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  • Hillary Clinton.
  • Hillary Clinton is in the Bay Area to receive an honor from the American Bar Association.
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  • Hillary Clinton.
  • Hillary Clinton is in the Bay Area to receive an honor from the American Bar Association.
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  • President Obama
  • President Obama said Snowden is not a patriot and challenged him to return to the U.S. to face espionage charges.
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  • President Obama
  • Caught between domestic gridlock and foreign policy crises, the president held a news conference Friday before going on vacation.
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  • Barack Obama
  • President Barack Obama is accusing Washington of taking "its eye off the ball" and getting distracted from the economy.
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  • DREAMers and parents take an oath in a mock citizenship ceremony.
  • President Obama is pressing the Republican-controlled House to embrace a path to citizenship.
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  • Gov. Rick Perry says the abortion bill awaiting his signature to become Texas law is constitutional and will withstand court challenges by those who oppose it.
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  • Republicans pushed a scaled-down farm bill through the House on Thursday, putting off a fight over food stamp spending.
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  • The Texas House approved new abortion limits less than two weeks after Senate Republicans failed to finish work on the bill.
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  • With a backdrop of college students on the step of the House of Representatives, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and GOP leaders talk about the politics of federal student loan rates which doubled on July 1
  • The Senate scheduled a procedural vote for Wednesday on a bill that would restore the interest rate on subsidized Stafford loans.
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  • Republicans and Democrats will put good will to the test when Congress returns this week.
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  • Edward Snowden
  • Presidents Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela are willing to grant asylum to dward Snowden.
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laws, european union, barack obama, congress, democrats, republicans, nancy pelosi, CIA, national/world
  • Rebounding state revenue bolstered by temporary tax increases are paying off for California's largest public employees' union.
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  • Bolivias President Evo Moraless plane
  • Bolivia's president left Europe for home on Wednesday amid diplomatic drama after his flight was rerouted and delayed overnight in Austria.
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  • Moscows Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia
  • The plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales was rerouted to Austria because of suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board.
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  • The Interfax news agency says a Russian consular official has confirmed that NSA leaker Edward Snowden asked for political asylum in Russia.
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  • A demonstrator protests with a poster against NSA in Hanover, Germany.
  • The Obama administration faced a breakdown in confidence Sunday from key foreign allies.
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  • Border security amendment offered in Senate
  • An agreement to vastly increase fencing, patrols and monitoring along the U.S.-Mexico border was unveiled in the Senate Friday.
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  • Netroots Nation conference in San Jose
  • Netroots Nation's annual gathering of liberal bloggers and activists is drawing some big name politicians to San Jose this weekend.
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  • Netroots Nation conference in San Jose
  • Netroots Nation's annual gathering of liberal bloggers and activists is drawing some big name politicians to San Jose this weekend.
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san jose, senate, congress, websites, internet, nancy pelosi, barbara boxer, democrats, social media, south bay news, mark matthews
  • Gov. Jerry Brown discusses the budget compromise reached with Democratic leaders, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento left, and Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, right, during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif.
  • The California Legislature on Saturday approved a budget bill expanding Medicaid to 1.4 million low-income residents.
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  • Joe Biden surprises customers at Hobees Restaurant in Sunnyvale
  • Vice President Joe Biden surprised some customers by making an unannounced stop at a Sunnyvale restaurant Saturday morning.
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  • U.S. Vice President Joe Biden
  • Vice President Joe Biden is in San Francisco Friday night for a fundraiser in the Sea Cliff neighborhood.
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  • Vice President Joe Biden is in San Francisco Friday night for a fundraiser in the Sea Cliff neighborhood.
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  • Woman at a shooting range
  • The Santa Monica shooting spree has given California lawmakers another reason to renew the debate over stricter gun control.
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  • President Obama talks about snooping controversy
  • President Obama's trip to Silicon Valley made headlines Friday when he vigorously defended sweeping secret surveillance.
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  • Obama addresses national security, health care
  • President Obama answered questions in San Jose Friday for the first time about the government's secret phone data collection program.
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  • Barack Obama
  • President Barack Obama will be delivering an address on health care this morning in San Jose.
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  • Obama motorcade
  • President Obama's quick fundraising trip to the Bay Area brought out generous donors, excited residents, and angry protesters.
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  • Barack Obama
  • President Obama's quick fundraising trip to the Bay Area brought out generous donors, excited residents, and angry protesters.
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  • The president's first stop during his Bay Area visit is the Palo Alto home of Marci and Mike McCue.
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  • Obama to attend fundraising dinner at Khosla home
  • Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla is hosting a fundraising dinner for the president. Tickets cost $32,400 per person.
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  • President Obama will arrive on Air Force One at Moffett Field in Mountain View Thursday evening.
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  • President Obama
  • President Obama will arrive on Air Force One at Moffett Field in Mountain View around 6 this evening.
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  • Palo Alto prepares for President Obamas arrival
  • While Palo Alto residents are excited for Pres. Obama's next fundraising stop, Atherton officials are still fuming over the last trip.
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  • Palo Alto prepares for President Obamas arrival
  • While Palo Alto residents are excited for Pres. Obama's next fundraising stop, Atherton officials are still fuming over the last trip.
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  • California State Capitol.
  • The FBI has raided state Sen. Ron Calderon's two offices in Sacramento.
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  • Bullets
  • Democrats in the state Senate have passed a series of firearms bills intended to reduce the chances for widespread carnage.
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  • Big special interest groups -- including labor unions -- made up the bulk of the donations to support Prop. 28.
  • California lawmakers are heading into the final week to move legislation from one house to the next with a lengthy to-do list.
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  • Democrats say there's enough money to make California's neediest residents smile again, but Gov. Brown wants to wait.
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  • Democrats say there's enough money to make California's neediest residents smile again, but Gov. Brown wants to wait.
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  • Abuse of tax loophole led to IRS scandal
  • We take a look at how political groups may have taken advantage of a tax loophole meant for "social welfare" organizations.
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  • Abuse of tax loophole led to IRS scandal
  • We take a look at how political groups may have taken advantage of a tax loophole meant for "social welfare" organizations.
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  • Gregory Hicks gives testimony about Benghazi attack
  • In emotional testimony, the former U.S. deputy chief of mission in Libya described the night four Americans were killed.
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  • Drone.
  • California lawmakers are attempting to regulate the use of drones and unmanned aircraft to gather information.
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  • President Obama speaks at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner
  • At the annual White House Correspondents' dinner, President Obama got to deliver some jokes and jabs at people and issues.
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  • This video frame grab provided by Senate Television shows Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. using a poster of weapons as she speaks about gun legisalation, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  • The Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers.
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  • State committee looks to tighten gun control
  • There were emotional stories told about impact of gun violence in today's California Senate Public Safety committee hearing.
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  • Obamas motorcade
  • President Barack Obama left the Bay Area after raising at least $3 million dollars for Congressional Democrats.
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  • President Obama
  • Making a down payment on his vow to go all in for Democrats in 2014, President Obama is courting well-heeled donors in California.
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