Obama administration
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Obama nominates longtime senior official to replace Chuck Hagel and hopes for ‘speed and dispatch’ from Senate over approval
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Measure heads to Obama’s desk as Republicans call on White House to explain how Nazis received benefits
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China provides more than 100 names, according to a US official, in campaign to track down corrupt offiicals and others who have fled abroad
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Analysis Who is Ashton Carter?
The former physicist and Harvard professor who has taken an interest in cybersecurity, lacks a prominent political profile, offending as few people as he inspires
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‘Show vote’ by far right for symbolic protest bill reveals split in Republican party that may thwart attempt to pass budget legislation next week
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President creates task force and pledges to work with New York mayor after latest police killing of an unarmed black man prompts more unrest
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Obama administration claims that healthcare system is improving and that projected cost increases in 2015 can be offset by shopping around
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Administration officials say the president’s pick, to be made public Friday, is Pentagon official Ashton Carter, who will be ‘very clear about chain of command’
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Investigation, ordered by Obama in year when reports of sexual assault increased by 50%, concluded Pentagon made ‘comprehensive’ progress in decreasing assault
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Airport workers were expected to join thousands of workers from fast-food, home-care and federal industries in support of $15 minimum wage campaign
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White House announces federal civil rights investigation into death of unarmed black man who was placed in chokehold
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Kerry speaks at meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which includes both the United States and Russia as partners
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President says ‘Everybody’s been impressed by his clout inside of China’, while US official calls for ‘competitive’ elections in Hong Kong
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The White House pledges to improve living and education opportunities after report acknowledges failures in federal policy
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Thaw in US-Cuban relations hangs on fate of 65-year-old arrested in 2009 and jailed for importing banned technology
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Obama administration will ask federal appeals court to overturn ruling saying that it must disclose videos depicting tube feedings of inmates
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House leaders may seek to restrict spending on the Department of Homeland Security, which is tasked with overseeing executive action on migrants
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Jeh Johnson goes before House of Representatives committee to discuss president’s executive action on immigration
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The veteran justice, 81, returned to work five days after heart surgery aware that Obama would have a hard time securing a like-minded replacement if she retired
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Possible presidential candidate draws distinction with Barack Obama, who has trumpeted boom in gas and oil exploration
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Obama resists demands to curtail police militarisation calling instead for improved officer training
Obama has separately asked for extra federal funds to reform police departments across the country in wake of protests that followed death of Michael Brown -
State and Defense appear to differ on idea of creating buffer zone along Syria-Turkish border after reports cited possible concession to Turkey
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Liberal supporters detect fire of 2008 candidate in recent executive actions but with Republicans controlling both houses of Congress has it all come too late?
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Despite advances in human rights under Obama, detainees still subject to ‘ill-treatment’, report says
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Members urge Obama administration to withhold federal recognition of the Pamunkey tribe in Virginia over its history banning intermarriage with black people
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Obama pays for everything from toothpaste to dry cleaning
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The president also pays for other basics – everything from toothpaste to dry cleaning
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Bureau of Land Management was sued by groups claiming the January hunt on public lands was ‘not in the public interest’
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Time is running out for agreeing legal framework for emissions cuts, EU official warns
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Settlement for $300,000 announced by US Department of Labor pays 100 workers the money employment program allegedly failed to give
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Schadenfreude from Moscow unmistakable, but officials seize opportunity to take revenge for US State Department’s hectoring statements regarding Russia’s internal politics
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New guidelines will bring US up to par with health standards in other industrialised countries and are a victory for environmental groups
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EPA says crackdown on mercury could save 11,000 lives but court will consider whether implementation costs should have been weighed
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Authoritarian regimes the world over reacted to protests with thinly disguised glee, noting scenes of unrest in Missouri undermined US credibility to criticise other countries on human rights
Trevor Timm column Obama's Ferguson response will leave assault rifles and vehicles of war on American streets