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President Obama praises Senate agreement on bill to avert fiscal cliff

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 1st

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama praises Senate agreement on bill to avert fiscal cliff. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

President Obama praises Senate agreement on bill to avert fiscal cliff

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 1st

President Obama praises Senate agreement on bill to avert fiscal cliff

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 1st

Illinois Sen. Kirk to return a year after stroke

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

By SARA BURNETTAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Nearly a year after a stroke left him barely able to move the left side of his body, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is expected to climb the 45 steps to the Senate's front door this week - a walk that's significant not just for Illinois' junior

Report details changes in Benghazi explanations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI, CIA and other intelligence agencies - but not the White House - made major changes in talking points that led to the Obama administration's confusing explanations of the attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, a

Obama says deal to avert fiscal cliff is 'within sight' but not done yet

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama says deal to avert fiscal cliff is 'within sight' but not done yet. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Column: Gun debate revives enduring American fight

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

By LIZ SIDOTIAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - On the eve of a new year, a libertarian strain pulses through America - a get-government-out-of-my-personal-life sensibility that cuts across ideologies and is driven by a younger generation's cultural attitudes. We've seen it in gay-marriage

Senate approves fiscal cliff legislation 89-8

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Hours past a self-imposed deadline for action, the Senate passed legislation early New Year's Day to neutralize a fiscal cliff combination of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that kicked in at midnight. The pre-dawn vote

Obama signs renewal of foreign surveillance law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 30th

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has signed into law a five-year extension of the U.S. government's authority to monitor the overseas activity of suspected foreign spies and terrorists. The warrantless intercept program would have expired at the end of 2012 without the president's

Fiscal 'cliff' deal proving elusive

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 30th

By ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A Capitol Hill deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" was proving elusive Sunday as a deadline to avert tax hikes on virtually every American worker and block sweeping spending cuts set to strike the Pentagon and other federal agencies