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June 12, 2017 at 6:35 am

Senator predicts sanctions against Russia, warns Trump against veto

The Senate is expected to vote this week on a measure to punish Russia with sanctions for interfering in the 2016 presidential election, and President...

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January 7, 2015 at 6:22 pm

FCC hints it’s heeding Obama’s call for net-neutrality rules

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission is signaling it intends to adopt President Obama’s proposal for “net neutrality” when the independent agency votes on rules...

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June 29, 2013 at 8:00 pm

Student-loan interest rates to double next week

The rate that college undergraduates from lower-income families pay for student loans will double Monday. The U.S. Senate has left for a one-week break without...

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May 4, 2012 at 10:00 pm

Export-Import Bank deal reached

Negotiations between Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, R-Md., set the stage for a House vote next week on extending the...

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December 22, 2009 at 6:17 pm

Debt-limit vote due Thursday in deal with Senate Republicans

The Senate scheduled a Thursday vote to approve a $290 billion increase in the U.S. debt limit as part of a deal to assure consideration...

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September 19, 2009 at 12:01 am

Wilson says he wouldn’t repeat outburst to Obama

U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S. C., said Friday that if he could do it over again, he would "absolutely not" shout "You lie! " at...

April 1, 2009 at 12:00 am

States would like to renew court oversight of Microsoft

States monitoring Microsoft's compliance with their 2001 landmark antitrust settlement probably will seek continued court supervision over the software company's business practices, say people familiar...

December 17, 2008 at 12:00 am

FTC accuses firm of drug monopoly

Antitrust enforcers accused Ovation Pharmaceuticals of cornering the U.S. market on a drug for a congenital heart defect in premature infants and asked a court...

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September 20, 2007 at 12:00 am

Criticism of Microsoft ruling offends EU court

Neelie Kroes, the European Union's antitrust commissioner, termed "totally unacceptable" U.S. criticism of an EU court's ruling against...

April 21, 2007 at 12:00 am

Microsoft dispute a lesson, EU says

Microsoft's refusal to obey a 2004 order that it share software data with rivals may prompt European authorities to consider harsher remedies...

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