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Obama against prosecuting reporters for doing their jobs: White House

Obama against prosecuting reporters for doing their jobs: White House

President Barack Obama believes firmly in freedom of the press and does not want journalists to be prosecuted for doing their jobs, the White House said on Tuesday, responding to criticism about his administration’s investigations of leaks to reporters.

Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town

Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town

President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of “one of the most destructive” storms in the nation’s history.

Nevada lawmakers ‘all over the map’ on immigration reform

Nevada lawmakers ‘all over the map’ on immigration reform

Washington — Technically speaking, it isn’t time for the Nevada delegation to influence immigration reform.

A house for Mother’s Day, a viral video for Las Vegas son

A house for Mother’s Day, a viral video for Las Vegas son

Dao Vahn lost nearly everything to cervical cancer.

House easily passes Heck’s bill on lying about military honors

House easily passes Heck’s bill on lying about military honors

Nevada Rep. Joe Heck’s bill to safeguard the sanctity of military awards had an easy ride through the House of Representatives tonight, earning the near-unanimous support of his colleagues.

More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told

More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told

White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama’s spokesman disclosed Monday, expanding the circle of top officials who knew of the audit beyond those named earlier.

Yerington land swap bill bogged down in House

Yerington land swap bill bogged down in House

The Nevada delegation had hoped that the Lyon County Economic Development Act, their first priority public lands bill by mutual agreement, would be moving through the House at a little bit faster clip than this.

911 caller believed stabbed girl, 8, was alive

911 caller believed stabbed girl, 8, was alive

The parents of an 8-year-old Central California girl who was stabbed to death in her home believed she was fine when they made a 911 call to authorities from another location.

Key U.S. senator to fight for tracking system in immigration law

Key U.S. senator to fight for tracking system in immigration law

Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, who is considered crucial to the passage of an immigration law overhaul, on Tuesday vowed to fight for a biometric system that would track foreigners entering and exiting the country after a Senate panel rejected the idea.

Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe

Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe

The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for the Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news.

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