Washington Week: Focus on Budget Deadline 聚焦华盛顿关注预算最后期限 President Barack Obamas trip to South Africa to attend a memorial service for former president Nelson Mandela comes as Congress works to wrap up pressing end-of-year bu

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The move to seven day work in the NHS will be one of the government's biggest tasks of the next five years. But it says the benefits for patients are worthy their pay for. The lark of surgence and consultants that the weekends sort cut around 3000 li

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Deal Announced to End Budget Impasse at US Aviation Agency 联邦航空局预算陷入僵局 Another political standoff in Washington appears to be over. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid announced Thursday that lawmakers have agreed to approve an em

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In U.S. politics, there is no issue that divides Democrats and Republicans more than their vastly different views on the role and size of the central government. That political divide is at the heart of the intensifying debate over the federal budget

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As the U.S. recession cuts into government budgets across the country, some public agencies are struggling more than others. Several state-funded defense attorneys say they have fewer resources to handle the flood of clients accused of crimes or othe

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The border between the United States and Mexico has been getting a lot of attention lately and U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to visit the area again on Thursday. He wants Congress to approve $5.6 billion in funding for a wall along the U.S.

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