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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: Taxation, Elections, Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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Poll: The first firing of the IRS 'tea party' scandal
The scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status for special review claimed its first scalp Wednesday, when Treasury Secretary Jack Lew demanded and received the resignation of the agency's...
Tags: Taxation, Jack Lew, Internal Revenue Service, Benghazi, Politics
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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: Taxation, Political Fundraising, Internal Revenue Service, Sheldon Adelson, U.S. Congress
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Poll: The feds' selective scrutiny of tax-exempt 'patriots'
Vindicating the complaints of some "tea party" activists, a top IRS official admitted Friday that the agency had singled out such groups for scrutiny in the months leading up to the 2012 election. The revelation (accompanied by an apology from Lois...
Tags: Taxation, Fox News Channel (tv network), Internal Revenue Service, Literature, Religion and Belief
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Was the Revolutionary War a reactionary war? 'Bunker Hill' reconsiders history.
It turns out the modern incarnation of the tea party may have more in common with the original Boston hell-raisers than people think. Americans have long romanticized the events leading to the Battle of Bunker Hill and the start of the American...
Tags: Lexington (Lexington, Virginia), U.S. Congress, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George Washington
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Marco Rubio's task: selling immigration reform to GOP faithful
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Wearing a 2010 vintage Marco Rubio campaign T-shirt and matching button, Cheryl Griffin spewed frustration that the man she helped win a long-shot conservative bid for Senate is now leading an immigration overhaul. An...
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Entertainment, Joe Arpaio, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Water war between Klamath River farmers, tribes poised to erupt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast....
Tags: Endangered Species, Natural Disasters, Droughts, U.S. Congress, Aquaculture
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In South Carolina, an ex-governor's quest continues
CHARLESTON, S.C. — At a harborside reception overlooking Ft. Sumter, where the Civil War began, Mark Sanford batted away a TV reporter's question about the latest insult to his comeback campaign: an unwanted endorsement from pornographer Larry...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Regional Authority, Human Interest, Republican Party, Online Media Industry
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NRA convention gets underway; Sarah Palin and Ted Nugent on tap
HOUSTON -- The National Rifle Assn.’s annual convention begins in earnest Friday in Houston, with leaders who have spent the year defending the group in the wake of mass shootings emboldened by the recent defeat of federal gun control legislation...
Tags: Government, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Personal Weapon Control, Human Interest, Rick Perry
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Most Americans remain in the dark on immigration bill
WASHINGTON – For all the attention given so far to efforts in Congress to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, nearly four in 10 Americans say they don’t know enough about it to have an opinion, and fewer than one-quarter could...
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Elections, Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, Immigration
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Sen. Ted Cruz, the next Barack Obama?
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a "tea party" favorite, may be new to elected office, but that might not stop him from running for president before his first term in the Senate is over. And the only people who could legitimately question whether he's...
Tags: Elections, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Ted Cruz, Politics
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Sarah Palin's vulgar tweets: Not funny or effective
Sarah Palin reared her head in American airspace this weekend. As the country’s media, entertainment and political elite gathered in Washington, D.C., for the annual roast that is the White House Correspondents Dinner, Palin could not resist...
Tags: Starbucks Corp., Elections, Fox News Channel (tv network), Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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