2015年9月30日星期三

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No shutdown: Congress approves bill to keep government open

Posted: 30 Sep 2015 03:33 PM PDT

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., center, walks to a procedural vote and debate in the House on a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A temporary funding measure aiming to keep the government open past a midnight deadline sailed through the Senate on Wednesday and was expected to make its way shortly through a divided House and on to President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Just hours before a midnight deadline, a bitterly divided Congress approved a stopgap spending bill.


John Kerry: Putin’s Syria involvement could be opportunity for U.S.

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The U.S. secretary of state doesn't think Russia's presence in Syria will box the Washington into a corner.


Bill O’Reilly talks Trump, Reagan and the 2016 presidential race

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Most Americans oppose defunding Planned Parenthood

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While anti-abortion activists are urging Congress to defund Planned Parenthood, a majority of Americans favor federal funding.


Pope's meeting with Kentucky clerk divides public after U.S. visit

Posted: 30 Sep 2015 11:49 AM PDT

Kentucky county clerk Davis speaks during an interview on Fox News Channel's 'The Kelly File' in New YorkA Kentucky county clerk who had been jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples secretly met Pope Francis in a move that disappointed many liberal Catholics and encouraged officials who support her stance. The meeting with Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, and comments by the pope on Monday, may spur action by local officials across the United States who have refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples since the U.S. Supreme Court's June decision to legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 states.


Georgia executes a woman for the first time in 70 years

Posted: 30 Sep 2015 12:02 PM PDT

Death row inmate Kelly Renee Gissendaner is seen in an undated picture from the Georgia Department of CorrectionsKelly Gissendaner, 47, died by injection at 12:21 a.m. EDT at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, a prison spokeswoman said. In the execution chamber, Gissendaner prayed and called her former husband an "amazing man who died because of me," according to television reporter Jeff Hullinger, who witnessed the injection. Gissendaner was the 16th woman executed in the United States since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.


Stopgap funding bill nears final passage in Congress

Posted: 30 Sep 2015 12:39 PM PDT

A lone worker passes by the U.S. Capitol Building in WashingtonThe U.S. Congress, racing against a midnight deadline, on Wednesday advanced legislation that would avert looming government shutdowns by funding federal agencies until Dec. 11. The House of Representatives, which for weeks was held up by conservatives' demands to withdraw all federal funds for women's healthcare provider Planned Parenthood, moved the bill toward final passage when it approved rules for debating the measure. While it would maintain Planned Parenthood's funding, the House is also poised to pass separate legislation defunding Planned Parenthood in a bow to conservative demands.


Jan Schakowsky: Boehner exit signals GOP move 'to the more extreme'

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Bill Clinton on Donald Trump: 'The thing about branding is ... you can be fact-free'

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VW revs up recall plan, hunts for culprits in pollution scam

Posted: 30 Sep 2015 11:01 AM PDT

The German government has given Volkswagen until October 7 to explain how it will resolve the pollution-cheating scandalGerman auto giant Volkswagen shifted up a gear Wednesday in its plans to recall millions of cars fitted with pollution-cheating software as it boosted efforts to find the masterminds behind the scam. Following the departures of chief executive Martin Winterkorn and sales chief Christian Klingler in VW's deepest-ever crisis that broke 12 days ago, more heads looked set to roll after the new CEO Matthias Mueller vowed to be "ruthless" in getting to the bottom of the affair. The steering committee of the carmaker's supervisory board met on Wednesday to discuss the preliminary findings of the internal investigation into a scam that has rocked the automobile sector and wiped 29 billion euros ($32.5 billion) off VW's market capitalisation.


Russia begins airstrikes in Syria, but West disputes targets

Posted: 30 Sep 2015 03:05 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, listen to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, before a bilateral meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. (Mikhail Klimentyev, RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)MOSCOW (AP) — Russia launched airstrikes Wednesday in Syria, sharply escalating Moscow's role in the conflict but also raising questions about whether its intent is fighting Islamic State militants or protecting longtime ally, President Bashar Assad.


Fact-checking Planned Parenthood chief’s heated House hearing

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Trump gives Putin an 'A' on leadership

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:25 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with senior government officials at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Russian military jets carried out airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria on Wednesday for the first time, after President Vladimir Putin received parliamentary approval to send Russian troops to Syria. (Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — One day after President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin made little headway in their standoff over Syria at their first formal meeting in more than two years, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump is agreeing with Putin on his backing of Syrian President Bashar Assad.


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