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White House: Obama Kept Out of Loop on Inquiry
White House officials were first notified April 16 about an investigation into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups and discussed its potential findings with the Treasury Department but never told President Barack Obama, the...
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Amendment to Immigration Bill Requires Fingerprinting at 30 Airports
WASHINGTON | Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill.
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Supreme Court to Hear Case on Prayer at Public Meetings
WASHINGTON | The Supreme Court will revisit the issue of church-state separation and decide whether a town council can begin its monthly meetings with a prayer from a Christian pastor.
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Obama Exhorts Good Deeds by Morehouse Grads
ATLANTA | President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use...
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Sen. Marco Rubio 'Shaken' by Federal Scandals
Scandals facing the White House have allowed Sen. Marco Rubio to shift his message back to the one that made him a star in the first place: the threat to America posed by excessive government.
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Inquiries Ignored Big-Budget Groups
WASHINGTON | There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.
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Ousted IRS Chief Apologizes for Treatment of Conservative Groups
WASHINGTON | The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency’s tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. He said they resulted from a misguided...
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Obama Aims to Halt Perception of Passive Presidency
WASHINGTON | Faced with a trio of controversies, President Barack Obama is trying to halt a perception spreading among both White House opponents and allies that he has been passive and disengaged as unexpected developments consume his second term.
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Lobbyists Sink Red-Light Camera Bills; Little Changes
Bills to ban red-light cameras, eliminate fines for right-hand turns at the monitored intersections and regulate yellow-light times were all on the table as state lawmakers met this spring.
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Seeking to Avoid Criticism, Obama Promises Action on Trio of Issues
WASHINGTON | President Barack Obama tried to defuse a trio of controversies Thursday, pledging to work with Congress to ensure the IRS doesn't abuse its power, urging legislators to provide more money to strengthen security at U.S. diplomatic...
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Obama Picks Budget Official, Daniel Werfel, to Run IRS
WASHINGTON | President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day another top official announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over...
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Commissioner Out Over Tea Party Targeting
WASHINGTON | 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 groups for...
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House GOP, White House Look to Change Student Loan Rates
WASHINGTON | Republicans in the House of Representatives and President Barack Obama agree in general on what to do with student loan interest rates: Let them vary with the market.
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Petraeus Objected to Talking Points
WASHINGTON | Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more detail publicly...
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Holder Supports Secret Gathering of Reporters' Phone Records
WASHINGTON | Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press as he stood by an investigation in which he insisted he had no...
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