Congress ended a showdown linking Homeland Security Department spending and immigration policy as House Speaker John Boehner defied hard-line Republicans and let the chamber vote to fund the agency through September...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was praised Tuesday by the entire Arkansas delegation for delivering a clear and compelling case for drawing a hard line against Iran’s nuclear ambitions...
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Talk of a federal ammunition ban has gun owners running to store shelves to stock up. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) has proposed a ban on the sale of M855 bullets, claiming it's dangerous for police officers in the line of duty...
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Congress on Tuesday ended weeks of tumult over legislation to finance the Department of Homeland Security, passing a bill that will keep the agency operating for the remaining seven months of the fiscal year...
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The Little Rock Veterans Affairs office has been found to have changed the dates on disability and other claims, making them appear more recent and leading to delays in processing that in some cases were more than a decade old...
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday vetoed legislation to permit construction of the Keystone XL pipeline without further administrative approval saying the bill attempted to circumvent “longstanding and proven processes” for determining if such a cross-border pipeline serves the national interest...
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President Barack Obama issued the third veto of his presidency Tuesday to reject legislation that would allow the Keystone XL oil pipeline to be built, escalating a battle over the project between the White House and Republicans in Congress...
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The veto of a bill to build a nearly 3,000 mile pipeline from Canada through the United States drew a stinging rebuke from the state’s congressional delegation Tuesday.
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Geraldean Johnson, 87, stared at the flag-draped casket holding the remains of Cpl. C.G. Bolden, her former husband, as a U.S. Army honor guard fired a 12-gun salute Saturday, giving him a final send-off...
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On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. French Hill, a Republican from Little Rock, visited the Arkansas Rice Depot and the Arkansas Foodbank and had an open house in Conway for constituents. Thursday he held an open house at his Little Rock office...
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