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US sets sanctions on 4 ministers in Assad's government, leader of al-Qaida-linked rebel group
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has added four Syrian government ministers to a U.S. terror blacklist as well as the leader of an al-Qaida-linked organization fighting President Bashar Assad's (bah-SHAR' AH'-sahd) regime. Thursday's...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Bashar Assad, Government, National Government, Al-Qaeda
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U.S. widens sanctions to four Syrian officials, TV station, airline
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday blacklisted four Syrian government ministers, an airline and a television station it said helped the Assad government in its two-year crackdown on opposition forces. The move follows broad U....Tags: Finance, Government, National Government, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Television Industry
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Obama names budget official Werfel as acting IRS head
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama named top White House budget office aide Daniel Werfel to be acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the White House said on Thursday. Obama ousted acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller late on...Tags: Jack Lew, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Barack Obama, Politics
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U.S. announces new sanctions against Syria
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions against the Syrian government Thursday, blacklisting four senior officials, a private television station that it said had colluded with Syrian authorities and an airline it accused of...
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U.S. adds sanctions on Syria, labels rebel chief a terrorist
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday blacklisted four Syrian government ministers, an airline and a television station it said helped the Assad government in its two-year crackdown on opposition forces. The same day, the State...Tags: Ayman al-Zawahri, Bashar Assad, Finance, Government, National Government
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New Jersey income tax collections up, jobless rate down in April
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - New Jersey's unemployment rate dropped to 8.7 percent in April and personal income tax collections rose 29.1 percent to $2.23 billion from the same month last April, state data show. The revenue increase, along with the third...Tags: Unemployment, Taxation, Politics, Career and Workplace, Thomson Corporation
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Obama's new tax chief will need to be manager, apolitical and 'insane'
ReutersBy Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - After forcing out acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner Steven Miller amid a scandal over targeted scrutiny of conservative groups, President Barack Obama is looking for a new tax chief. The...Tags: Taxation, Justice System, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, White House
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Republican targets IRS employees in Tea Party probe
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans investigating the Internal Revenue Service want to question five employees about the tax agency's targeting of the Tea Party and other conservative groups, an effort that a key lawmaker said was part of a fact-finding...Tags: Republican Party, Karl Rove, Taxation, Darrell E Issa, Justice System
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Tax chief forced out in IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's top tax official was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny. With three...Tags: Jack Lew, John Boehner, Darrell E Issa, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress
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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...
Tags: Jack Lew, John Boehner, Darrell E Issa, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress
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Obama to meet with Treasury officials Wednesday about IRS
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with Treasury Department officials on Wednesday after reviewing a government report that showed the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, White...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Jay Carney, Washington, DC
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U.S. lawmakers press for changes at scandal-plagued tax agency
ReutersBy Kim Dixon and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - As Republican lawmakers stepped up their calls for top Internal Revenue Service officials to resign, President Barack Obama planned to meet with Treasury officials on Wednesday to discuss...Tags: Taxation, Tea Party Movement, U.S. House of Representatives, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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