US and China show progress on currency and cyber issues
After two days of talks, the United States and China noted progress on currency policy and cyberspace norms, while acknowledging sharp differences. Leaders signaled a fall visit by China’s Xi Jinping and pledged closer cooperation on climate, the oceans, and illegal fishing amid broader strategic tensions.
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China
Barack Obama
U.s.-China
East Asia
White House
John Kerry
U.S
Obama
Xi Jinping
Washington
South China Sea
Zheng Zeguang
North Pacific
Republicans Defy Dietary Guidelines Proposals in Congress
congressional Republicans resist proposed diet guidelines urging environment based eating. House and Senate bills demand focus on nutrition only. The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee urged more plant based foods and even tax on sugary drinks, drawing backlash from meat and beverage groups as the Obama era policy faces intensified political scrutiny.
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Senate
Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services
Obama
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Rosa DeLauro
D-Conn
Barbara Millen
Brown Services Pending for Laquita Brown
Brown Services are pending at Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory for Laquita Brown, 77, who died Wednesday in Los Lunas NM. A further announcement will be made once arrangements have been finalized.
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Los Lunas
House panel approves education cuts boosts medical research
The Republican controlled House Appropriations panel approved a $153 billion education and health bill amid sequestration fights. The measure raises NIH funding by 1.1 billion and preserves CDC, Ryan White, and child care programs while trimming Title I, special education, and anti-poverty initiatives. Democrats denounced the plan as harmful to women and public health, and Obama threatens a veto.
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Congress
Pentagon
GOP
Barack Obama
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Obama
Tom Cole
R-Okla
National Institutes of Health
Centers For Disease Control
Ryan White
Cole
Obama notes shift in attitude on gay marriage at White House
President Obama says attitudes toward gay marriage have shifted nationwide ahead of a Supreme Court ruling. He spoke at a White House gay pride month event and urged progress on transgender rights while criticizing a heckler who interrupted his remarks.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Supreme Court
White House
High Court
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