Budget measure in Senate faces GOP opposition test vote
After a lopsided House approval lawmakers anticipate a 60 vote Senate path for a bipartisan plan to curb spending and cut deficits. Several Republican leaders and Tea Party allies oppose the package, citing short term spending and long term risks, while the measure aims to avert another government shutdown.
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Washington
House
Senate
Harry Reid
D-Nev
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Iraq
Afghanistan
Congress
William A. Thien
VFW
Bob Corker
R-Tenn
Jeff Flake
R-Ariz
GOP
John Cornyn
Texas
Megan Mitchell
Mitch McConnell
Kentucky
Matt Bevin
Rand Paul
Marco Rubio
Florida
Ted Cruz
Senate Republicans
John Boehner
Paul Ryan
Wisconsin
North Korea purges intensify after Jang Song Thaek execution
North Korea may see further purges after the execution of Jang Song Thaek, once deemed the country’s second powerful figure. State media labeled him corrupt and a traitor, while experts weigh whether Kim Jong Un is consolidating power or facing internal turmoil as ripple effects spread through the elite.
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Yongyang
North Korea
Kim Jong UN
Jang Song Thaek
Jang
Kim
Kim Jong Il
Victor Cha
White House
Asia
Kim Il Sung
Cha
Narushige Michishita
National Graduate Institute For Policy Studies
Tokyo
Kim Kyong Hui
Choe Ryong Hae
Pak Pong Ju
Kim Yong Nam
Interpreter at Mandela memorial linked to murder case
Reports allege the sign language interpreter Julius Jantjie faced a 2003 murder charge. Officials say a probe will proceed but offer few details, while questions arise over his access to world leaders at the ceremony.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Nelson Mandela
Wnca TV
Barack Obama
Amsanga Jantjie
Phumia Williams
Williams
Jantjie
Associated Press
Soweto
Mandela
Enca
Steubenville school workers plead not guilty in rape case
Four eastern Ohio school workers including Superintendent Mike McVey entered not guilty pleas on charges linked to a grand jury probe into the August 2012 rape of a 16 year old by Steubenville football players. The defendants face obstruction and evidence tampering counts and related accusations.
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Steubenville, Ohio
Ohio
Mike McVey
Steubenville
McVey
Charles Bean
Patricia Ann Cosgrove
Jefferson County Court
West Virginia
William Rhinaman
Seth Flaharty
Matt Belardine
Lynnett Gorman
Dennis McNamara
Hannah Rhinaman
MecVey
Berardine
Flaharty
Mingo Junction
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