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President Barack Obama began experiencing first-hand the effects of across-the-board federal spending cuts as the first wave of White House furloughs kicked in yesterday.
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Congressional leaders are discussing how to mitigate the potential effects of a section of the 2010 health-care law that could cost lawmakers and their employees subsidies for health insurance, an aide said.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew and Attorney General Eric Holder today followed President Barack Obama’s decision to refuse a portion of his salary to show solidarity with furloughed government workers.
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President Barack Obama is seeking new rules to allow federal agencies to fire employees without appeal if their work has some tie to national security, a move that advocates for whistle-blowers say may hurt efforts to keep government transparent and free from corruption.
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A snowstorm barreling in from the U.S. Midwest closed federal government offices in Washington today and shortened schedules in Congress.
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Light snow mixed with rain fell in Washington, where federal offices were closed and more than 1,000 flights scratched, as the city braced for a winter storm that dumped more than 9 inches of snow on Chicago.
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While hundreds of thousands of U.S. government employees may be furloughed due to federal spending cuts, President Barack Obama and members of Congress won’t need to worry about their paychecks.
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The package arrived at Cindy Lohman’s home in Great Mills, Maryland, just two weeks after she learned that her son, Ryan, a 24-year-old Army sergeant, had been killed by a bomb in Afghanistan. It was a thick, 9-inch-by- 12-inch envelope from Prudential Financial Inc ., which handles life insurance for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Life insurers are secretly profiting from death benefits owed to the survivors of service members and other Americans.
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A pension-fund surplus the U.S. Postal Service has been counting on to help dig out of its financial hole is smaller than previously estimated because of lower interest rates.
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