http://hosted.ap.org/ AP Top Political News At 2:19 a.m. EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss/ xreggregator AP Top Political News At 2:19 a.m. EDT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Politics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:19:30 GMT BERLIN (AP) -- Five years and 50 years. As President Barack Obama revisits Berlin, he can't escape those anniversaries and the inevitable comparisons to history and personal achievement.... 75e24-18420-aa76e-f92e8-af0ac-7cb0d-7d http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_OBAMA_NUCLEAR?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Politics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:49:59 GMT BERLIN (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said.... 79590-c3e6f-57265-e07b5-14741-d6f56-ef http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_OVERHAUL?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Politics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:08:43 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.... d07e4-f38a3-78557-66aad-836cb-6d742-23 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IMMIGRATION?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Politics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:51:50 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated 8 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully.... 5f4e9-f3bf2-d70c2-610f5-48bc4-a127e-b8 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WOMEN_IN_COMBAT?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Politics Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:03:47 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring "the days of Rambo are over," a top general said Tuesday that cultural, social and behavioral concerns may be bigger hurdles than tough physical fitness requirements for women looking to join the military's special operations units.... 65be2-78a5d-a7f36-786c0-59bfb-3b007-f2 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_HEALTHBEAT_MEDICARE_DIABETES?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Politics Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:56:09 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar - but it also may cause some confusion as patients figure out the new system.... 66b8f-2f31c-45d34-50b0b-4eef2-9e54b-7c http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Politics Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:58:58 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense officials say four U.S. troops were killed Tuesday at or near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.... c9547-981c5-2a9e2-7adc7-12000-d85ef-9d http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NSA_SURVEILLANCE?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Politics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:19:42 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying.... 88ed2-4ae33-640f0-91d84-04436-c84a5-06 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NSA_SURVEILLANCE_GOOGLE_PROTEST?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Politics Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:52:18 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government's gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First Amendment right to divulge how many requests it receives from the government for data about its customers in the name of national security.... b0ed9-1ca56-3a55a-eb70c-1b7c7-eec60-1a http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FARM_BILL?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Politics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:41:04 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Farm-state lawmakers are scrambling to win bipartisan support for a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill on the House floor this week.... de06b-ca5b3-9ffaa-21105-4f921-e8261-0c