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House bill protects homeland security budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican-controlled House panel moved Thursday to protect the Department of Homeland Security from the big cuts facing other domestic agencies under the party's … [Read More...]
House immigration group reaches a deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of President Barack … [Read More...]
Obama vows sustained effort on military sex abuse
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are "ashamed" of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services. Obama … [Read More...]
Edwards reactivates law license, speaking at event
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former presidential contender John Edwards has reactivated his license to practice law and is setting out on the speaking circuit. … [Read More...]
Supreme Court
Op-Ed: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Helps Monsanto Crush 75-Year Old Farmer – DigitalJournal.com
DigitalJournal.comOp-Ed: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Helps Monsanto Crush 75-Year Old FarmerDigitalJournal.comIt is hard to read about the United States Supreme Court's recent ruling in … [Read More...]
Analysis: Obama climate agenda faces US Supreme Court reckoning – Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Analysis: Obama climate agenda faces US Supreme Court reckoningThomson Reuters News & InsightWASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and … [Read More...]
ANALYSIS-Obama climate agenda faces US Supreme Court reckoning – TrustLaw
ANALYSIS-Obama climate agenda faces US Supreme Court reckoningTrustLawWASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning … [Read More...]
US Supreme Court Examines Voting Rights in Two Cases – New York Law Journal (registration)
New York Law Journal (registration)US Supreme Court Examines Voting Rights in Two CasesNew York Law Journal (registration)Whatever feelings she now expresses, the U.S. Supreme Court's … [Read More...]
Republican News
IRS Commissioner: Yeah, we staged that Lerner apology
Plus ... "targeting" is bad, mm-kay? As the New York Times’ Jonathan Weisman said 90 minutes into the hearing, this was … [Read More...]
Obama administration sources explain Benghazi: “It’s actually closer to us being idiots”
The fallback defense. Sharyl Attkisson hinted last night on Twitter that she would have something “interesting” … [Read More...]
Republicans and Millennials Are More Likely to Find Syria on a Map – The Atlantic
Republicans and Millennials Are More Likely to Find Syria on a MapThe AtlanticAs you might expect, college graduates were … [Read More...]
Scarborough on IRS scandal: This makes it harder to trust the government on gun background checks, doesn’t it?
"This is devastating." An instant classic via NRO. If you’re tempted to pat him on the back for this sharp lurch back … [Read More...]
Democratic News
Open thread for night owls: Stephen Lerner on breaking Wall Street’s grip
Greg Kauffman has, for a long time, been focused on poverty issues, a subject that rarely arouses much concern in the … [Read More...]
Conservative Monkey Seance Theater Roundup
Winning! Oh, sure: Everybody else gets to write about the deep, substantive stuff that happened this week—like … [Read More...]
This week in Benghazi
According to a PPP survey released Monday, 39 percent of people who think Benghazi is the biggest scandal ever don't even … [Read More...]
Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY!
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE… All I Need to Know About Life I learned from Star Trek With the new Trek flick out today in … [Read More...]
Congress
Improvements needed in U.S. IRS financial controls: GAO report
(Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service suffers from weaknesses in a number of its internal financial controls, … [Read More...]
IRS: Top official first told of targeting in 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steven T. Miller failed to tell Congress that tea party … [Read More...]
IRS assured Congress Tea Party not targeted
When members of Congress repeatedly raised concerns with the Internal Revenue Service about complaints that Tea Party … [Read More...]
Obama says he won’t tolerate political bias at IRS
WASHINGTON (AP) — When members of Congress repeatedly raised concerns with the Internal Revenue Service about … [Read More...]
U.S. Republican sets Friday hearing on IRS Tea Party scrutiny
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican lawmaker in charge of oversight of the Internal Revenue Service set a hearing … [Read More...]
