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Republicans demanding new probe of IRS actions

Justice Department is investigating missing emails, too

July 17, 2014

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Bergdahl gets little support in new survey

FILE – This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The U.S. Army says Bergdahl…

July 17, 2014

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Iranian seeks extension of talks

The talks aim at a deal that curbs Iran’s atomic program in exchange for an end to the nuclear-related sanctions…

July 17, 2014

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Border crisis deal seeming less likely

Boehner says he doubts Congress can reach agreement by break

July 17, 2014

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World Briefs

BERLIN – The top U.S. intelligence official in Germany has left the country, a week after the government in Berlin…

July 17, 2014

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Going brown not an option for everyone

Californians getting mixed message about watering lawns

July 17, 2014

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Israel launches ground invasion of Gaza

It was the first major Israeli ground offensive in Gaza in just over five years and came after Egyptian-led efforts…

July 17, 2014

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Obama pushes Congress on highway funds

President urges greater public-private cooperation

July 17, 2014

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Biden: Plane ‘blown out of the sky’

Ukraine: Malaysian jetliner downed by pro-Russian rebels

July 17, 2014

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Nation Briefs

SAN FRANCISCO – Federal authorities have charged FedEx Corp. with assisting illegal pharmacies by knowingly delivering dangerous drugs to customers…

July 16, 2014

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Aldrin seeks public’s Apollo 11 memories

Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong walks away from the lunar module to explore the surface of the moon, becoming the…

July 16, 2014

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Israel agrees to ‘humanitarian’ pause

A Palestinian man sits outside the home of Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar after it was damaged in an Israeli missile…

July 16, 2014

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Obama border plan getting little support

Immigrants who have been caught crossing the border illegally are housed inside the McAllen Border Patrol Station in McAllen, Texas,…

July 16, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The House voted Wednesday in support of making it easier for banks to do business with legal pot…

July 16, 2014

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GOP blocks bill to reverse ruling on contraception

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, is accusing Senate Democrats of trying to “create divisions where there aren’t…

July 16, 2014

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White House defying aide’s congressional subpoena

David Simas, President Barack Obama’s political director, left, and Rob Nabors, deputy chief of staff, accompany the president as he…

July 15, 2014

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Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The United States is considering imposing unilateral sanctions on Russia over its threatening moves in Ukraine, a shift…

July 15, 2014

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House GOP prepares response to border crisis

Graffiti covers a former Army Reserve Center in Westminister, Md., where the Department of Health and Human Services was considering…

July 15, 2014

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Proposal will keep highway fund solvent

President Barack Obama visited the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Va., Tuesday, where he said he supports House and…

July 15, 2014

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Note to past self: Please take better care of myself

And now, findings from a new nationally representative survey, exclusive to USA TODAY, suggest that while some do have regrets,…

July 15, 2014

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World Briefs

MOSCOW – A subway train derailed Tuesday deep below Moscow’s streets, twisting and mangling crowded rail cars at the height…

July 15, 2014

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North Korean farmers pressured

North Korean men ride in a farmer’s wagon in North Korea’s South Hamgyong province. North Korea has struggled to obtain…

July 15, 2014

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Israel answers Hamas with new attacks

Palestinian Suma Abu Mahsen, 7, Tuesday stands by a damaged wall of a house following an overnight Israeli missile strike…

July 15, 2014

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California water use rises amid drought

The action Tuesday by the State Water Quality Control Board came after its own survey showed conservation measures to date…

July 15, 2014