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Senate Democrats' gun bill won't include assault weapons ban
An assault weapons ban won’t be in the gun-control legislation that Democrats bring to the Senate floor next month, a decision that means the ban’s chances of survival now are all but hopeless. The ban is the most controversial firearms...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Harry Reid, Firearms
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Obama approval ratings remain steady, riding through the ups and downs of economy, controversy
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way. He's getting no significant uptick in approval from gains in housing, jobs...Tags: Career and Workplace, Moody's Corporation, Ben Bernanke, Parties and Movements, Marketing
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Obama spokesman says criticism of White House response to IRS controversy is 'legitimate'
AP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's spokesman says the White House is facing "legitimate criticisms" for its shifting accounts about who knew what about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups, and when...Tags: Jay Carney, Taxation, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service
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McManus: Obama's IRS choice
Message to the president: Resistance is futile. There are plenty of juicy targets for investigators in the IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, but the most dangerous for President Obama is this: Did bureaucrats...
Tags: Lawyers, Jay Carney, Justice System, Max Baucus, Taxation
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Congress expands inquiry into IRS handling of conservative groups
WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators are broadening their inquiry into the Internal Revenue Service's mishandling of groups seeking tax-exempt status, indicating that they plan to examine how the agency dealt with a wide swath of nonprofit...
Tags: Jay Carney, Tea Party Movement, Taxation, Max Baucus, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Crews search through the night after tornado slams Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 51 MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night early Tuesday...Tags: Witnesses, John Doe, Jay Carney, Career and Workplace, Social Media
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White House officials knew of IRS audit findings weeks in advance
WASHINGTON — Top officials in the White House learned in April that an investigation of the IRS would probably end up showing that the agency targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny, the White House spokesman conceded Monday, contrary to...
Tags: Jay Carney, Taxation, Max Baucus, Barack Obama, Orrin Hatch
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Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Taxation, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), David Axelrod, Barack Obama
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Obama allies and former aides urge him to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Taxation, David Axelrod, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Barack Obama
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Obama responds to criticism with 'fix it' strategy
WASHINGTON — At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama and the Turkish prime minister had weighty matters to discuss — the bloody civil war in Syria, a disastrous Syrian refugee crisis and Turkey's strained...Tags: Jay Carney, Sexual Assault, Government, Turkey, Freedom of the Press
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American reaction to budget cut hype? Yawn.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pulling out all the stops to warn just what could happen if automatic budget cuts kick in. Americans are reacting with a collective yawn. They know the drill: Obama raises the alarm, Democrats and...
Tags: Bobby Jindal, Tour Operations Industry, Career and Workplace, Government, Executive Branch
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In budget fight, sky is falling again
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and his officials are doing their best to drum up public concern over the shock wave of spending cuts that could strike the government in just days. So it's a good time to be alert for sky-is-falling hype....
Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Career and Workplace, Health, FBI, Washington Monument
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