. ethics panel probes Kentucky lawmaker over wife's lobbying
- Pentagon vows 'demanding but fair' in F-35 talks with Lockheed
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Kerry orders probe of U.S. State Department email procedures
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has asked the department's inspector general to look into procedures for handling emails by State Department employees, the department said on Friday.
Senate passes Republican budget with deep safety net cuts
WASHINGTON - The Senate passed a Republican-authored budget plan early on Friday that seeks $5.1 trillion in domestic spending cuts over 10 years while boosting military funding.
Senate delays vote on Medicare payment fix for two weeks
WASHINGTON - The Senate will wait more than two weeks before acting on a bill to permanently fix the flawed formula for reimbursing Medicare physicians, after an April 1 deadline to start a 21 percent cut in payment rates.
Japan PM Abe to address joint session of Congress
WASHINGTON - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will address a joint meeting of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on April 29, becoming the first Japanese leader to do so.