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What You Missed on LA’s Morning News 5/17/13

Here are the news maker interviews you missed (or want to hear again) from this morning’s edition of LA’s Morning News with Penny Griego and Phil Hulett. 5:32 a.m. – NBC Washington reporter, Bob Costantini […]

2013/05/17

The U.S. Supreme Court building. (AP Photo)

Court won’t stop judges from getting raises

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won’t stop some federal judges from getting cost-of-living increases promised to them by Congress but never paid, a move that could end up increasing the salaries of all federal judges.

2013/04/22

Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough (AP Photo)

Smithsonian to close galleries due to budget cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Budget cuts from Congress will soon reduce the number of free exhibitions on view each day at the Smithsonian Institution and will furlough U.S. Park Police officers who guard the nation’s monuments.

2013/04/16

Post office retreats on eliminating Saturday mail

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service backed down from its plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery because Congress barred it, officials said Wednesday.

2013/04/10

Immigrants play more vocal role in reform debate

PHOENIX (AP) — There was a time when Karina Galicia would change the subject when her friends brought up immigration. She constantly worried that she would be arrested if anyone found out she was living in the U.S. illegally.

2013/04/09

Neither party has cash to fix student loan rates

WASHINGTON (AP) — Incoming college freshmen could end up paying $5,000 more for the same loans their older siblings have, if Congress doesn’t keep interest rates from doubling. If that sounds familiar, it’s because the same warning came last year.

2013/03/28

Report: Pentagon must do more to prevent assaults

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report required by Congress calls on the Department of Defense to assess how well commanding officers handle sexual assault and harassment complaints as a condition of their job.

2013/03/26

PROMISES, PROMISES: Climate Change

Slowing the buildup of greenhouse gases responsible for warming the planet is one of the biggest challenges the United States and President Barack Obama face.

2013/03/25

Lew hopeful on reaching a budget breakthrough

WASHINGTON (AP) – Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says he is optimistic that President Barack Obama will be able to reach an agreement with Republicans in Congress to break a budget impasse that has triggered across-the-board government spending cuts.

2013/03/15

VP Joe Biden (Photo credit: WhiteHouse.gov/AP)

VP launches audio series on ‘Being Biden’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is launching an audio series to give Americans the sense they’re behind the scenes with Vice President Joe Biden. The series is called “Being Biden” and features his narration of the stories from his life as VP. Listen here.

2013/03/14

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