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Sen Lieberman: White House Leaks 'Worst In A Long Time'

There's concern among some U.S. lawmakers that recent national security leaks that allegedly originated in the White House may have, among other consequences, jeopardized the security of Americans conducting the operations.
The U.S. 2012 fiscal year budget is unveiled in Washington

US National Debt - 5 Times Greater Than The Government Admits

The IOU that is being laid on the doorsteps of U.S. taxpayers in the form of the national debt is far greater than most Americans realize. That's because the federal government does not report the true size of the national debt -- now nearly $80 trillion.
Like a diver vaulting off a high cliff into the water, the US economy will be vaulted off a financial cliff on Jan. 1, 2013 -- unless Congress acts.

Fiscal Cliff: If You Aren't Worried, Here's Why You Should Be

While the euro zone fiscal crisis has grabbed the spotlight, the U.S. faces its own fiscal crisis. The simultaneous onset of tax increases and spending cuts scheduled for Jan. 1 -- which will trigger unless Republicans and Democrats can agree on a balanced budget solution -- will likely send the economy plunging off a $720 billion fiscal cliff and into the arms of another recession.
 A voter exits a voting booth after casting her ballot in Wilmington

Florida County Supervisors Resist Voter Purge

Florida election supervisors are refusing to go forward with a purge of non-citizen voters from the rolls, removing themselves from an escalating fight between the state and the Obama administration.
15. Mexico

Mexican Guest Workers Claim Wal-Mart Supplier Stole Their Wages

Mexican guest workers filed Wednesday a U.S. Department of Labor complaint against CJ's Seafood, a Wal-Mart Stores supplier, alleging the company didn't pay overtime for long shifts, locked them in and made physical threats for not working fast enough.
US Public Policy

US Still Trying To Recover From Three 2001-2008 Public Policy Mistakes

Tea Party members and other conservatives would like Americans to believe that the United States? problems started in 2009, but nothing could be further from the truth. Three major policy errors by President George W. Bush last decade substantially worsened the U.S.?s fiscal condition, and the nation has been trying to recover ever since.
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Hugo Chavez's Terminal Mystery Cancer And Venezuela's Looming Power Vacuum

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer for more than a year now. He has been in power since 1999 and intends to run for re-election in October, but questions remain about whether his health will hold up and who could replace him in the event it does not.
U.S. Attorney General Holder delivers a speech at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago

AG Holder Defends Embattled Voting Rights Act

As the 1965 Voting Rights Act comes under fire from Republican lawmakers and conservative justices on the Supreme Court, Holder explains why it's still needed to fight inequality at the polls.

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