MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Search and rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and those numbers were expected to climb, officials said Tuesday.
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Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister
The Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid, U.S. officials said Wednesday, but the money is for humanitarian purposes only and not linked to any decision on arming Syrian rebels. …
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APNewsBreak: US to provide $100M in new Syria aid
By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A modest tax increase that Republicans embraced months ago will be part of President Barack Obama's budget proposal set for release next week, White House officials said on Friday. The proposal would change how Social Security pension benefits are periodically adjusted for inflation and, in doing so, also change the adjustment of federal individual income tax brackets, resulting in slightly higher taxes for many Americans. …
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Obama budget offer has a tax boost backed by Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – During a fresh round of debate this week over President Barack Obama's claim that he can unilaterally order lethal strikes by unmanned aircraft against U.S. citizens, some lawmakers proposed a middle ground: a special federal “drone court” that would approve suspected militants for targeting. While the idea of a judicial review of such operations may be gaining political currency, multiple U.S. officials said on Friday that imminent action by the U.S. Congress or the White House to create one is unlikely. …
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JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) – Mississippi on Friday became the first state to have its proposal for a health insurance exchange rejected by the U.S. government, and federal officials said Republican Governor Phil Bryant’s opposition to the plan was to blame. “With a lack of support from your governor and no formal commitment to coordinate from other state agencies, we do not see a feasible pathway to conditionally approving a state-based exchange in Mississippi for 2014,” the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a letter to the state. …
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U.S. rejects Mississippi health insurance exchange plan
Top White House officials said they would defer to Congress on how best to avert $85 billion in spending cuts set to begin in March, but they called on political leaders to reach an agreement soon to prevent major cutbacks in government services.
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White House Defers to Congress on Sequester
One American worker at a natural gas complex in Algeria has been found dead, U.S. officials said Friday as the Obama administration sought to secure the release of Americans still being held by militants …
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State Dept.: 1 American dead in Algerian standoff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has agreed to a French request for airlift capacity to help France move its troops and equipment to Mali, a limited expansion of American support in the battle against Islamist rebels there, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The U.S. decision, while widely expected, comes after an Obama administration legal review to decide what assistance Washington could provide to France, which last week began a military operation against the militants in Mali. One U.S. …
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U.S. expands limited support for French mission in Mali
