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                    [Title] => US govt tells agents to ID immigrants not to deport
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The Obama administration has ordered federal agents to ask immigrants they encounter living in the U.S. illegally whether they might qualify under President Barack Obama's plans to avoid deporting them, according to internal training materials obtained by The Associated Press.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-28 22:31:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1120571 [AuthorName] => Alicia A. Caldwell [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1345774 [Title] => White House: 2014 deficit to drop $100B [Summary] =>

The government's budget deficit will drop to $583 billion this year, the lowest level of President Barack Obama's tenure, the White House said Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-13 02:09:19 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1124712 [AuthorName] => Andrew Taylor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1341516 [Title] => US struggles to keep vows to veterans [Summary] =>

Nearly 9 million US military veterans were promised free medical care through the Veterans Administration when they signed on for duty. Now the challenge for lawmakers is finding the money to fix a health care system that many say is broken.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134176 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1756833 [AuthorName] => Steven R. Hurst [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1292150 [Title] => Budget office: Wage hike would lift pay, cost jobs [Summary] =>

Boosting the federal minimum wage as President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are proposing would increase earnings for more than 16.5 million people by 2016 but also cut employment by roughly 500,000 jobs, Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-19 07:04:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1111945 [AuthorName] => Alan Fram [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1286921 [Title] => New report: Budget deficit to drop to $514B [Summary] =>

A new report released yesterday says the government's budget deficit is set to fall to $514 billion for the current year, down substantially from last year and the lowest by far since President Barack Obama took office five years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-05 05:05:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1124712 [AuthorName] => Andrew Taylor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1284706 [Title] => House to vote on final farm bill, food stamp cuts [Summary] =>

The House is rushing to complete work on a nearly $100 billion-a-year farm bill that would make small cuts to food stamps and continue generous subsidies for the nation's farmers.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-30 05:15:56 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1507345 [AuthorName] => Mary Clare Jalonick [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1273161 [Title] => 1.3 million losing unemployment benefits Saturday [Summary] =>

More than 1 million Americans are bracing for a harrowing, post-Christmas jolt as extended federal unemployment benefits come to a sudden halt this weekend, with potentially significant implications for the recovering US economy.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-29 04:48:06 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1180425 [AuthorName] => Bradley Klapper [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1256799 [Title] => US budget deficit drops on spending cuts, shutdown [Summary] =>

The US government started the first month of the 2014 budget year with a smaller budget deficit, signaling further improvement in the nation’s finances at a time when lawmakers are wrestling to reach a deal to keep the government open past January.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1256227 [Title] => Medicaid is health overhaul's early success story [Summary] =>

The ugly duckling of government health care programs has turned into a rare early success story for President Barack Obama's technologically challenged health overhaul.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-13 07:02:41 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1690131 [AuthorName] => Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1251874 [Title] => Food stamp cuts kick in as Congress debates more [Summary] =>

More than 47 million Americans who receive food stamps will see their benefits go down starting Friday, just as Congress has begun negotiations on further cuts to the program.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-01 07:10:53 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1507333 [AuthorName] => Mary Clare Jal Onick [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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