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Ex-diplomat is asked to answer Benghazi questions
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:43AM May 15, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee chairman on Wednesday asked a retired diplomat who helped lead an independent review of the attack against the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, if he will agree to be interviewed by committee investigators.
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Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:35AM May 15, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service just as another probe concludes that lax management enabled agents to improperly target tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax exempt status.
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House panel set to OK cut in food stamps
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:34AM May 15, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The House Agriculture Committee is set to consider small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program in an effort to appease conservatives who say the food aid has become too expensive.
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Projected lower deficit could slow any budget deal
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:32AM May 15, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The good news is the budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago. The bad news for deficit hawks is that the development could further curb the already slowing momentum for a budget pact this year.
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Holder to face tough questioning at House hearing
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:28AM May 15, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder is facing what is likely to be aggressive questioning by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on topics ranging from the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press to the government's handling of intelligence before the Boston Marathon bombings.
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Lawmakers outraged over another military sex case
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:21AM May 15, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers say they're outraged that for the second time this month a member of the armed forces assigned to help prevent sexual assaults in the military is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct.
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A timeline of the IRS's scrutiny of the right
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:18AM May 15, 2013 CommentA look at events leading to the disclosure that the Internal Revenue Service placed conservative groups under special scrutiny for 18 months before the 2012 elections, a practice that has prompted congressional inquiries and a Justice Department criminal investigation:
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Soldier in Sexual Assault Office Accused of Abuse
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The Army says the coordinator of a sexual assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation and has been suspended from all duties.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army says the coordinator of a sexual assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct. He has been suspended from all duties.
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Trio of troubles threatening Obama's second term
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:13PM May 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda when a December school massacre led him to lift gun control to the fore.
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Senate panel approves US ambassador to Libya
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:46PM May 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved President Barack Obama's nominee to serve as U.S. ambassador to Libya.
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Holder says he had no direct role in AP subpoena
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:35PM May 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says he played no direct role in the Justice Department's secret review of Associated Press phone records but called it part of an investigation into what he termed a grave national security leak.
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CBO estimates 2013 deficit at $642 billion
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:31PM May 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A new government estimate says the budget deficit for the current year will come in well below what was projected just a few months ago.
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Senators argue over immigration bill ID mandates
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:47PM May 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Senators weighing a landmark immigration bill defeated an effort by Republicans Tuesday to require biometric identification — such as fingerprinting — to track who is entering and leaving the country.
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RNC chairman says Holder should resign
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:40PM May 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Republican National Committee says Attorney General Eric Holder should resign over the decision by the Justice Department to secretly obtain two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press.
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Bing won't seek re-election as Detroit mayor
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:28PM May 14, 2013 CommentDETROIT (AP) — Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced Tuesday he won't seek a second term as leader of the financially troubled city, which recently became the largest in the country placed under state oversight.
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Study questions how sharply US should cut the salt
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:08PM May 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A surprising new report questions how sharply Americans should cut back on salt.
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Kerry expects Syrians to attend transition talks
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:03AM May 14, 2013 CommentSTOCKHOLM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued a stern warning Tuesday to Syria's government, warning that new help will be given to opposition forces should President Bashar Assad's regime decide to back out of upcoming negotiations aimed at ending Syria's two-year war.
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DOD poised to trim furlough days, add exemptions
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:11AM May 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department is poised to trim the number of civilian furlough days from 14 to 11 or fewer as it tries to find ways to deal with mandatory spending cuts, and is likely to let the military services expand the types of workers that will be exempt from the unpaid day off requirements, military officials say.
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Farm bill: Still a little something for everyone
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:53AM May 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — There's still a little something for everyone in massive farm bills that Congress is considering this week, even though the legislation would cut billions of dollars from federal farm and food subsidies.
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Gov't probe obtains wide swath of AP phone records
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:36AM May 14, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.
