WASHINGTON — The Obama administration wanted the failing solar energy company Solyndra to delay announcing employee layoffs last year until after the 2010 midterm elections, Republican investigators say. A memo prepared by GOP staff at the House Energy and Commerce ...

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WASHINGTON — Two big questions loom over the Obama administration’s latest bid to help troubled homeowners: Will it work? And who would benefit? By easing eligibility rules, the administration hopes 1 million more homeowners will qualify for its refinancing program ...

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has explained its effort to block AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile USA by saying it will fight mergers that would reduce competition and hurt consumers. Yet few think the lawsuit the administration filed Wednesday signals a more aggressive stance ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House on Wednesday took up the most far-reaching overhaul of the patent system in 60 years, a bill that leaders in both parties said would make it easier for inventors to get their innovations to market and help put people back to work.

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ALBANY — The Obama administration has rescinded a rule that blocked Indian tribes from building casinos far from their reservations. Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk announced the policy change Tuesday ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reinstate a policy that allows federal regulators to fine broadcasters for showing nudity and airing curse words when young children may be watching television.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Insiders at the Homeland Security Department warned for months that senior Obama administration appointees were improperly delaying the releases of government files on politically sensitive topics as sought by citizens, journalists and watchdog groups ...

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Attorneys for 20 states fighting the new federal health care law told a judge Thursday it will expand the government’s powers in dangerous and unintended ways.

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PENSACOLA, Fla. — Attorneys for 20 states fighting the new federal health care law say it will expand the government's powers in dangerous and unintended ways.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration’s central foreclosure-prevention effort won’t reach its original goals and the government should come up with clear, measurable objectives for the two-year-old program, according to a new report from a congressional watchdog.

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RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge declared the Obama administration's health care law unconstitutional Monday, siding with Virginia's attorney general in a dispute that both sides agree will ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Obama administration official says a preliminary investigation into the foreclosure process found inexcusable breakdowns in the basic controls mortgage lenders should have been using.

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