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Ousted IRS Director Miller: 'I Never Said I Didn't Do Anything Wrong'
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:35PM May 17, 2013 Comment
Steven Miller, the ousted chief of the Internal Revenue Service, answers questions from the House Ways and Means Committee as it holds a hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave Tea Party and other conservative groups.
IRS director tells House Committee political motivation not a factor in tea party targeting.
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Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:57PM May 18, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf — in the rain.
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SPIN METER: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:36AM May 18, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service employees.
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A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:42AM May 18, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.
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IRS probe ignored most influential groups
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:57AM May 18, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.
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Obama talks jobs, says politics misplace focus
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:02AM May 18, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling attention to his economic proposals and efforts to expand the middle class.
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Obama agenda seems to be weathering controversies
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:27AM May 18, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.
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SPIN METER: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:24PM May 17, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service employees.
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Brady Center Sues Nelson, Ga., Over Mandatory Gun Ordinance
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The Brady Center says guns in the home are more likely to hurt family members than ward off intruders.
More lawsuits against gun-touting towns may on the horizon.
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GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:10PM May 17, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Political scandals cause collateral damage and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will snag some really big game — President Barack Obama's health care law.
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Energy Dept. backs Texas LNG export plan
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:58PM May 17, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company's proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a production boom that has led to glut of domestic natural gas.
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US slams Russian anti-ship missiles going to Syria
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:53PM May 17, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is criticizing Russia's decision to provide Syria with anti-ship missiles, which it says will only worsen the civil war.
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CBO: Obama budget cuts deficits $1.1T by 2023
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:39PM May 17, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst says President Barack Obama's budget would trim projected federal deficits by $1.1 trillion over the coming decade.
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Benghazi probe co-chair subpoenaed by House panel
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:00PM May 17, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Oversight committee has issued a subpoena to compel the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigated last year's attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, to answer questions about its findings in closed session.
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Hagel names general to lead US troops in SKorea
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:43PM May 17, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — An Army general who served as a top official on U.S. joint military staffs in Afghanistan and at the Pentagon is the choice to command U.S. troops in South Korea.
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Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:07PM May 17, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The growing use of unmanned "eyes in the sky" is raising many privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what to do about civilian drones.
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Michelle Obama speaks of 'hunger' for education
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:21PM May 17, 2013 CommentCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Michelle Obama is using an address to college students in Maryland to stress the importance of education to the African-American community.
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Obama to host concert honoring Carole King
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:52AM May 17, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is putting on a show at the White House next week for singer-songwriter Carole King.
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Watergate Committee Hearings Began 40 Years Ago Today
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The "bugged" Democratic National Committee office was located in the luxurious Watergate complex in Washington. The building is seen here one month before the Watergate hearings on April 20, 1973.
The anniversary comes as Obama's administration is entangled in an uproar over AP record seizure, IRS political profiling.
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IMF says Cyprus at risk of even deeper recession
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:19AM May 17, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says serious economic risks remain for Cyprus even after a big international bailout.
