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Where do things stand at Guantánamo? Six basic questions answered.
President Obama this week pledged to “reengage” with Congress to find a way to close the terror detention camp at the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, naval base. The renewed focus comes as 100 of the 166 detainees are reported to be engaged in a hunger strike. Here is a brief look at where things stand now.
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5 steps to bipartisan cuts in Medicare – and the deficit
Medicare is the single greatest contributor to long-term deficits. If Democrats and Republicans cooperate on waste-cutting ideas – many of which are backed by President Obama – both parties stand to gain. Here are five ways Congress should act.
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After the 'sequester,' now what?
$85 billion in across-the-board cuts to defense and social programs took effect March 1. The cuts must occur this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. Here's how things look.
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Four reasons Republicans are embracing the 'sequester'
Republicans, it is clear, are conflicted on the "sequester." How did they come to embrace it? Here are four reasons.
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If not 'sequester,' then what? Five ideas from left and right.
Few in Washington believe that "the sequester,” $85 billion in automatic spending cuts set to hit the federal budget as of March 1, is a good idea. But what's the alternative? Here are five proposals, from the right, the center, and the left, to replace the sequester. Which do you like?
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Cheney, Fleischer slam Obama on 'disgusting' torture probe
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ECONOMIC SCENE: US is slipping toward plutocracy
A look at the influence of money on US politics.
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Baldwin vs. Lieberman: The showdown that wasn't meant to be
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Obama's partisan reasons for 'bipartisan' healthcare
Obama needs to woo doubting conservatives in his own party even more than he needs to win over Republicans.
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Obama decries healthcare 'myths' as Republicans push back
In his radio address, he takes on “death panels” and other “outrageous” charges. In rebuttal, Rep. Tom Price slams “Democrats’ government-run health plan."
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Calif. lawmakers fight Schwarzenegger over crowded prisons
They are on a path to release fewer than the 27,300 inmates the governor's plan would. But Republicans still see a threat to public safety.
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Kennedy succession request is 'all about healthcare'
What's most important to the ailing senator is making sure someone will be in his seat to vote on a healthcare reform bill this year.
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What would Sarah Palin want with Rhode Island?
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Tom Ridge kisses and tells on Bush's 'terror levels'
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Warning: out of control summer for Obama and Hill Democrats
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Democrats on healthcare: going it alone or not?
The White House appears to be sending out conflicting messages, but that could be intentional ambiguity designed to keep several options on the table.
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New polls find Americans in a sour mood
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Who's really in control of the healthcare debate?
The Monitor's language columnist considers how some innocuous words have come to pack more punch over time.
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Kelly Ayotte: GOP gambles with a fresh, female face in N.H.
The state's former attorney general, with her eye on a US Senate seat, is something of a political blank slate.
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How Obama can get out of healthcare ditch
It might be time for him to come out with his own legislation, some say. Another suggestion: Wait until next year.
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Snapshot of US political parties since 1900
How the balance of power has shifted between the Republicans and Democrats.
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The reshaping of the GOP
The most fertile ground for Republicans is the growing ranks of independents. And efforts to rebrand the party from the inside are prompting a stir within a new generation of young politicians.
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Remembering breakfast with the 'Prince of Darkness'
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If public option in healthcare is dead, what's next?
Obama administration officials have been talking up consumer-owned cooperatives. But they might not be big or strong enough to compete.
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The ABCs of healthcare: a glossary of the key plans
Understanding co-ops, public options, and single-payer plans is central to understanding the debate.
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Grand Junction, Colo. could be a model for healthcare reform
That's why Obama is visiting. This town on the western slope of the Rockies has some of the highest quality, lowest cost care in the country.
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How's Obama faring in the Rocky Mountain West?
The president, in Montana on Friday and Colorado on Saturday, has so far taken care not to alienate 'New West' swing states. But rumblings are nonetheless afoot.
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Obama and Montana's Baucus: Who needs whom?
The president visited the senator's home state Friday, even as Baucus works to get GOP support for healthcare reform. Both men are being blasted from the left and the right.
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N. Korea frees South Korean worker: sign of warming relations?
The Hyundai engineer, who has been held since March, was released after the company's chairwoman traveled to Pyongyang Monday.
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US as a health plan provider? Reform idea losing ground.
A 'public option' is popular with the left – and is supposed to serve, too, as a brake on medical costs. But charges that it is unfair to private insurers appear likely to sink it.
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