Noticias de Hoy

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The powerful gun lobby is gauging enough support in Congress to block a law that would ban assault weapons, despite promises from the White House and senior lawmakers to make such a measure a reality.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says his own Republican Party is having “an identity problem. ”

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? A Republican senator says he thinks the issue of “overall temperament” will come up during former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s confirmation hearing to be defense secretary.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? George Prescott Bush is gearing up to run for a little-known but powerful office in a state where his family already is a political dynasty and where his Hispanic roots could help extend a stranglehold on power Republicans have enjoyed for two decades.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50. 7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50. 7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama’s second inauguration is shaping up as a high-energy celebration smaller than his first milestone swearing-in, yet still designed to mark his unprecedented role in American history with plenty of eye-catching glamour.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? With the war in Afghanistan winding down after 11 years, President Barack Obama says the time is right for U. S. forces to let Afghans do their own fighting.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Uneasy allies, President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai demonstrated Friday they could agree on one big idea: After 11 years of war, the time is right for U. S. forces to let Afghans do their own fighting. U. S. and coalition forces will take a battlefield back seat by spring and, by implication, go home in larger numbers soon thereafter.

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Mitt Romney was going to "Etch A Sketch" his way to the White House. We saw how that worked out.

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