Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Friday urged congressional leaders to raise the debt limit and insisted that the White House is not going to negotiate over the increase because lawmakers have “no choice.”
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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) questioned Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano at a hearing Tuesday about the low morale of employees of DHS’ Immigration of Customs Enforcement agency.
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Rabobank customers were unable to access their online accounts for some 15 minutes on Monday after the bank was subjected to a cyber attack.
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There was a lot going on this week, but it’s all being overshadowed by the fascinating geopolitical game over Cyprus. This is a stage on which a country’s pending financial collapse hinges explicitly on its hydrocarbons potential, and whoever turns up with aid will win access to exploration blocks.
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Authorities evacuated neighbors Friday around a sinkhole that swallowed the interior of a Florida house apparently taking a man to his death describing the sinkhole as “seriously unstable” and likely to keep growing.
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The suspected terror network received training and financial support from Iran, Iraq and Lebanon – references to Iranian-backed Shiite groups such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah and others.
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And the winner will be the one who manages to crash the value of it’s currency to zero. Am I the only one who thinks that this is bonkers?
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A government lawyer’s attempt to get dismissed nearly 0 in traffic tickets given to the U.S. Postal Service is being met with a hearty and humorous, Heck no.
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Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said that the country only had 7 left in its public account last week after paying civil servants. He made the revelation in order to emphasise that this government was unable to finance elections, not that it was insolvent.
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The video shows about 50 celebrities in 82 seconds urging Americans to “Demand a Plan”.
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