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    Committee nears final big immigration decisions

    The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-tech visas and may punt a controversy over gay marriage to the full Senate as it makes final drafting decisions on immigration legislation that grants a shot at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.

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    Senate to debate crop insurance in farm bill

    The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week.

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    Ark. treasurer accused of taking cash from broker

    Arkansas' state treasurer was accused Monday of taking at least $36,000 in cash - sometimes stashed in a pie box - from a broker who later came to manage a large share of the state's $3.3 billion investment portfolio.

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    AP source: Treasury told WH of IRS disclosure plan

    A Treasury official says the department told the White House twice that the IRS was preparing to make public its targeting of conservative political groups.

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    Public pension employees skip Hawaii conference

    Organizers of an annual conference for people who manage more than $3 trillion in public sector pension funds in the U.S. and Canada say a significant number of administrators are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii to avoid the perception they're wasting money by heading to the island paradise...

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    GOP leaders say impeachment talk premature

    The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment altogether as new details emerged about the White House's role in the developing...

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    Obama pledges help after Oklahoma tornado

    President Barack Obama has called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to express his concern about a monstrous tornado that wreaked havoc in the Oklahoma City suburbs.

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    Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan

    Secretary of State John Kerry is headed back to the Middle East to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.

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    Gov't presses ahead on another leak case

    In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory - by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime...

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