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Eventful week for Hesburgh
SOUTH BEND -- This is a big week for the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. Hesburgh will celebrate his 96th birthday on Saturday, May 25. But two other occasions will precede that: Hesburgh is honored...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Religion and Belief, John Boehner, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC
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Senate panel approves immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...
Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics, Dick Durbin, Elections
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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: Dave Camp, Parties and Movements, FBI, Republican Party, 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: Parties and Movements, FBI, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Jack Lew, Taxation
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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: Parties and Movements, FBI, David Petraeus, U.S. Department of State, Police Investigations
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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: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, News Media, Politics, Barack Obama
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GOP ready to push Benghazi case into 2014, beyond
WASHINGTON (AP) — Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fueling Republican arguments and ads designed to fire up the conservative base and undercut the Democrats' early favorite for president in 2016. Strategists in...Tags: Parties and Movements, Islam, Religion and Belief, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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RAW VIDEO: Prince harry pays respects at Arlington, visits wounded troops at Walter Reed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry saluted America's war dead in somber remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, pausing, too, to place flowers on the tombstone of President John F. Kennedy and visit the grave of a British World...
Tags: Diana, Princess of Wales, New York City, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Harry of Wales, Afghanistan
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Walorski joins fellow Republicans, votes in favor of overtime bill
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski voted this week in favor of a bill that would allow private-sector employees to trade overtime pay for paid time off at the same rate of 1.5 hours per hour of overtime worked. The bill passed by a vote of 223-204 with mostly...Tags: Republican Party, Employees, Democratic Party, Politics, Fred Upton
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Senate bill lets states tax Internet purchases
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention online shoppers: The days of tax-free shopping on the Internet may soon end for many of you. The Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on a bill that would empower states to collect sales taxes for purchases made over...
Tags: Republican Party, National Retail Federation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Online Advertising, Target
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Michigan lawmakers target Internet sales taxes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers are pushing measures aimed at going after the hundreds of millions of dollars in outstanding taxes each year from sales over the Internet, but they may have to wait for a federal measure to pass for the...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Advertising, Republican Party, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Rick Snyder
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Philly abortion murder trial has national impact
For weeks, jurors in Philadelphia heard grim testimony about deaths and squalor at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's inner-city abortion clinic. While they listened, the murder case reverberated far beyond the courtroom, changing — at least for the moment...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Planned Parenthood, Republican Party, Politics, Barack Obama
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