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IRS unites nation with shoddy treatment of tea party groups
Finally, a small cadre of busybody bureaucrats has discovered a way to bring this divided country together. Thank you, IRS, for pulling off what no politician has been able to do. Mortal political enemies on both sides of the aisle agree: The IRS...
Tags: Politics, Fox News Channel (tv network), Tea Party Movement, Taxation, David Cameron
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Attack ads in L.A. mayor's race seek Latino votes
The importance of Latinos in next week's mayoral election was highlighted again Wednesday as a new round of dueling attacks ads emerged seeking to undermine both candidates' appeal to Spanish-speaking voters. In one spot appearing on Spanish-language...
Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Government, Minority Groups, Social Issues
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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: U.S. Department of Justice, Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Politics
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By firing IRS boss, Obama buys into GOP's rush to judgment
On Wednesday, President Obama fired the head of the Internal Revenue Service, the first sacrificial lamb brought down after the alleged “targeting” of conservative political groups by the IRS. Obama declared, “Americans are right to be...
Tags: John Boehner, Politics, Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Karl Rove
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Clinton plays down politics at event in Beverly Hills
Hours after Republican members of Congress sharply questioned Hillary Rodham Clinton and the State Department's handling of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, the former secretary of State did not explicitly mention the controversy in an...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Politics, Republican Party, Asia, U.S. Congress
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Minnesota House OKs same-sex marriage; Senate expected to concur
Minnesota is poised to become the second Midwestern state to legalize same-sex marriage after the state House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that would allow the practice. The House had been considered the measure's toughest hurdle. The...
Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Gays and Lesbians, Mark Dayton, Same-Sex Marriage
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Simi Valley councilman defends sharing beheading video on Facebook
Simi Valley councilman and veteran Los Angeles Police Department officer Mike Judge said the video of the woman’s murder in his Facebook news feed was unbelievably gruesome. The middle-aged woman in a blue sweater and blue jeans was being beheaded...
Tags: Politics, Social Media, Criminal Laws, Laws, Justice System
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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, Michael G. Mullen, U.S. Senate, Politics, Republican Party
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IRS targeted conservative groups, official says
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their applications for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for investigations into an organization...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Pension and Welfare, Politics, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Tea Party Movement
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Obama calls controversy over Benghazi talking points a 'sideshow'
WASHINGTON — President Obama tried to dismiss a brewing controversy over the White House handling of the terrorist attack on Benghazi as a “sideshow” and accused critics of using an attack that killed four Americans for political gain....
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Michael G. Mullen, Central Intelligence Agency, Politics, Benghazi
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Public interest in Benghazi sags, but not among Republicans
WASHINGTON — Public interest in the investigation of the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya last fall has dropped sharply from its high point in October and has taken on a strongly partisan cast, polling data released Monday shows. Just...
Tags: Politics, Benghazi, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Lew says Fannie Mae payment helps delay debt limit until Labor Day
WASHINGTON -- A nearly $60-billion dividend payment to the government by taxpayer-owned Fannie Mae will help push off the effective date on which the U.S. would hit its debt limit until at least Labor Day, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said Friday....
Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Jack Lew, Holidays, Freddie Mac
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