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Obama, Republicans maneuver over sequester, government shut-down

Obama, Republicans maneuver over sequester, government shut-down Two days after sequester-driven budget cuts went into effect, both sides in the battle – Republican lawmakers and the Obama White House...

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Paul Ryan’s New Medicare Plan Could Be Just Tip of the Iceberg

As Rep. Paul Ryan this week once again proposes reforms to Medicare, there are signs that others in Congress are acknowledging that Medicare deficits must be addressed. By Mark Trumbull The arrival of...

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Obama Launches ‘Charm Offensive’ On Capitol Hill. Does It Have Any Chance?

President Obama began meetings with lawmakers Tuesday to discuss everything from deficits to guns. He is not known for cultivating working relationships on the Hill, and at the same time, GOP...

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In Venezuela, divisions over Hugo Chávez extend from parliament to the dinner...

Polarization in Venezuela got worse under Hugo Chávez, with the rifts going far beyond politics to split cities, neighborhoods, and families. By Ezra Fieser CARACAS, VENEZUELA — Mourning Hugo Chávez...

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With Chávez gone, what do his young opponents want now?

A vibrant youth movement played a major role in Venezuela’s beleaguered opposition during the rule of Hugo Chávez. By Ezra Fieser CARACAS, VENEZUELA — Weeks before Hugo Chávez died, while he was holed...

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Advocates of Pre-K Pushing Obama: “Go To The Library”

By Mark Scheerer of the Nevada News Service LAS VEGAS — President Obama highlighted support for early learning in his State of the Union address. He should go to the library, according to advocates for...

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Councilman Steve Ross Running Scared

Right in the middle of the early voting process and within days of the April 2 primary election, desperately incumbent Las Vegas City Council in Ward 6, Steve Ross, distributed flyers full of...

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U.S. Supreme Court to take up Michigan affirmative action case

At issue in the Michigan affirmative action case is whether a ballot initiative violated the rights of minority students to try to influence school officials to adopt race-conscious admissions plans....

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Gay Marriage: How Supreme Court Cases Could End With a Whimper

A wildcard in the two landmark gay marriage cases before the Supreme Court this week is that the justices could rule on the question of ‘standing,’ not the core issue of whether Prop. 8 and DOMA...

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Councilman Steve Ross Running Scared

                                               False allegations and lies could be the reason Right in the middle of the early voting process and within days of the April 2 primary election, a...

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‘Obamagate’ danger for the GOP: political overreach

Republicans are jumping all over what they see as major scandals in the Obama administration, including Benghazi, the IRS, and checking journalists’ phone records. But some in the GOP are warning...

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Ted Moody meets with Las Vegas Tribune Editorial Board

Showing great interest in changing the pattern of discrimination against this newspaper by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, former Assistant Sheriff and now candidate for Sheriff, Ted...

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Sheriff Candidate Gordon Martines alleges discrimination/ethics violation...

An article published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal by Mike Blasky last week, Oct. 1, 2013, exalted and praised the latest candidate to run for 2014 Clark County Sheriff: Captain Larry Burns. At the...

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Shutdown EPA workers clean up a river anyway

In response to the federal government shutdown, a group of Environmental Protection Agency staffers in Georgia made cleaning up a local creek a ‘do it yourself’ project. By Cynthia DanielScientists...

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Ted Moody meets with Las Vegas Tribune Editorial Board

Showing great interest in changing the pattern of discrimination against this newspaper by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, former Assistant Sheriff and now candidate for Sheriff, Ted...

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With shutdown and default clocks ticking, lawmakers hit an impasse

Four days before a possible U.S. government default on its debt, lawmakers failed to reach agreement. That, says a European central banker, could be ‘very negative for the U.S. economy and the world...

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How Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats misrepresented ACA

Destroying your health-insurance plan wasn’t a ‘bug’ in Obamacare — it was an intentional, core feature By Steven Miller Nevada Journal Barack Obama wasn’t the only high-profile public figure who...

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Radel resigns from Congress in wake of a cocaine scandal

Rep. Trey Radel of Florida, a once-rising star in the Tea Party movement, said in his resignation letter Monday that he can no longer ‘fully and effectively serve,’ after a conviction for buying...

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How Detroit’s bankruptcy could affect immigration reform dialogue

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is proposing to recruit 50,000 immigrants to revitalize Detroit. It’s a long shot, but it could tweak the dialogue around immigration reform. By Noelle Swan Gov. Rick Snyder...

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