Senate Democrats blocked a Republican measure that would provide $39.7 billion to the Homeland Security Department, refusing Tuesday to go along with a GOP condition that none of the money be used to implement President Obama's immigration actions to defer deportation for more than 5 million...
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The education gap between rich and poor continues to grow, becoming a chasm of opportunity that often blocks the search for a better economic life, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Obama budget seeks to spread the wealth; GOP calls it a pipe dream
President Obama launched the first clash in a series of budget battles Monday as he unveiled his nearly $4-trillion spending plan and accused Republicans of putting national security at risk over a political fight.
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White House seeks big increase in Pentagon budget
The Pentagon would get $585 billion next year under the Obama administration's proposed budget, reversing a five-year decline in military spending and blowing past mandatory spending caps imposed by Congress.
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After a massive coal ash spill coated the Dan River in North Carolina with 70 miles of toxic gunk a year ago, state lawmakers required coal ash stored at four Duke Energy plants in North Carolina to be moved to safer locations.
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view moreSunrise was still hours away when Ramon Maldonado showed up at an Arizona Department of Transportation office Monday hoping to get a driver’s license.
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