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Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief

Donna Cassata, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday voted to approve President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the U.S. defense secretary at a time of turmoil for the military with looming budget cuts...
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President Barack Obama smiles as he delivers his State of the Union address on January 24, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama said the focal point his speech is the central mission of our country, and his central focus as president, including 'rebuilding an economy where hard work pays off and responsibility is rewarded.' (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

State of the Union: Obama to confront the GOP

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - President Obama is likely to repeat the aggressive and decidedly liberal tone of his inaugural address last month, looking less to negotiate with Republicans...
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President Barack Obama waves as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama signs bill averting government default

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill raising the government's borrowing limit, averting a default and delaying the next clash over the nation's debt until later this year...
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theGrio's 100: Nina Turner, taking on voter suppression in Ohio

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theGRIO'S 100 - The Ohio state senator emerged as one of the loudest voices in the country against controversial voting laws advanced by Republicans in her state...
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President Barack Obama points to someone in the crowd as he arrives to speak about immigration at Del Sol High School, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama on immigration reform: 'Now is the time'

Darlene Superville and Julie Pace, Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Declaring 'now is the time' to fix broken immigration laws, President Barack Obama on Tuesday heralded a rare show of bipartisanship between the White House and Senate lawmakers...
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People cast their vote inside Washington Mill Elementary School in the U.S. presidential race, on November 6, 2012, in Alexandria, Virginia. Recent polls show that U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are in a tight race. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

NAACP slams Virginia plan to split electoral vote

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theGRIO REPORT - Since Virginia serves as a crucial and hard-fought swing state, with a growing and influential minority voting population, the move is being greeting with considerable apprehension...
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Student Milca Calymayor (R), 18-years-old, blocks a a street around the Los Angeles Federal Building during a demonstration by immigrant students for an end to deportations and urge relief by governmental agencies for those in deportation proceedings on June 15, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

White House, senators starting push on immigration

Erica Werner and Julie Pace, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -The White House and a bipartisan group of senators will launch separate efforts next week to jumpstart negotiations to overhaul the immigration system, an issue that has languished in Washington for years...
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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the House GOP leadership speak to reporters after a closed-door meeting on avoiding a potential debt crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House votes to defuse debt limit crisis

Andrew Taylor, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday to permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid a first-time default for at least four months...
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Rep. Gwen Moore speaking with MSNBC's Thomas Roberts

Democrats try again to extend Violence Against Women Act

Jim Abrams, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats have renewed their push to revive the key federal program that protects women against domestic violence..
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On debt ceiling, Obama forces Republicans to blink

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - President Obama has forced congressional Republicans to abandon long-held positions and accept Obama's in a major fiscal debate for the second time in less a month...
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