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Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 7:03pm
President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf _ in the rain.

Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 7:02pm
Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.

What do we eat? New food map will tell us

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 7:02pm
Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought.

AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 4:53pm
The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department.

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 3:08pm
The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.

Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 1:06pm
President Barack Obama is telling graduates of Morehouse College to take the power of their example _ as black men graduating from college _ and use it to improve people's lives.

AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 1:04pm
The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering.

First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 1:02pm
First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.

Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 1:02pm
Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

Money tangle: The IRS and its tea party tempest

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 12:36pm
The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the sort of heat that targeted taxpayers feel from the tax agency. It's the sense that a powerful someone is breathing down your neck.

Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 10:17am
Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.

White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 10:17am
A top White House adviser insisted President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for answers on Sunday.

CBO: Obama budget cuts deficits $1.1T by 2023

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 8:28am
President Barack Obama's budget would trim projected federal deficits by $1.1 trillion over the coming decade, using nearly $6 in higher revenues for every $1 in reduced spending to achieve it, Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst said Friday.

Hagel orders review of sex-abuse prevention

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 8:28am
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control.

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 8:04am
The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.

Obama to address Morehouse College commencement

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 4:37am
President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni.

Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 4:37am
Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign.

Benghazi probe co-chair subpoenaed by House panel

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 7:03pm
The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigated last year's attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, to answer questions about the panel's findings behind closed doors.

Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 6:04pm
President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf _ in the rain.

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 4:08pm
Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.

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