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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Tuesday a new policy that opens agency data to certain people. (AP Photo)Â

Federal health data could lead to new tools for patient care

Robert King · June 2, 2015 5:26 pm

Houston Mayor Annise Parker participates in the Sixth Annual Washington Ideas Forum in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Houston claims victory over chronic veterans homelessness

Kelly Cohen · June 2, 2015 5:09 pm

Federal Reserve governor Lael BrainardÂ said that it would be "difficult, based on the data available today, to dismiss the possibility of a more significant drag on the economy" from the strength of the dollar and declining oil prices.Â (AP File/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Fed official: Can’t ignore recent weak economic statistics

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2015 5:02 pm

A doctor speaks to a patient as a sphygmomanometer, or blood pressure meter, lies on his desk on September 5, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

Bill to repeal device tax advances in House

Robert King · June 2, 2015 4:34 pm

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the afternoon of December 18, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Economy will rebound from poor first quarter: Bank economists

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2015 4:23 pm

In this May 11, 2003, file photo, Microbiologist Ruth Bryan works with BG nerve agent simulant in Class III Glove Box in the Life Sciences Test Facility at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

Anthrax also shipped to Canada as list grows to 12 states

Tara Copp · June 2, 2015 4:18 pm

President Obama warned a group of fellows from the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative on Monday that people who simply want to be famous or want to be "important" shouldn't get into politics. (AP Photo)

Obama: People who ‘like being important’ shouldn’t get into politics

Nicole Duran · June 2, 2015 3:57 pm

President Barack Obama speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Obama: ‘Military solution’ will not stop Iran

Kelly Cohen · June 2, 2015 3:39 pm

The $39 million in refunds being investigated amounts to an average of about $3,000 for each "suspect return" being examined. (AP Photo)Â

IRS investigating $39 million in ‘suspect’ tax refunds after data hack

Pete Kasperowicz · June 2, 2015 3:32 pm

A taxi driver shades himself with an umbrella as he watches a woman prepare to cross the street near Central Park in downtown in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

House panel hopes to ban funding for U.S. embassy in Cuba

Kelly Cohen · June 2, 2015 3:29 pm

Ray Gaesser works on a sprayer on his farm, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, near Corning, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Energy and Environment

Poll: Climate change dead last for Iowa GOP caucus-goers

Zack Colman · June 2, 2015 3:26 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the Senate Chamber after offering amendments to the USA Freedom act during a special session to extend surveillance programs, in Washington, Sunday, May 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Senate sets up final spy reform votes Tuesday afternoon

Susan Ferrechio · June 2, 2015 3:11 pm