Budget Battles
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GOP Infighting Continues as Senate Heads for Aid Vote
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News Alert: House Approves $95 Billion Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
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Dems Help Save Johnson's Aid Package for Israel, Ukraine
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Johnson Rejects a Plan to Save His Speakership
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Johnson Defies Hardliners, Pushes Ahead With Foreign Aid Plan
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Facing Right-Wing Revolt, Johnson Says He Won't Resign
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Johnson Unveils Plan for Israel, Ukraine Aid
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6 Things You Should Do Right Now to Protect Your Online Accounts
By Kelli B. Grant, CNBCBeware of schemes that could drain your bank account Beware of schemes that could drain your bank account The first sign of trouble was a call from Brooke Frizzell's bank: Had her husband, Craig,...
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Courts Say Employers Need to Lower 401(k) Fees
By Ellen Chang, MainStreetEmployees have been fighting back against high 401(k) fees , and recent lawsuits have proven that the courts are siding with them. The 401(k) industry lags behind the growth of cheaper mutual funds...
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This Hacker Wants to Save the U.S. Airline Industry
By Eamon Javers, CNBCChris Roberts says he didn't mean any harm. The security researcher was detained by the FBI last week after he tweeted—while on an airplane—about airline vulnerabilities to cyber attacks. Roberts...
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Super PACs: Dems’ Single Donors Outspent the GOP’s by 400 Percent
By Robert Faturechi and Jonathan Stray, ProPublicaThe wealthiest Americans can fly on their own jets, live in gated compounds and watch movies in their own theaters. More of them also are walling off their political contributions from other big and...
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Why an Executive Condo Could Be in Your Future
By Ansuya Harjani, CNBCWhat will the next generation of urban housing look like? Think ultra-connected, convenient and sustainable. Lake Life, an executive condominium under development in Singapore, provides a glimpse...
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Attending a Wedding This Year? You’ll Pay $673 on Average
By Kelli B. Grant, CNBCYou don't need to be the one getting married to say "I do" to substantial wedding bills. The average wedding guest will spend $673 per wedding this year, according to new data from American Express...
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3D-Printed Guns Are Big. They’re Getting Bigger.
By Michelle Fox, CNBCGun manufacturer Smith & Wesson is up almost 60 percent so far this year, but one strategist thinks long term it could go the way of Blockbuster thanks to 3-D printing. "I feel like in the future...
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20 Craziest Job Interview Questions
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal TimesIf you head into a job interview thinking you’re fully prepared for the most routine questions asked by a hiring manager or HR professional – think again. You might be thrown a curve like one of...
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Mac & Cheese with Ketchup? Kraft and Heinz to Merge
By Sruthi Ramakrishnan, ReutersKraft Foods Group Inc ( KRFT.O ), the maker of Velveeta cheese and Oscar Mayer meats, will merge with ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co, owned by 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway Inc ( BRKa.N ), to form...
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How U.S. Drones Can Find and Demolish ISIS
By Arthur Herman and William Luti, Defense OneAs Defense Secretary Ashton Carter settles into office , a formidable challenge awaits him: eradicating the menace of the Islamic State, or ISIS, in Syria and Iraq. In his Senate confirmation hearing...
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Obama Is Funding the Kochs’ War on Democrats
By Liz PeekDon’t tell Harry Reid, but the Obama administration has been bankrolling the rightwing Koch brothers. How can that be? President Obama’s refusal to allow construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline has...
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U.S. Watches As Iraq Speeds Toward Disaster
Fighters for the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) took Mosul today, giving the militant group control of Iraq’s second largest city and setting the country on a path toward...
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Meet David Brat, the New Tea Party Giant-Killer
By Eric PianinTea Party activist David Brat was mocked within Republican political circles for passing up a chance to raise some big money for his improbable challenge to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in...
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Clinton Cries Poor and Twitter Explodes with #HillaryIsSoPoor
By Reilly Dowd, The Fiscal TimesHillary Clinton is trending on Twitter and the now viral #HillaryIsSoPoor hashtag is hardly the banner she was looking for as she promotes her new book, Hard Choices . But she has only herself to...
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Judges Who Rubber Stamp Disability Claims Are Bankrupting the System
By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal TimesSeveral judges within the Social Security Administration are in hot water for allegedly “rubber-stamping” billions of dollars worth of disability benefits from the nearly insolvent program without...