Articles by James Varney
House members sent a letter Wednesday to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeking more information about the social media giant's new rules for political ad buys.
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June 13, 2018
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The USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned ship in the Navy, sits in Boston, revered by sailors and history buffs. The second-oldest ship, the USS Pueblo, floats at a river dock in Pyongyang, still a hostage more than 50 years after North Korea seized it in a January 1968 raid in the frigid waters of the East Sea off the Hermit Kingdom's northeastern coast.
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June 11, 2018
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, is not backing down in his support for gun rights as he tries to unseat longtime Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, who is signaling plans to make guns an issue.
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June 10, 2018
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This spit of land in the Gulf of Mexico doesn't have mansions or any other outward trappings of wealth; indeed, it doesn't even boast much land anymore. But that makes it a remarkably pricey piece of real estate.
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June 5, 2018
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For nearly three-quarters of a century, Burton Madison has spent Memorial Day at his hometown Kansas City's monument to American soldiers in World War I.
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May 27, 2018
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Political conversations have grown increasingly nasty in recent years, and it may be spawning something even worse: a growing number of people taking their vitriol to another level by threatening members of Congress.
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May 24, 2018
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Florida Sen. Bill Nelson styles himself as "a moderate voice on major issues," but his asserted independence is being questioned as the Democrat seeks a fourth term this November.
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May 20, 2018
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A Colorado man who fancied himself a "sovereign citizen" outside the reach of U.S. law instead finds himself a convicted felon facing time behind bars after a federal judge last week sentenced him to 70 months in prison.
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May 17, 2018
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Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, fighting to keep his seat in November, hopes a part-time state resident will end up making the difference.
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May 13, 2018
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Flush with their success prying billions of dollars out of BP in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Louisiana trial lawyers have their scopes trained on new prey: the oil and gas industry as a whole. In the process, the state's famous fishing grounds are turning increasingly off-limits.
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May 10, 2018
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It's hard enough for consumers to find the "Made in the USA" label in a market saturated with foreign goods. Turns out the government has the same problem.
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April 29, 2018
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The collapse of the catfish industry did not go unnoticed by elected officials in Deep South states and efforts to support the industry in the U.S. have raised trade hackles in Vietnam.
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April 18, 2018
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For those dazed and confused by changing their clocks twice a year, some elected officials have proposed a solution: make daylight saving time permanent.
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April 2, 2018
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A clinical psychologist and scholar, Jordan Peterson has taken the Internet, along with the publishing and speaking-tour worlds, by storm. His lectures and books now command enthralled audiences worldwide. Fresh off sold-out appearances in Australia, a 12-city North American tour to promote his latest book started Sunday in Manhattan.
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March 26, 2018
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A bipartisan coalition of representatives announced Tuesday they're fighting to keep full funding for a federal grant that pays local police and sheriff's departments to hire more officers.
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March 20, 2018
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A driverless Uber car struck and killed a pedestrian Sunday night in Arizona, the first fatality of its kind in what analysts said is a serious blow to plans for a broader autonomous vehicle service.
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March 19, 2018
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There is little doubt that the COPS grant program, sprung from the 1994 crime bill, helped craft the modern approach to community-based policing. The cash was supposed to be a six-year infusion of federal taxpayer money to encourage local police and sheriff's departments to focus on communities by putting 100,000 more officers on the streets.
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March 18, 2018
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A member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights asked census officials on Thursday to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 census forms, wading into a raging battle over the decision.
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March 15, 2018
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If Florida Gov. Rick Scott has a reputation for anything, it's keeping a cool head in a crisis. How he is navigating the latest may help determine whether he wins a new job in November.
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March 7, 2018
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Measured by money and candidates, the NRA ranks among the most successful lobbying groups.
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March 1, 2018
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