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After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobs
ReutersBALTIMORE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday sought to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda back to his top priority - the economy - and announced he will try to cut in half the time it takes to get federal...Tags: News Media, TransCanada Corporation, Internal Revenue Service, Keystone XL Pipeline, U.S. Department of State
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Letters to the editor: Drunken driving, Ramirez, and conspiracy theories
On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board proposed lowering the legal limit for a driver's blood alcohol from .08 percent to .05 percent. This is about two beers in an hour for a 155-pound woman. While one can argue whether or not that is too...Tags: U.S. Senate, Internal Revenue Service, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Marco Rubio, Government
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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: Internal Revenue Service, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment, Employment, New York City
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Are the Obama administration's scandals overblown?
The Obama White House has been trying to defuse three scandals: the altered talking points for the Benghazi attack, the IRS targeting of conservative groups for audits and the Department of Justice seizure of reporters’ phone records. The president&...Tags: Benghazi
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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: U.S. House Committee on Small Business, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Washington, DC
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Factbox: Key players in the IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (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 second-...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Danny Werfel
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Ousted IRS chief defends against partisan charges
WASHINGTON — The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in singling out conservative groups for intrusive and time-consuming scrutiny, but said that the effort was not driven by partisan...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Sandy Levin, Thomas E Price, Peter Roskam
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Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country. The president asked for $79.4...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Washington, DC, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), John Kerry, U.S. Congress
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Nick Saban or Urban Meyer: Will real devil please stand up?
Running off at the typewriter … I am amazed at all of the controversy that ensued after University of Florida assistant coach Tim Davis joked to a Gator booster club in Brevard County that Alabama coach Nick Saban is "the devil himself." It's...
Tags: FBI, Southeastern Conference, Alabama Crimson Tide, Miami Marlins, Internal Revenue Service
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President talks economy, jobs in Baltimore
As he traveled through Baltimore to promote his jobs agenda on Friday, President Barack Obama found himself sitting near a 29-year-old man who was uncertain how to reset his life after being released from prison two years ago. In one of the few...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Martin O'Malley, Parties and Movements, Taxation, Republican Party
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Dollar soars, stocks set new highs on Fed stimulus exit talk
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar soared against major currencies on Friday on growing speculation that the Federal Reserve could soon begin to rein in its bond-buying program and after data showed U.S. consumer sentiment hit an almost six-year high in...Tags: Earnings, Tampa, Giorgio Napolitano, Realty, Tokyo Stock Exchange
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EXCLUSIVE-EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for trade violations
Reuters* EU Trade head says Chinese players a threat to strategic industry * De Gucht says talks with Chinese for over a year come up empty * Trade talks with U.S. are potential global trade "game changer" By Daniel Bases NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - Europe'...Tags: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., France, New Products, Marketing, International Organizations
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