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House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern
ALAN FRAM,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration, a top House Republican said...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Taxation, Politics, White House
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Dems, GOP raise concerns over subpoenas to AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman...Tags: Osama bin Laden, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Central Intelligence Agency, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Politics
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Obama says IRS commissioner has resigned amid scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party...Tags: Washington, DC, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Jim Jordan, Taxation, Politics
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DOCUMENTS: White House releases trove of Benghazi emails
WASHINGTON (AP) — Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the...
Tags: Washington, DC, Susan Rice, Central Intelligence Agency, John Boehner, White House
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Biden officially sworn in for second term
CBS NewsVice President Joe Biden was officially sworn for his second term this morning at 8:21 a.m. ET by Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor, hours before President Obama takes his second oath of office at the White House. The two are being sworn in today,...Tags: Washington, DC, Sonia Sotomayor, John F. Kennedy, Crime, Law and Justice, Joe Biden
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NY cardinal compares slain Conn. teacher to Jesus
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A single bell repeatedly rang a sad, slow beat Thursday at the Connecticut funeral of a 6-year-old girl killed by a gunman at her elementary school, while a cardinal in New York compared a slain teacher to Jesus for giving up...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Jim Fitzgerald, Adam Lanza, Clarence Thomas, Health and Safety at School
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Biden meets with gun safety, victims groups
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday heard personal stories of gun violence from representatives of victims groups and gun-safety organizations as he drafts the Obama administration's response to the shooting at a Connecticut...
Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, National Rifle Association of America, Kathleen Sebelius, Joe Biden
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BP agrees to pay $4.5B; 3 employees charged
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A day of reckoning arrived for BP on Thursday as the oil giant agreed to plead guilty to a raft of criminal charges and pay a record $4.5 billion in a settlement with the government over the deadly 2010 disaster in the Gulf of...
Tags: Court Preliminary, Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Issues, Judges, Gulf of Mexico
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Donnelly-Mourdock Senate race may affect nation
South Bend TribuneCandidates running for one of Indiana's seats in the U.S. Senate are leaning toward the finish line as they near Election Day. The race between Democrat Joe Donnelly and Republican Richard Mourdock could very well end up deciding which party controls the...Tags: Democratic Party, Voting, Richard Mourdock, Politics, Interior Policy
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Issa: No evidence so far of White House cover-up
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee chairman leading the fight to get Justice Department documents about a troubled gun-tracking operation says there's no evidence so far that White House officials were involved in misleading Congress or engaged...
Tags: Washington, DC, John Boehner, White House, Politics, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Michigan militia members cleared of conspiracy
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday gutted the government's case against seven members of a Michigan militia, dismissing the most serious charges in an extraordinary defeat for federal authorities who insisted they had captured homegrown rural...Tags: Law Enforcement, Politics, National Government, Freedom of the Press, Hutaree
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Michigan Democrats nominate Obama to run for 2nd term
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — As President Barack Obama formally kicked off his re-election campaign Saturday in nearby Ohio, thousands of Democrats gathered in union halls, libraries and community centers throughout Michigan to nominate him to run for a...Tags: Democratic Party, Politics, Republican Party, Robert L. Gibbs, The New York Times
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