Matthew Daly

May 01, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Rep. Jim McDermott had no right to disclose the contents of an illegally taped telephone call involving House Republican leaders a decade ago, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.In a 5-4 opinion, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that McDermott, a Washington Democrat, should not have given reporters access to the taped telephone call.

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December 26, 2012 | Daily Report Online

With a yearend deadline looming before the economy goes over the so-called fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama is cutting short his traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii, planning to leave for Washington on Wednesday evening.

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October 20, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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July 09, 2007 | Daily Report Online

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February 09, 2012 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The nation's first new nuclear power plant in a generation is expected to win approval Thursday as federal regulators consider whether to grant a license for two new reactors in Georgia.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is expected to approve Atlanta-based Southern Co.'s request to build two nuclear reactors at its Vogtle site south of Augusta.

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October 04, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - A group trying to combat childhood obesity has launched a TV ad spoofing Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's toe-tapping in an airport men's room.The ad, created by the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, targets senators who support subsidies for high-fat foods such as bacon and burgers that make their way to school-lunch programs.

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December 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Obama administration says it is settling a long-running and contentious lawsuit over royalties owed to American Indians.Under an agreement announced Tuesday, the Interior Department will distribute $1.4 billion to more than 300,000 tribe members to compensate them for historical accounting claims, and to resolve future claims.

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July 23, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASILLA, Alaska AP - The trustee for a legal defense fund set up to help Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said the former vice presidential candidate has never been involved with the trust or accepted money from it to pay her legal bills."The governor is not, was not and has not been involved in this trust," Kristan Cole of Wasilla said Wednesday.

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March 09, 2010 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - President Barack Obama is meeting with Cabinet members and key senators from both parties in a bid to move forward on a long-stalled U.S. climate and energy bill.A bill sponsored by Sens. John Kerry, a Democrat, Lindsey Graham, a Republican, and Joe Lieberman, an independent, aims to cut emissions of pollution-causing greenhouse gases by 17 percent by 2020.

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May 20, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - An American Indian who served as Idaho attorney general is the new head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.The Senate this week confirmed Larry EchoHawk, a law professor at Brigham Young University and a member of the Pawnee tribe, as Assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs. President Barack Obama nominated EchoHawk for the post last month.

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