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NJ Democrats set to merge traffic jam probe

YoopyaJan 27, 2014December 3, 20230

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democrats are set to pool their resources by merging separate legislative investigations into allegations that Gov. Chris Christie’s aides

Aides say Obama willing to bypass Congress

YoopyaJan 27, 2014December 3, 20230

State of Union to detail use of executive orders WASHINGTON — Aides to President Obama on Sunday offered a preview of the strategy of the

The new face of food stamps: working-age Americans

YoopyaJan 27, 2014November 25, 20230

In a first, working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps — a switch from a few years

For Obama, Investing in Brighter Futures Remains a Tough Sell

YoopyaJan 27, 2014November 25, 20230

WASHINGTON — WhateverPresident Obama has accomplished, he has made little headway on the goal he values most: government action to lift long-term economic prospects for

Questions and answers about the State of the Union

YoopyaJan 25, 2014November 25, 20230

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama reports to Congress and the nation Tuesday on the State of the Union, an annual rite in official Washington

Obamacare Is Rapidly Catching Up to Its Target Numbers

YoopyaJan 25, 2014November 29, 20230

At a speech in Florida this morning, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that 800,000 people have signed up this month for private health plans

Christie’s campaign, NJ GOP face federal subpoenas

YoopyaJan 24, 2014November 25, 20230

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election campaign and the state Republican Party have less than two weeks to comply with subpoenas

Fourth Amendment Quartet: Edward Snowden, Judge Leon, Barack Obama, and the NSA

YoopyaJan 23, 2014December 3, 20230

It took a while for the first judicial ruling to label the NSA’s massive collection of phone “metadata” (and then some) a probable violation of

Government panel urges end to phone data spying

YoopyaJan 23, 2014December 10, 20230

WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided government task force that reviewed the National Security Agency’s surveillance program for four months has urged President Barack Obama

Christie finds allies among Hispanic leaders

YoopyaJan 22, 2014November 26, 20230

His administration gripped by scandal, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has found unlikely allies among the nation’s Hispanic community. In New Jersey and beyond, some