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Zika talks to end soon, Republican negotiators promise

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in control of negotiations on long-delayed funding to combat the Zika virus are promising a quick agreement. Behind-the-scenes negotiations have focused on a potential deal in the range of a $1.1 billion measure passed by the Senate last month. A trickier issue involves whether to pair

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Massive year-end spending bill includes cybersecurity act

WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive year-end spending measure moving through Congress includes a provision that will encourage companies to share cyber threat information with the government while providing them with liability protections for not acting on information received. The measure, a culmination of several years of effort to pass a cyber