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IRS, Benghazi, DOJ etc.
Change of SubjectIn an email, commenter Beth writes: I am perplexed as to why you have not addressed some of the major news of the past week or so. The last you had about any of the issues — and they're important...... -
Dish uses national security ads to fight SoftBank deal
ReutersBy Liana B. Baker May 22 (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp has rolled out an advertising campaign suggesting a deal by a Japanese company to acquire Sprint Nextel Corp could threaten U.S. national security, hoping to sway lawmakers and win support for its...Tags: Online Advertising, Politics, China, Lobbying, Japan
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Dish on national security PR offensive against SoftBank
ReutersWASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp is ramping up its Washington-centric campaign to thwart Japanese firm SoftBank Corp's bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, hoping to convince lawmakers and government reviewers that it poses national security...Tags: Online Advertising, National Government, Politics, China, Lobbying
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Penny Pritzker to face key senators for Commerce bid
With Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker set to be grilled by senators Thursday at her Commerce secretary confirmation hearing, Bill Daley feels her pain. Daley, a son and brother of Chicago mayors, faced his own confirmation hearing in 1997 before he...Tags: Ron Johnson, Republican Party, Unions, Parties and Movements, Mark Kirk
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GOP overplays its hand
WASHINGTON — At the end of a truly dismal week in his presidency, President Obama remains lucky in one crucial category: his opposition. It has been only a matter of days since two scandals — the IRS harassment of conservative groups and the...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Ted Cruz, Same-Sex Marriage, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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Nearly $2 million raised in council's 1st District runoff
The 1st District City Council race has garnered more than four times the money of previous races there, buoyed by the deep pockets and independent spending of labor and business leaders. In the runoff to replace council member Ed Reyes in the district...Tags: Ed Reyes, Politics, Local Elections, Hospitals and Clinics, Eric Garcetti
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Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Doctor Who'
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 19 - 25, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor's (Matt Smith)...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Current TV (tv network), Matt Smith, Bob Woodward, Taxation
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Mitch McConnell on 'Meet the Press'; Paul Ryan on 'Fox News Sunday'
Staff writerThe Sunday morning talk shows will find a lot to talk about in the Washington controversies over the IRS, the Department of Justice and the Benghazi attack. White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer will talk to NBC's "Meet the Press," CNN's "State of the...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Bob Woodward, Meet the Press (tv program), John Cornyn, The Wall Street Journal
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Dato fabril de China sugiere riesgos para recuperación
Reuters* Crecimiento producción abril incumple pronóstico * Dato manifiesta fragilidad recuperación Por Koh Gui Qing y Kevin Yao PEKIN (Reuters) - El crecimiento de la producción industrial de China fue sorpresivamente débil en abril y la inversión en...Tags: China
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Column: Benghazi and IRS: Sons of Watergate?
In his defense of President Barack Obama, press secretary Jay Carney is beginning to sound a lot like Ronald Zeigler, Richard Nixon's spokesman. Carney only has to use the word "inoperative," as Ziegler did when incriminating evidence surfaced that proved...Tags: Jay Carney, Internal Revenue Service, Republican Party, Richard Nixon, Libya
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A bad case of Obamascare
The latest crack in Obamacare opened last week when Politico reported that leaders in Congress were negotiating how to exempt themselves and thousands of their staffers from a major provision of the new law. Politico said leaders held "high-level,...
Tags: Justice System, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Was the IRS on a witch hunt?
An IRS official apologized for the agency’s “inappropriate” scrutiny of tax-exemption applications from groups with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names. Some Republicans seized on the news as evidence that the...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Taxation, Politics, U.S. Congress
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