CNN 2010-10-24

Today is the day when Britain steps back from the brink, when we confront the bills from a decade of debt. A day of rebuilding when we set out a four-year plan to put our public services and welfare state on a sustainable footing, reform is one of th

NPR 2010-05-31

New plans to try to contain BP's massive oil spill are in place. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports the company's managing director visited the Sunday news talk shows today to explain its latest containment strategy. It's clear that no long-term solution is ye

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AP 2011-09-26

1. The man who was heading the Afghan government's effort to engage Taliban insurgents in peace talks has been assassinated. President Barack Obama says the killing of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani will not deter the US and Afghanistan

AP 2010-09-27

1. President Barack Obama turns his attention to the world stage today. When he delivers a speech at the annual UN General Assembly, Obama is expected to emphasize his efforts to promote peace and stability in Iraq and the Middle East while counterin

CNN 2012-07-07

We will talk a bit in a moment about the politics of repealing the Healthcare Acts as well as the tricky but by no means impossible mechanics of it. First the tax penalty. Join us now Ari Fleischer, CNN political contributor and former White House pr

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CNN 2010-12-13

Order, the ayes to the right 323, the noes to the left 302, so ayes have it, the ayes have it. 323 saying yes, 302 saying no, the measure passes. This information is going to now trickle down to those who were outside. This polling is disgraced. So,

NPR 2011-01-05

In response to a very public embarrassment for the Pentagon, the Navy has stripped a senior officer of his command of the USS Enterprise. A disgraced captain, Owen Honors, was removed from his post this afternoon several years after he produced and s

美国国家公共电台 NPR House GOP Tax Plan Is Little Help To High-Tax States Like New Jersey

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Senate Republicans are expected to unveil their version of a tax overhaul today. Like the House bill that's already moving along, the Senate version is being touted as a way to keep more money in Americans' pockets. But for millio

美国国家公共电台 NPR House Republican Faces Voter Backlash Over Health Care And Tax Votes

NOEL KING, HOST: Congressman Tom MacArthur, a Republican from New Jersey, ran in 2016 on a pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act. That helped him win re-election in a district that President Trump also won. But following through on his promise cou

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美国参议院确认新的国土安全部长 WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senate on Monday voted to confirm Jeh Johnson, a former top Pentagon lawyer, to be the secretary of homeland security. Johnson was approved by a vote of 78 to 16 to su

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Activist helps US HIV law change

Activist helps US HIV law change UK activist has spoken about his role in pushing the US government to overturn a law which bans people with HIV from visiting the country. Paul Thorn, 38, an expert on HIV and TB, was stopped from speaking at the Pac

AP 2010-12-04

1. Members of the president's deficit commission will begin weighing in on a controversial plan being presented by the panel's co-chairman today. The plan calls for cuts to social security, curtailing tax breaks and deep cuts in spending. However, it

US Senate Extends Payroll Tax Cuts for Americans

The U.S. Senate has passed a compromise measure that extends payroll tax cuts for American workers for another two months. Lawmakers in the upper house of Congress overwhelmingly passed the legislation by a vote of 89 to 10, a day after Republicans a

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now a special series this week on the hopes and economic realities of many of those Americans who voted for President Trump. Three reports will take us to Erie County, Pennsylvania, Central Valley, California, and the coal towns of Wes

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CNN 2012-03-25

CNN radio, I'm Paul Chambers. Voting in the Louisiana, GOP primary is well under way, CNN's Joe Johns is in New Orleans, and he says so far turn out is light. Very slow, we are in the Jefferson Parish area at *, and we've been watching, actually ther