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Obama's 'idiot' defense
Jonah GoldbergAlthough there's still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the surf, the nature of President Obama's bind is becoming clear. The best defenses of his...Tags: Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), Personal Weapon Control, John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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McManus: Obama's IRS choice
Message to the president: Resistance is futile. There are plenty of juicy targets for investigators in the IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, but the most dangerous for President Obama is this: Did bureaucrats...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Charles B. Rangel, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Doyle McManus: Second-term scandal plague catches up to Obama
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Steve King
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Amid Oklahoma tornado devastation, hunt for survivors persists
MOORE, Okla. — The grueling recovery from a killer tornado began Tuesday as search-and-rescue operations continued, but authorities acknowledged that the likelihood of finding anyone alive grew dimmer by the moment. In a rare bit of good news, the...
Tags: Rentals, Barack Obama, FEMA, Briarwood, Separation of Church and State
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Immigration bill clears hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate next month that could lead to the biggest victory for...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Jeff Sessions, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress
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IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th
WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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With Obama in the dark, administration planned how to stage-manage news of IRS scandal
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Weeks before the world and apparently President Barack Obama himself heard about the details of the Internal Revenue Service scandal, top people in his administration started planning how to stage-manage the release of the information....Tags: Barack Obama, Jack Lew, Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Toomey: It's hard to conclude that IRS scrutiny wasn't politically motivated
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that without knowing who at the Internal Revenue Service is responsible for the extra scrutiny applied to tea party groups, it's impossible to conclude it was not politically motivated. Toomey made the...Tags: Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, The Washington Post, Occupy Wall Street, Patrick J. Toomey
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News media confidential sources are often what expose government wrongdoing
It took courage for more than a dozen Allentown police officers to divulge what they felt was wrongdoing by their chief, who they said threatened "retribution" on anyone who did so. It also took solid assurances that the chief would never find out who...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Media Industry, Internal Revenue Service, Prisons, Saudi Arabia
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Immigration reform bill heads to full Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, but not before tilting the bill to the political right with amendments designed to...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Jeff Sessions, Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress
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Senate panel approves immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...
Tags: Minority Groups, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Immigration
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LETTER: Is Obama In Charge Or Not?
President Obama sent senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer out to the Sunday talk shows to present the spin that Obama didn't know what his staff knew [May 20, news, "White House Aide: Obama Didn't Know Of IRS Policy"]. This line is becoming a joke. Obama says...Tags: Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service
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