WASHINGTONFormer U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said a letter by 47 Republican senators sent directly to Iran's government was out of step with the best traditions of American leadership and undermined sensitive, international talks with the

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Congress Wednesday to approve President Barack Obama's war powers request for the authority to use military force against Islamic State militants. We simply cannot allow this collection of murderers and th

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The U.S. Congress passed a spending bill Wednesday that will keep the government operating for another few months and provide $1.1 billion for efforts to combat the Zika virus. 美国国会星期三通过了一项拨款法案,使政府可以再维持

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To say Donald Trumps pivot to optimism came across as a character transplant would be an understatement. 说唐纳德?特朗普(Donald Trump)变得乐观就像是性格移植,是一种轻描淡写。 It was as though Barack Obama took to yelling ex

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Hello everyone, I'm Catherine Callaway at the CNN center in Atlanta, with a look at what's happening Now in The News. Republicans may be feeling a little bit better about their party's future this morning. Some crucial races for governor in New Jerse

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The White House says it's exploring new options to save the auto industry after a 14-billion-dollar bailout bill collapsed in the Senate yesterday. Congressional Democrats want the Bush Administration to act quickly. NPR's Debbi Elliot reports. Whit

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President Barack Obama has now scheduled what is being billed as a major address to Congress on health care for September 9th. The speech will come just one day after lawmakers return to the Capitol from their August recess. The move comes at a time

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The US House is expected to vote this hour on whether to extend expiring tax cuts for everyone, including the wealthy. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports the issue's been generating heated debate. Democrats say they want to keep lower tax rates from middl

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Five people including former Republican Senator Ted Stevens are confirmed dead following a plane crash in southern Alaska last night. NPR's Martin Costi with the latest. Ted Stevens was on board a single-engine plane that was flying in the southern p

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The Minerals Management Service and the US Coast Guard have launched the Marine Board of Investigation into the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. NPR's Debbie Elliott says the board is hearing testimony from witnesses of the April 20th incident. T

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Senate lawmakers have confirmed US Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the US Supreme Court. NPR's Audie Cornish reports the vote was 63-37. Elena Kagan is the first female solicitor general, and now she'll be one of three women sitting on the United St

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President Obama has met with the bipartisan leadership of Congress at the White House. They discussed financial re-regulation legislation. As NPRs Mara Liasson reports, the parties sound as though they are moving farther apart, not closer together on

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The blame game is playing out in Washington and pushes the government ever closer to a partial shutdown. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says just when it seemed Democrats and Republicans would have some kind of deal before the midnight deadline, t

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The budget standoff in Washington is weighing on negotiators as a government shutdown draws near. Hours after meeting with Congress's GOP leadership, President Obama made an unexpected appearance at the White House daily briefing, apparently frustrat

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The FBI will investigate allegations that Rupert Murdock's News Corp. hacked into the private phone accounts of 9/11 terrorism victims. A law enforcement source tells NPR the inquiry is at an early stage, and investigators are not making any predicti

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Donald Trumps Victory Speech NOV. 9, 2016 TRUMP: Thank you. Thank you very much, everyone. (APPLAUSE) Sorry to keep you waiting; complicated business; complicated. (APPLAUSE) Thank you very much. (APPLAUSE) TRUMP: Ive just received a call from Secret

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More and more people are trying to flee Port-au-Prince as the scope of the damage from Tuesday's major earthquake becomes clearer.Surivivors have been searching for lot ones in the rubbles-strewn in the streets.The death toll from 7.0 remains unknown

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AS IT IS 2016-07-27 A Clinton Finds a Changing Democratic Party The Democratic Party that is set to nominate Hillary Clinton for president is not the same party that twice nominated her husband, Bill Clinton, for president. The partys 2016 platform -

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GWEN IFILL:On Monday, the president laid out his agenda for his second term in office. Today, House Republicans took their first step to position themselves for a series of upcoming fiscal battles. MAN:The gentleman is recognized. GWEN IFILL:On the H

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WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly defeated an amendment of the Defense Authorization Act that would restrict surveillance of the American public by the National Security Agency (NSA). In a 205-217 vot

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