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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...
Tags: Washington, DC, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Darrell E Issa, Marco Rubio, Politics
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GOP legislators use power to control local affairs
ATLANTA (AP) — Even with Republicans holding unprecedented political power across the South, Democrats remain mostly in charge of urban centers in otherwise conservative states. Yet increasingly that control is threatened, not at the ballot box, but...
Tags: National Football League, Government, Democratic Party, Politics, Environmental Politics
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COLUMN: Watergate's lesson forgotten
Washington Post Writers Group"He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to . . . cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory...Tags: Washington, DC, Government, The New York Times, Politics, Richard Nixon
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Cannes Film Festival projects cross-cultural cinema
— Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...Tags: Human Interest, Dining and Drinking, Ceremonies, Entertainment, A Separation (movie)
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Congress shows 'guts' in rejecting background checks
April 17 was a proud day to be an American. Our Congress defied overwhelming public opinion and the caterwauling of big media to defeat the ill-advised background checks bill. The bill was wrong for three reasons. One: By infringing Second Amendment...Tags: Mental Health, Health Insurance Cost
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IRS scandal report: Poor management cited for targeting of conservatives
A government watchdog criticized the Internal Revenue Service today for singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny and warned that the agency's actions made it appear that it was not politically impartial. Citing poor management and substantial...Tags: Jay Carney, Tea Party Movement, Labor Legislation, Politics, Barack Obama
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Baltimore's investments in job creation
A strong and sustainable 21st century economy can only be built from the bottom up. And today, as President Barack Obama visits Baltimore, it is this fact that will drive us to join with him to renew a call for Congress to focus on common-sense...
Tags: Labor Markets, Science and Technology, Employment, Politics, Barack Obama
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Sen. Warren goads Fed, SEC, DOJ to explain no-fault bank deals
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, having chastised bank regulators for failing to put Wall Street giants on trial, is demanding to see any analyses that the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission have conducted...Tags: HSBC Holdings plc, U.S. Department of Justice, Economy, Business and Finance, Business Institutions, Politics
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Scandals put presidential credibility on the line
When the storm of administration scandals first hit President Barack Obama, he offered a good impersonation of Claude Raines in "Casablanca," expressing shock that gambling was going on in Rick's saloon. His verbal outrage at the snooping of the IRS and...Tags: Politics, Richard Nixon, Benghazi, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service
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Interior issues new drilling rule on public land
WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a...
Tags: Washington, DC, Petroleum Industry, Lobbying, Natural Gas, Sony Corp.
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The real IRS scandal
It's strange how "scandal" gets defined these days in Washington. At the moment, everyone is screaming about the "scandal" of the Internal Revenue Service scrutinizing conservative nonprofits before granting them tax-exempt status. Here are the...Tags: Human Interest, Political Fundraising, Karl Rove, Sheldon Adelson, Politics
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Duckworth makes first trip to war zone since copter shot down
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Making her first trip to a war zone since she was gravely injured in 2004, Rep. Tammy Duckworth visited Afghanistan last weekend with five other congresswomen. Duckworth, who lost her legs when her Black Hawk helicopter was shot down...Tags: Physiology, Susan Davis, Politics, Niki Tsongas, Martha Roby
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