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Election headlines

  1. House considers cuts to food stamps

    House considers cuts to food stamps

    A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program.

  2. Senator's recall petition 'sufficient'

    Senator's recall petition 'sufficient'

    A recall petition against a Colorado lawmaker who supported gun control laws was deemed sufficient Tuesday, setting up the first potential recall of a state lawmaker in Colorado history.

  3. Feds vote for new Colo. wilderness area

    Feds vote for new Colo. wilderness area

    A federal proposal to turn portions of the San Juan Mountains into a wilderness area is getting support in the U.S. Senate.

  4. IRS workers getting $70M in bonuses

    IRS workers getting $70M in bonuses

    The IRS is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite automatic spending cuts enacted this year.

  5. NSA: Surveillance stopped over 50 plots

    NSA: Surveillance stopped over 50 plots

    The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide.

  6. Pentagon's plan for women in combat

    Pentagon's plan for women in combat

    In a few years women could be in training to become Army Rangers and Navy SEALs under plans to be announced today by the military services for integrating women into combat units.

  7. Roadblocks for Pinon Canyon expansion

    Roadblocks for Pinon Canyon expansion

    Congress is working on a plan that would bar the U.S. Army from expanding into the prairielands of Pinon Canyon.

  8. Immigration bill could decide 2016

    Immigration bill could decide 2016

    Republicans' hopes to reclaim the White House in the 2016 elections hinge on whether they support — or sabotage — the immigration overhaul being debated in the Senate, two lawmakers who helped write the proposal warn.

  9. Obama, SKorea leader discuss NKorea

    Obama, SKorea leader discuss NKorea

    The White House says President Barack Obama and South Korea's President Park Geun-hye have discussed North Korea's proposal for high-level talks with the U.S.

  10. World watching Federal Reserve meeting

    World watching Federal Reserve meeting

    Is the era of ultra-low interest rates nearing an end?