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Some IRS employees misuse travel credit cards -U.S. watchdog
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service must be tougher on employees who abuse government-paid travel cards, a watchdog said on Wednesday, the latest bad news for an agency reeling from a scandal over its scrutiny of Tea Party groups....Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Taxation, FBI, Credit and Debt
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'Weak mayor' system keeps Toronto ticking through crack controversy
Reuters* City's business gets done despite accusation against mayor * Mayor Rob Ford denies allegations by media of drug use By Julie Gordon TORONTO, May 30 (Reuters) - Between the army of reporters camped at his door and an exodus of top aides, Toronto Mayor...Tags: Rob Ford, Gawker Media, Toronto Star, Parties and Movements, Chicago Elections
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WRAPUP 1-Under fire, conservative Bachmann calls it quits in U.S. Congress
Reuters* A prominent but polarizing conservative voice steps aside * Bachmann faces ethics probes, avoids tough campaign By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - Michele Bachmann, a Tea Party firebrand and 2012 presidential contender, announced on...Tags: Parties and Movements, Vaccines, Federal Election Commission, White House, Ethics
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Embattled IRS staff remain in jobs despite U.S. tax review scandal
ReutersBy Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - They've been scorned in televised congressional hearings for unfairly abusing tax laws, threatened with questioning in a criminal investigation and accused of using federal jobs to push a political agenda....Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Tom Reed, Laws, Parties and Movements, Taxation
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Calling attention to the latest problems with the president [letter]
Editor: In the last few weeks we have seen the shifting sands of the White House Benghazi response to the facts of the loss of Ambassador Stevens and three other loyal American's at the hands of Islamic Jihadists. Then came the IRS probe into...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Defense, Elections, White House
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Rep. Michele Bachmann says she won't run for reelection in 2014
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Rep. Michele Bachmann, a conservative sensation and briefly a Republican presidential front-runner, announced Wednesday that she won't seek reelection to her congressional seat in 2014. The four-term Minnesota lawmaker told supporters in...Tags: Political Fundraising, Politics, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Elections
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GOP messing up on IRS scandal's potential
There are so many lessons to be learned from the IRS auditing scandal that has been lighting the tea party and their brethren on the hard right with indignation. For one, it turns out there might actually be something to that old cliche about even...Tags: Television Industry, Donald Trump, Parties and Movements, Taxation, Labor Legislation
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LETTER: Tea Party Scrutiny Wrong
Regarding the letter "No Surprise Tea Party Scrutinized" [May 30]: I am not surprised that liberal Connecticut readers think it is OK to target the tea party or other conservative groups. It's also interesting that entertainers such as Bette Midler...Tags: Internal Revenue Service
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Toronto mayor loses two more staffers as crack scandal roils
ReutersBy Julie Gordon TORONTO, May 30 (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford lost two more staff members on Thursday, two weeks after allegations first surfaced that the leader of Canada's largest city was caught smoking crack cocaine on camera, something he has...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Canada, Rob Ford, Toronto Star, Toronto (Canada)
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How to carve a swan from a watermelon (and other institutional analogies)
Tiger Woods, Microsoft and the Tea Party are all reasserting themselves. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for May 13, 2013. Woods won his 78th PGA event Sunday in Ponte Vedra Beach, showing further recovery from a series of injuries and marital...Tags: Social Media, The Players Championship, Twitter, Inc., Digg Inc., Microsoft Corporation
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Letters to the Editor - May 13
What if media coverage were 100 percent liberal? To the editor: What would the newspaper and television coverage of the political scene be like if instead of being just 90 percent with the liberal slant, it was 100 percent? There would no longer be a...Tags: Primaries, Judges, Jesus Christ, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Religion and Belief
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IRS admits to improperly targeting conservative groups
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service improperly screened applications from conservative groups that sought tax-exempt status, a senior IRS official said Friday. IRS staffers selected for more review the applications that included the words...
Tags: Politics, Pension and Welfare, Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Interior Policy
May 29, 2013
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May 30, 2013
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May 29, 2013
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May 28, 2013
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May 30, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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