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State lawmakers take aim at federal gun control
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U.S. now faces threat of U.S.-made weapons in Iraq
Never mind that the vehicle is a boxy, lumbering, second-hand set of wheels with a top speed of just 60 mph. To some of the fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. M1117, aka the...
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White House faces Democratic Senate revolt over nuclear security cuts
Twenty-six members of the Senate are calling on the Obama administration to increase planned spending on programs to secure or reduce global stocks of nuclear weapons materials in the upcoming 2016...
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Gun rights debate enters a new arena: the campus
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Fired Los Alamos nuclear expert files appeal
A former Los Alamos nuclear policy expert has filed an appeal in a whistleblower case to Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, arguing that the Energy Department had abused its power to label documents...
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Women become increasingly involved in gun groups
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Firearms used in homicides often purchased illegally
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Lobbying disclosures leave public in the dark
Every three months for three years, when federal law compelled the Carmen Group topubliclydescribe its federal lobbying efforts on behalf of Xavier University of Louisiana, the firm used the vaguely...
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Docs, drug companies, insurers drive up Medicare costs
As one of an estimated 78 million baby boomers in this country, I was delighted to hear that Medicare’s Hospital Trust Fund won’t run out of money until 2030 — 13 years later than projected in 2009,...
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Koch-funded think tank offers schools course in libertarianism
Pop quiz, teachers: Would you like to inject a strong dose of libertarianism into the curriculum you take back to school this fall?If you answered yes, then a Koch-funded think tank has exactly what...
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Firearms more likely to be used in suicides than in homicides
LAS VEGAS — Americans are twice as likely to die from turning guns on themselves as they are to be murdered with one.A national News21 analysis of 2012 data found 18,602 firearm suicides in 44 states...
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How much money can a lobbyist make?
Everyone knows most federal lobbyists aren't going hungry. But how much pay does one lobbyist truly command?You won't find the answer in federal lobbying disclosures, which only require a lobbying firm...
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Democrats embrace 'McCutcheon' decision
Senate Democrats have embraced a new big-money fundraising vehicle — after repeatedly blasting the U.S. Supreme Court decision that made it possible — that could help candidates, state parties and the...
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Activists say gun debate overlooks gun-related deaths of children
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How big telecom smothers city-run broadband
Janice Bowling, a 67-year-old grandmother and Republican state senator from rural Tennessee, thought it only made sense that the city of Tullahoma be able to offer its local high-speed Internet service...
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Fearing for the Second Amendment, militia groups grow in number
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Enforcement of gun laws hinges on local sheriffs' interpretation of Second...
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Defeat of California initiative would protect insurers' profits
For the next two months, Californians will to be subjected to a barrage of TV, radio and online ads, which, ironically, they unknowingly will be paying for with their health insurance premiums.The ads...
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Russian bank hires two former U.S. senators
Gazprombank GPB (OJSC), a Russian bank targeted with sanctions by President Obama over the Ukraine crisis, has hired two former U.S. senators to lobby against those sanctions, according to a new...
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Why Republican control of Congress hinges on nine big-money Senate races
Whether Republicans control both chambers of Congress during President Barack Obama’s final two years in office squarely depends on a handful of U.S. Senate races now entering their final phase.So far...
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