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Critics of carbon regs use mine spill to skewer EPA

Written by Michael Biesecker WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say rivers tainted by last week's massive spill from an abandoned Colorado gold mine are starting to recover, but for the Environmental Protection Agency, the political fallout from the disaster could linger.

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Kerry in Cuba for “victory lap”

Written by Michael Weissenstein and Bradley Klapper HAVANA (AP) — Washington's top diplomat is coming to Havana on Friday to raise the Stars and Stripes over the newly opened U.S. Embassy, making a symbolically charged victory lap for the Obama administration's new policy of engagement with

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Schumer: Walk away from bad deal; let sanctions pressure Iran

Written by Deb Riechmann and David B. Caruso WASHINGTON (AP) — The lone Democratic senator to publicly oppose President Barack Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran said Tuesday that even if the U.S. backs away and other countries lift their sanctions, Iran still will feel "meaningful pressure"

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Keystone XL review drags on 5 times longer than average

Written by Josh Lederman WASHINGTON (AP) — For six and a half years, the White House has had a quick comeback to questions about its yet-to-be-announced decision on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline: Talk to the State Department.

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Obama asks judge to lower terrorist bond payment so as not to burden the Palestinian Authority

Written by Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has intervened in a lawsuit over Palestinian attacks that have killed Americans, advising a judge that requiring a hefty bond payment in the case could financially destabilize the Palestinian government.

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Obama coal regs discriminate against red states

Here's today's political quiz question: What do these five states — Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, California and Maine — have in common? Yes, they are blue states ruled by Democrats, but that's not all. These are the states that use the least amount of coal — 2

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Cuban dissidents not invited to embassy event

Written by Bradley Klapper and Michael Weissenstein WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration doesn't plan to invite Cuban dissidents to Secretary of State John Kerry's historic flag-raising at the U.S. Embassy in Havana on Friday, vividly illustrating how U.S. policy is shifting focus from the

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Experts: ISIS atrocities are genocide

Written by Brian Pellot (RNS) A multifaith group of religious freedom advocates this week called on President Obama and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to declare "that the Islamic State's actions against religious and ethnic minority populations in the Middle East is genocide."