James McGovern

James McGovern

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  Deep divide in Congress over domestic food aid

  The House and Senate Agriculture Committees laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm ... 

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  House panel OKs farm bill with food stamp cuts

  The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved a sweeping farm bill that would trim the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. The panel ... 

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  Items from Hemingway's Cuba home go to JFK Library

  While most Americans have never seen Ernest Hemingway's home in Cuba where he wrote some of his most famous books, a set of 2,000 recently digitized ... 

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  US names Russians targeted for sanctions

  The Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against 18 Russians over human rights violations, but avoided some prominent officials whose ... 

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  US Lawmakers meet with jailed American in Cuba

  U.S. lawmakers confirmed on Wednesday that they visited an American man whose detention and long sentence in Cuba has hampered efforts to improve ties ... 

• US lawmakers visit Cuba

  A delegation of American lawmakers led by Sen. Patrick Leahy arrived in Cuba on Monday to gauge the island's economic changes and stress the ... 

• House GOP bill calls attention to Obama on budget

  In a legislative dig at President Barack Obama, the GOP-controlled House on passed a bill designed to highlight the fact that he's never offered a ... 

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  Dissident end of 'leadership of thieves' in China

  Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng on Tuesday urged China's people to end the communist-governed nation's "leadership of thieves" and for Washington not ... 

• US family builds Haiti orphanage for daughter

  An American family who lost their daughter in a massive earthquake in Haiti three years ago has finished building an orphanage in her memory. 

• House approves $633 billion defense bill

  The House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a $633 billion defense bill for next year despite Pentagon complaints that it spares outdated but ...