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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting, the State Department said Saturday.

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Addressing a stunned nation, President Barack Obama on Saturday grieved for the children and teachers massacred in Newtown, Conn. , declaring that "every parent in America has a heart heavy with hurt. "

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Rural lawmakers worried that $9 billion in annual federal crop insurance subsidies are an easy target for spending cuts in a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" are shopping around for a late compromise on a farm bill to protect them.

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A tearful President Barack Obama said Friday he grieved first as a father about the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, declaring, "Our hearts are broken today. " He called for "meaningful action" to prevent such shootings but did not say what it should be.

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The top contenders for the "big three" jobs in President Barack Obama’s second-term Cabinet are all white men, rekindling concerns about diversity in his inner circle.

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Hopes dimming for a wide-ranging bargain, the White House and many congressional Republicans are setting their sights on a more modest deal that would extend current tax rates for most Americans, raise rates for top earners and leave other, vexing issues for the new year.

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To get to "yes" on a "fiscal cliff" accord, Congress and the White House first might have to get to "no. "

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The "fiscal cliff" debate is splitting the business community over taxes, driving a wedge between two natural Republican allies: the nation’s corporate leaders who are helping strengthen President Barack Obama’s bargaining position and the small business advocates bristling over the prospect of higher taxes.

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House Speaker John Boehner says the White House is so resistant to cutting spending that it is risking pushing the country off the “fiscal cliff. ”

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that President Hamid Karzai has accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama to meet in Washington next month for critical talks on the future of Afghanistan.

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