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Health-care subsidies may be incorrect for 1 million people
The government may be paying incorrect subsidies to more than 1 million Americans for their health plans in the new federal insurance marketplace and has been unable so far to fix the errors, according to internal documents and three people familiar with the situation.
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White House mistakenly identifies CIA chief in Afghanistan
The CIA’s top officer in Kabul was exposed Saturday by the White House when his name was inadvertently included on a list provided to news organizations of senior U.S. officials participating in President Obama’s surprise visit with U.S. troops.
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Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan smuggles fake 'pipe bomb' into parliament
Senator Bill Heffernan takes a fake pipe bomb into Parliament House to highlight his security concerns.
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Obamacare may slow insurance rate hikes
Nonpartisan industry watchers say they expect big premium increases to hit less frequently in years to come
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U.S. Secret Service does not want your sarcastic tweets
The U.S. Secret Service wants your tweets, but not the snarky ones. According to a work order posted on Monday, the agency is seeking quotes for a social media analytics tool to help it monitor online posts as part of its duties protecting national leaders and overseeing national security events.
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A Brief History of John McCain Loudly Reprimanding People for Endorsing the Same Thing He Endorsed
With McCain's previous support for the Bergdahl exchange established, Friday seemed like the right time to take a look back in time.
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Why The CIA Is Verified On Facebook Now
On Friday, the Central Intelligence Agency scored a PR coup when the agency’s first-ever tweet was retweeted nearly 270,000 times. For a government entity not often on the right side of feel-good stories, the cheeky leveraging of social media was a total victory.
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Careful What You Wish For
If you live outside the United States, let me begin by saying that I am very sorry for what is about to happen. Despite the damage that the Republican Party and their right-wing fellow travelers have done to this country and, worse, to the rest of the world, it seems the American public is once again leaning in their direction. The Democrats may still be the lesser of two evils, but that is becoming less of a comfort all the time.
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U.S. pushing local cops to stay mum on cellular surveillance
The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire neighborhoods, The Associated Press has learned.
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Which federal agencies do lobbyists target most?
Of the nearly 250 agencies tracked by the Center for Responsive Politics, it’s hardly surprising that the ones responsible for making the laws, the U.S. House and Senate, top the list at No. 1 and 2, respectively.
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The Stingray: the cellphone tracker the government won't talk about
The government has the ability to track cellphones using the portable device pictured above called the Stingray — it was recently revealed in a criminal case in Arizona, but the government doesn't want anyone to know how it works.
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BMWs Stay Home as Rich U.S. Candidates Seek Old-Car Street Cred
They ride the streets in pickups and cars old enough to suggest a welder or a store clerk is behind the wheel. Cameras follow and, if the drivers have their way, so will votes.
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US Marshals Accidentally Replies All To Anonymous Bitcoin Auction Bidders In Email Fiasco
In a magnificent show of technical ineptitude, today the U.S. Marshals revealed the identities of many anonymous bidders in its $18 million seized Silk Road Bitcoin auction by CC’ing them on an email thread. When one asked a question, the response was sent to 40 of the bidders, many whose names were attached or easily identifiable from their addresses, negating the whole point of the auction being anonymous. Smooth, government.
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How the US government helps McDonald's sell junk food
The feds also helped bring you the Taco Bell Cantina Double Steak Quesadilla and several other fast-food gems.
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U.S. Postal Service losing tens of millions annually subsidizing shipments to Alaska
Under a federal program exclusive to Alaska, the Postal Service is responsible for shipping more than 100 million pounds a year of apples, frozen meat, dog food, diapers and countless other consumer items to off-road villages in the sparsely populated outposts known as the bush. Over three decades acting as freight forwarder, the agency has lost $2.5 billion.
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White House poised to name patent reform opponent as new head of Patent Office
The Obama Administration’s expected choice to lead the Patent Office is a Johnson & Johnson lawyer who has been a key figure in blocking attempts to reform the patent system.
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The United States finally agrees not to make new landmines anymore
Nearly 16 years after the anti-landmine Ottawa Treaty was signed, America says it will join the pact
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CIA employee’s quest to release information ‘destroyed my entire career’
His CIA career included assignments in Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq, but the most perilous posting for Jeffrey Scudder turned out to be a two-year stint in a sleepy office that looks after the agency’s historical files.
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The airborne panopticon: How plane-mounted cameras watch entire cities
On June 28, 2012, in Dayton, Ohio, police received reports of an attempted robbery. A man armed with a box cutter had just tried to rob the Annex Naughty N’ Nice adult bookstore. Next, a similar report came from a Subway sandwich shop just a few miles northeast of the bookstore.
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US government says online storage isn't protected by the Fourth Amendment
A couple months ago, a New York judge ruled that US search warrants applied to digital information even if they were stored overseas. The decision came about as part of an effort to dig up a Microsoft user's account information stored on a server in Dublin, Ireland.
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