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SPIN METER: House GOP raps Dems for taking IRS union cash, but Republicans took the money, too
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Government, National Government, Taxation
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IRS follows Obama's lead
Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And...Tags: George W. Bush, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Politics, U.S. Congress, Taxation
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Correction: Immigration story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 14 about a Senate immigration bill, The Associated Press erroneously reported that two of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers entered the U.S. on student visas. In fact only one of them did. A corrected version of the...Tags: Ted Cruz, Politics, Teaching and Learning, Lindsey O. Graham, U.S. Senate
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Lawmakers press Holder about subpoenas to AP for telephone records
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — 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...Tags: Politics, Government, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Harry S. Truman, National Government
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White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists
WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources....
Tags: Politics, Government, Arbitration, Journalism, Judges
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Senators tighten student visa rules in immigration bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee amended the sweeping immigration bill Tuesday to tighten student visa rules in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The committee, which is trying to get through the 844-page bill by the end of the week, also...
Tags: Ted Cruz, Politics, Teaching and Learning, Boston Marathon, Mo Brooks
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Senate panel focuses on enforcement in immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators kept the bipartisan immigration bill largely unchanged Thursday after dispatching dozens of proposed amendments even as they punted many of the thorniest issues to next week. The day's session at the Senate Judiciary...
Tags: Justice System, Politics, Chuck Grassley, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Harry Reid
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Legislation Would Ground Recalled Rental Cars
KickingTiresA bipartisan group of U.S. senators last week introduced a bill that would prohibit rental-car companies from renting or selling vehicles with an open manufacturer's recall. The legislation, the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013,...Tags: Product Recalls, Car Safety Tips and Advice, U.S. Congress, Lisa Murkowski, Claire McCaskill
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High-tech companies push for more in Senate immigration bill; labor pushes back
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — High-tech companies looking to bring more skilled workers to the U.S. pushed Monday for more concessions in an immigration bill pending in the Senate. Labor unions said the Silicon Valley had already gotten enough in the...Tags: Organizing for Action, Politics, Science and Technology, Lindsey O. Graham, Michael Bloomberg
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Many amendments, few changes to immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON -- Senators on Thursday began the arduous task of going through some 300 proposed amendments to the delicately constructed bipartisan immigration bill. By lunch, they had disposed of 17. With a packed audience of many pro-immigration...
Tags: Justice System, Ted Cruz, Politics, Chuck Grassley, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Border Patrol struggles to measure what it can't see
SAN DIEGO — Kathy Gomez estimates that U.S. Border Patrol agents catch 75% of the migrants who try to run through the strawberry fields at her farm near the border with Tijuana. Farther east, Miguel Diaz thinks the number hits 90% at his junkyard...
Tags: Justice System, Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Congress
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New efforts to curb cellphone theft
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless industry to help find a cure. In San Francisco, where half the robberies were...
Tags: Justice System, Vincent Gray, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Crime, Law and Justice
May 17, 2013
|Story| AP Member Choice Limited
May 17, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
May 15, 2013
|Story| AP Member Choice Limited
May 15, 2013
|Story| AP Member Choice Limited
May 15, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 13, 2013
|Blog| Cars.com
May 14, 2013
|Story| AP Member Choice Limited
May 9, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 29, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 6, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
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