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His political problems boiling in capital, Obama takes a road trip to promote a jobs agenda
Associated PressBALTIMORE (AP) — President Barack Obama tried on Friday to leave behind the political battles that have overshadowed his second-term agenda, saying lawmakers should work on creating more middle-class jobs in the slowly growing economy. "Our work...Tags: Unemployment Rate, Trips and Vacations, Barack Obama, Labor Markets, Internal Revenue Service
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Obama tries to steer attention back to jobs
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday he wanted to put more Americans to work by slashing the amount of time it takes to grant federal approval for big job-creating projects. But Obama's choice of venue for his remarks — a Baltimore...
Tags: White House, Mitch McConnell, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, U.S. House Committee on Small Business
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FACTBOX-Key players in the U.S. IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Three congressional committees and the Department of Justice are investigating the Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status as the scandal distracts from President Barack Obama's...Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, White House, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, Justice System
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Funding for tribes to be topic at Native American foster care summit in Rapid City
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — How tribes can secure direct funding for foster care will be one of the topics covered during the last day of a summit focusing on Indian child foster care in South Dakota. The three-day summit finishes Friday in Rapid City....Tags: Justice System, U.S. Department of the Interior, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama shifts focus to jobs, eases building permit process
ReutersBy Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will seek to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda to the economic issues by announcing he will make it easier to get federal building...Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Internal Revenue Service, Politics
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Robert Fallstich: Allowing college students to have guns makes campus safer
There has been quite a bit of media coverage regarding changes to Kutztown University's weapons policy. Since the story broke last week, the university unintentionally placed itself at the center of the firearms debate. There has been quite a bit of...Tags: Students, Kutztown, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School
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COLUMN: Washington-gate
Reuters(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Unprecedented U.S. Justice Department searches of journalists' phone records. IRS targeting of conservative political groups. Spiraling sexual...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Roger Ailes , Government, National Government, Sexual Assault
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Column: Washington-gate
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Unprecedented Justice Department searches of journalists' phone records. IRS targeting of conservative political groups. Spiraling sexual assault rates in the U.S. military. And the downplaying of the first killing of an American...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Roger Ailes , Government, National Government, Benghazi
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LAPD reformed as federal oversight lifted, city leaders say
Los Angeles leaders say the Los Angeles Police Department has undergone a dramatic transformation since federal oversight of the agency was ordered 12 years ago. The dismissal Wednesday of the so-called consent decree, which arose largely out of the...
Tags: AEG, Justice System, Judges, Los Angeles Police Department, Crime, Law and Justice
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L.A. Now Live: Discuss LAPD consent-decree impact, what's next
The federal judge who oversaw a dramatic, forced transformation of the Los Angeles Police Department has freed the department from the final vestiges of federal oversight. In a brief, three-line order Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Gary Feess formally...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Los Angeles Police Department, Crime, Law and Justice
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Federal judge lifts LAPD consent decree
The federal judge who oversaw a dramatic, forced transformation of the Los Angeles Police Department has freed the department from the final vestiges of federal oversight. In a brief, three-line order Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Gary Feess formally...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Justice System, Judges, Los Angeles Police Department, Crime, Law and Justice
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House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern
ALAN FRAM,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration, a top House Republican said...Tags: White House, Republican Party, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC, Politics
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