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Support for overhaul falling

WASHINGTON – Public support for President Barack Obama’s health-care law is languishing at its lowest level since passage of the landmark legislation four years ago, according to a new poll....

DATE: Mar 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama meets with Saudi king to reassure key ally

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – President Barack Obama paid a visit Friday to the desert oasis of wary ally King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, hoping to reassure the aging monarch who is nervously watchi...

DATE: Mar 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Insurance signups reach 6 million goal

WASHINGTON – Back on track after a stumbling start, President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul reached a milestone Thursday, with more than 6 million Americans signed up for coverage thro...

DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House delays Medicare pay cuts

WASHINGTON – Legislation to give doctors a yearlong reprieve from a looming 24 percent cut in their payments from Medicare overcame turbulence in the House on Thursday and appears on track t...

DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Appeals court upholds Texas abortion law AUSTIN, Texas – A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld Texas’ tough abortion restrictions that have forced the closure of about 20 cli...

DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

U.N. committee faults U.S. civil-rights record GENEVA – A U.N. panel has found serious shortcomings in the United States’ civil-rights record, with experts citing Thursday a lack...

DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Former defense secretary James Schlesinger dies

WASHINGTON – Onetime economics professor and longtime nuclear strategist James R. Schlesinger was a political man for all seasons, holding a long string of Cabinet and other high-level posts...

DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

IMF readies Ukraine loans

LONDON – After three weeks of urgent negotiations with the interim government of Ukraine and in an atmosphere of great power competition, the International Monetary Fund on Thursday announce...

DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Commanders fired in nuke missile cheating scandal

Air Force officials called the moves unprecedented in the history of the intercontinental ballistic missile force, which has been rocked by a string of security lapses over the past year, in...

DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Most like sanctions, but not so for Obama

WASHINGTON – Foreign policy used to stand out as a not-so-bleak spot in the public’s waning assessment of Barack Obama. Not anymore. He’s getting low marks for handling Russia’s swoop into U...

DATE: Mar 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Peace Corps aims to boost recruiting

DETROIT – The leader of the Peace Corps elaborated on the group’s plans to simplify the application process for perspective volunteers and to expand and further diversify the applicant pool ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Millions could get extra time for health sign-ups

WASHINGTON – Millions of Americans could get extra time to enroll for taxpayer-subsidized coverage this year under President Barack Obama’s health-care law, allowing the administration to bo...

DATE: Mar 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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