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Partisan political bubbles distort Benghazi facts
How you feel about Benghazi very likely has everything to do with your political leanings. If you think the Obama administration is covering up a scandal bigger than Watergate, you are almost certainly a Republican. If you think Republicans in Congress...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, Politics, Michael G. Mullen
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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: Migration, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, DREAM Act
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White House officials knew of IRS audit findings weeks in advance
WASHINGTON — Top officials in the White House learned in April that an investigation of the IRS would probably end up showing that the agency targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny, the White House spokesman conceded Monday, contrary to...
Tags: Barack Obama, The Wall Street Journal, Taxation, White House, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Report blames IRS scandal on lax oversight, confused staff
WASHINGTON -- The growing scandal at the IRS stemmed from a confused staff and lax oversight, according to an eagerly awaited inspector general’s report released Tuesday shortly after federal authorities began a criminal investigation into...
Tags: Barack Obama, Taxation, White House, Criminals, Tea Party Movement
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Alaska governor launches bid to measure oil in Arctic refuge
For decades, war has been waged over the holy grail of America's Arctic frontier, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The wide coastal plain on the edge of the Beaufort Sea contains stunning populations of caribou, grizzly, musk oxen and other wildlife...
Tags: Barack Obama, Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Department of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Energy Resources
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Obama tries to steer attention back to jobs
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday he wanted to put more Americans to work by slashing the amount of time it takes to grant federal approval for big job-creating projects. But Obama's choice of venue for his remarks — a Baltimore...
Tags: Barack Obama, Keystone XL Pipeline, Mitch McConnell, White House, Politics
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Keystone XL looms as Obama wants to cut delays on big projects
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday he wanted to put more Americans back to work by slashing the amount of time it takes to grant federal approval for big job-creating projects. But Obama’s choice of venue for his remarks of a...
Tags: Barack Obama, Keystone XL Pipeline, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Charleston
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Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento
WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...
Tags: Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Kevin de Leon, Justice System, Howard Lawrence Berman
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Obama budget would cut deficits, report says
WASHINGTON -- President Obama’s proposed mix of tax hikes and spending cuts would reduce future budget deficits more quickly than under current laws, according to a report issued Friday that could rekindle the dormant budget wars in Washington....
Tags: Barack Obama, Congressional Budget Office, John Boehner, U.S. Congress, White House
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Republicans criticize Obama's new approach on fighting terrorism
WASHINGTON — Republicans hammered President Obama on Sunday for what they described as a retreat in the war against terrorism at a time when they said the world’s crises demand a more aggressive, vigilant posture from the United States. In a...
Tags: Barack Obama, Justice System, Terrorism, ABC (tv network), White House
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Hundreds in L.A. march in global protest against Monsanto, GMOs
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday as part of a global series of marches against seed giant Monsanto Co. and genetically modified foods. Organizers said the “March Against Monsanto”...Tags: Agriculture, Genetic Engineering, Politics, Voting, Occupy Los Angeles
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McManus: Rebooting the war on terror
President Obama's speech last week on the future course of America's 11-year-old war against Al Qaeda was long overdue. Never before has he offered the public such a detailed explanation of his anti-terrorism strategy. In part, that's surely because...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Armed Conflicts, Barack Obama, Terrorism, White House
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