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MSM avoids linking Obama to NSA surveillance
Michael Barone | 06/18/13 06:25 PM
Veteran USAToday reporter Richard Benedetto, now with American and George Mason Universities and the Fund for American Studies, has the details–”the carefully chosen, softer words used by the news media when reporting on the Obama program, compared to the inflammatory and alarmist language...
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Germany visit showcases a tale of two Obamas
Brian Hughes | 06/18/13 06:05 PM
President Obama will make his encore on the German stage with a speech at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday, returning as a mere mortal rather than the rock star who captivated a country looking for a transcendent U.S. political figure five years ago. In 2008, then-candidate...
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Workers charge Indiana unions not abiding by right-to-work law
Sean Higgins | 06/18/13 05:05 PM
Two Indianapolis residents have filed claims with the National Labor Relations Board, stating that despite Indiana’s right to work law, they are still having union dues deducted from their paychecks against their wishes. Right to work laws ban such practices. Indiana adopted one last year, but...
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Senate kills amendments to toughen border security, visa oversight in immigration reform bill
Susan Ferrechio | 06/18/13 04:50 PM
The Senate Tuesday defeated two amendments aimed at strengthening border security in the “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill, including a provision that would have required a double-layer fence on the nation’s southern border. The back-to-back defeat of the two provisions was a blow...
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Kicking off new push on guns, Biden predicts opponents will face voters’ wrath
Susan Crabtree | 06/18/13 04:35 PM
Vice President Joe Biden, angrily denouncing opponents of gun control, predicted Tuesday that senators who helped block an expansion of background checks for gun sales two months ago would pay a political price for their votes. “I would say to my friends in the House and Senate, the country...
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Federal Reserve meeting begins amid uncertainty over monetary policy
Joseph Lawler | 06/18/13 04:00 PM
As the Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting to determine monetary policy, there are signs cropping up that the markets are confused about what Chairman Ben Bernanke and company are saying – or unconvinced that they will follow through with their promises. For the past six months,...
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Congressman calls for defunding National Sheep Industry Improvement Center
Sean Higgins | 06/18/13 03:40 PM
No, I’m not trying to pull the wool over your eyes, the federal government really does fund a National Sheep Industry Improvement Center. It is part of the Agriculture Department. You can read a request for grant proposals here. Under the farm bill, the center gets $1 million dollars in...
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AFL-CIO: We oppose any hard triggers in immigration bill
Sean Higgins | 06/18/13 02:40 PM
In a statement released today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said that US working families had “no higher legislative priority” for Congress than passing immigration reform. That reform must not not include any “hard triggers” for allowing immigration, the nation’s top union leader...
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Telecom union: Immigration bill is bad for our workers, but we support it anyway
Sean Higgins | 06/18/13 02:30 PM
My column today focuses on the strange bedfellows and ironic situations created by the immigration reform bill. I highlight the case of the Communications Workers of America and its concerns regarding the bill’s increase in H1B visas. CWA, which is the largest telecom worker union in the world...
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NSA says snooping foiled bombing plots
Susan Ferrechio | 06/18/13 01:25 PM
The National Security Agency’s power to scrutinize the nation’s telephone records have helped to thwart more than 50 potential terrorist plots, including plans to bomb both the New York City subway system and the New York Stock Exchange, officials said Tuesday as they defended the...
