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Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill

House Judiciary Committee members Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., sponsor of the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act, left, talks with Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, prior to the start of the committee's hearing to discuss the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

WASHINGTON (AP) — After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.

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Top UK court overturns sanctions on Iranian bank

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Supreme Court quashed sanctions against an Iranian bank penalized over its alleged links to Iran’s nuclear weapons program, saying Wednesday that Bank Mellat had been arbitrarily singled out.

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5 points to know about the health care overhaul

Still a little hazy about the health care overhaul? You have plenty of company.

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%byline(By TOM MURPHY

Still a little hazy about the health care overhaul? You have plenty of company.

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As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention

This photo provided by the American Red Cross, flames from the Doce Fire rise above a hillside in Arizona's Prescott National Forest at dusk, Tuesday, June 18, 2013.  More than 500 firefighters were dispatched to battle the nearly 11-square-mile wildfire which sparked evacuations in nearby neighborhoods.  (AP Photo/American Red Cross, Todd Tamcsin)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.

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