Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan

Budget office: Obama would veto House Republicans' student loan plan

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Senators warm to transportation nominee

Transportation nominee gets warm reception from senators, steers clear of controversy

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Fed weighed slowing its pace of bond purchases

Fed minutes showed some officials willing to consider trimming bond purchases as early as June

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Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts

Bernanke warns that premature ending of Fed's stimulus efforts would carry substantial risks

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First lady lauds effort to preserve DC slave house

First lady lauds preservation of slave quarters near White House as vital to 'national memory'

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Man shot and killed by authorities was a Chechen who'd been asked about ties to bombing suspect

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Va senators introduce offshore drilling bill

Va senators introduce legislation to allow offshore energy leases off Virginia

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Stocks fall on news Fed weighed cutting stimulus

Stocks fall after Fed minutes show policymakers had weighed a pullback on its stimulus program

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North Korean leader sends special envoy to China

NKorean leader sends envoy to ally China, veering from nuclear war threats to diplomacy

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Benghazi review leader OKs meeting with committee

House committee withdraws subpoena after Benghazi investigation leader OKs private meeting

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House Republicans promote 20-week abortion ban

House Republicans, taking on own leaders, promote legislation to ban abortion after 20 weeks

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Lawmakers displeased with IRS official's refusal to testify

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GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups

GOP questions IRS scrutiny of Iowa anti-abortion group, others amid tea-party tax scandal

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Stocks turn lower...Minutes show Fed weighed slowing pace of bond purchases

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House preserves its own budget as others face cuts

House preserves its own budget as other domestic programs face slashing cuts

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Obama to visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town

Obama to visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town on Sunday

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Intercontinental missile test-launched in Calif.

US Air Force test-launches Minuteman 3 missile in California; delayed by North Korea tensions

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Bradley Manning sympathetic star of WikiLeaks doc

Bradley Manning emerges as the sympathetic star of WikiLeaks doc

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FEMA Chief: Feds won't go 'when the cameras leave'

FEMA's administrator vows federal officials won't leave Oklahoma "when the cameras leave'

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Bahrain claims Iranian drone found

Bahrain, hosts of US Navy fleet, claims Iranian drone recovered

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