'It gets me mad' - Obama acts alone on gun control
Tears streaking his cheeks, President Barack Obama launched a final-year push to tighten sales of firearms in the US, using his presidential powers in the absence of legal changes that Congress has refused to pass
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Obama acts alone on guns: 'It gets me mad'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tears streaking his cheeks, President Barack Obama launched a final-year push Tuesday to tighten sales of firearms in the U.S., using his presidential powers in the absence of tougher gun restrictions that Congress has refused to pass.
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Obama rejects Keystone pipeline
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama rejected an application to build the Keystone XL pipeline Friday after 7 years of federal review, declaring the proposed project wouldn't serve U.S. national interests and would have undercut America's global leadership on climate change.
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Obama vetoes $612 billion defense bill in rebuke to GOP
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Biden declines to run for president in 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will not run for president in 2016.
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Convincing himself he's ready to run
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White House renames Mount McKinley as Denali on eve of trip
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Serious consideration
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Starting from scratch?
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U.S. tightens rules for fracking disclosure
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Obama designates historic monuments
CHICAGO - Designating the country's newest national monuments, President Barack Obama said Thursday that protecting places of natural beauty and historic significance is a truly American ideal.
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US mulls putting North Korea on terrorism sponsor list
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Obama signs student loan deal, says job isn't done
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a measure restoring lower interest rates for student loans, pledging the hard-fought compromise would be just the first step in a broader, concerted fight to rein in the costs of a college education.
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Obama, lawmakers square off over NSA
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration squared off with skeptical lawmakers Tuesday over efforts to terminate the government's authority to collect phone records of millions of Americans, a proposition that exposed sharp divisions among members of Congress.
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Obama, GOP: differing views on immigration
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Obama ready to fight global warming
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more - and we will do …
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Lawmakers rush to catch up on gay marriage
WASHINGTON - For years, American opinion on gay marriage has been shifting. Now lawmakers are in a mad dash to catch up.
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Senator Crapo won't fight drunken driving charge
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo, the Idaho Republican arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, doesn't plan to fight the charges when he appears in court in January, a spokesman said Friday.
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Fans pay respects to Clarence Clemons
ASBURY PARK, N.J. - Nancey Ryder-Cunningham said it felt like the end of the soundtrack to her life.
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Billionaire Pickens says Obama lacks energy plan
WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens faulted President Barack Obama on Friday, saying the president has failed to develop the energy plan he promised Americans as a presidential candidate in 2008.
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