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Republicans boycott vote on EPA nominee
WASHINGTON _ Senate Republicans boycotted a committee vote Thursday on President Barack Obama’s nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, drawing accusations of obstructionism from Democra Continue Reading
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Rifts Deepen Over Direction of Ed. Policy in U.S.
May 07–In statehouses and cities across the country, battles are raging over the direction of education policy–from the standards that will shape what students learn to how test results will be used to judge a tea Continue Reading
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Expand Holder’s IRS Investigation to All Voter Intimidation as Civil Rights’ Violations
Well, well, well, well… lookie here. Republicans are (feigning) apoplexy over what still appears to be a fairly reasonable set of computer search terms the IRS established to determine if purported “social welfare” organization Continue Reading
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Michele Bachmann: IRS Scandal Undermines 2012 Election’s ‘Credibility’
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) suggested Sunday that the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups during the 2012 presidential campaign undermines the election’s credibility, accusing President Barack Obama’s administration of R Continue Reading
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South Korea spokesman fired over ‘disgraceful incident’
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye fired her chief spokesman because of what her office said Friday was a "disgraceful incident" during Park’s trip to the United States, in what could be a domestic Continue Reading
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BLOG: The Scoop: For First Time, Black Voter Turnout Topped Whites in 2012 Election, New Census Data Show
May 08–For what is likely the first time ever, blacks who were eligible to vote went to the polls at slightly higher rates than whites during the 2012 election in which Barack Obama won a second term, newly released Cen Continue Reading
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Issa subpoenas Pickering over Benghazi probe, demands closed-door testimony
WASHINGTON _ The congressman leading the Republican investigation into last year’s terrorist attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday ordered retired Ambassador Thomas Pickering to submit to questioning Continue Reading