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White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS
Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news"...
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Politics Digest, White House, Politics
Obama takes different tacks in defusing IRS, AP controversies
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
President Obama on Thursday ratcheted up efforts to put behind him a trio of scandals bogging down his administration, appointing a new head for the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service while not...
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Subpoena of AP records revives media shield bill
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The controversy over the government's secret subpoena of Associated Press telephone records has revived legislation that protect journalists from having to reveal their sources...
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Politics Ticker, White House, Politics
Badgered: Obama acts, but Republicans unsatisfied
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred Internal Revenue Service...
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White House, Politics
Turkish PM talks Syria with Obama at White House
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but there's "no magic formula" to...
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White House, Politics
Obama ousts acting IRS head after agency is caught targeting conservatives
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
President Obama on Wednesday forced out the acting director of the Internal Revenue Service and pledged to work with Congress as it investigates why the tax agency was inappropriately targeting...
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White House, Politics
White House releases trove of Benghazi documents
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is releasing 100 pages of e-mails and notes related to the Obama administration's response to the attack on a diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, last...
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From WeeklyStandard.com
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Ideological Revenue Service
By: Mark Hemingway
With three different scandals threatening to consume the White House last week—the Benghazi cover-up, the Justice Department’s seizure of the phone records of dozens of Associated Press...
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The Real Scandal
By: William Kristol
Everyone in Washington, except those in the crosshairs, likes a good scandal, and THE WEEKLY STANDARD is no exception. What’s more, in the case of the Obama administration, comeuppance is well...
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When It Rains, It Pours
By: Fred Barnes
There is no curse on the second term of presidents. When presidents lose credibility, when trust vanishes and their word is no longer accepted, they have only themselves to blame. That was true...