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WASHINGTON – Democrats are offering hefty spending increases for domestic programs as they draft an election-year budget plan that still promises surpluses within four years and assumes many of President Bush’s signature tax cuts will die. The roughly $18 billion in spending increases for domestic programs funded by Congress each …

BAGHDAD – Vice President Dick Cheney, marking five years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq with an overnight stay in the war-torn nation, warned on Monday against large drawdowns of American troops that could jeopardize recent security gains. At a news conference with U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Gen. David …

ALBANY, N.Y. – The state’s new governor revealed Tuesday that he had affairs with several women, including a state employee. The confession came a day after he took over from former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who was driven from office amid a prostitution scandal. Gov. David Paterson said the affairs happened …