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 Trump seeks $7.8bn for flood recovery  | US President has asked Congress for $7.8bn (£6bn) as an initial payment to help with recovery efforts following flooding in Texas and Louisiana | |
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 Obama pushes for more Zika funding in US Washington: President Barack Obama has criticised the US Congress for failing to back his request for a $1.9bn fund to combat the spreading Zika virus
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Sandy aid bill approved by US House House of Representatives: The US Congress has passed an emergency aid package for victims of 'superstorm' Sandy, days after an outcry over a delay in approval
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  Congress tells BP ignored oil well dangers | Chief executive Tony Hayward has been told by an angry US Congressional panel his firm ignored dangers when drilling in the Gulf of Mexico | |
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  US Congress set to grill BP chief| Tony Hayward is set to face a grilling, a day after the oil firm agreed a $20bn compensation fund for victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill | |
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US oil firms 'not ready' for leak| Congressional panel: The major oil companies drilling off the US coastline are as unprepared as BP for a major spil | |
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Deepwater Horizon preventer 'faulty'| House of Representatives: Congressional investigators believe the device meant to stop oil leaking from a Gulf of Mexico well after last month's rig explosion was faulty | |
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Blame game as US fights oil spill U.S. Senate: Oil executives frm BP and Transocean have traded blame in Congress over the Gulf Coast oil spill, as the battle to contain it continues
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Oil firms 'set for Senate clash' U.S. Senate: Firms in the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster are set to present conflicting claims at the first US Senate hearing
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Global effort on World Aids Day Bush has urged the Congress to authorise the doubling of financial aid to combat HIV to $30bn over the next five years
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NASA chief blasted over shuttle memos House of Representatives: Sean O'Keefe endured searing criticism in a congressional hearing at House Science Committee
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 Dead postal workers had anthrax Both men worked at the post office that sorted mail for the Congress
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