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House showdown set over IRS targeting of conservative groups
WASHINGTON -- The ousted top official of the Internal Revenue Service will appear before a House committee Friday morning, his first public appearance since controversy erupted last week over how the agency mishandled applications for tax-exempt status...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, USA Today, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, George W. Bush
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1400 GMT, May 17
ReutersLONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- BAGHDAD - At least 32 people were killed in two explosions outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in Baquba, about 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Baghdad, after Friday prayers, police and medics said. - - - -...Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Amazon.com Inc., U.S. House of Representatives, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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INVESTMENT FOCUS-Top four central banks may change the tune
ReutersBy Mike Dolan LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - The world's major central banks may be shifting their tone subtly from "whatever it takes" to "we can only do so much". Financial markets supercharged this year by the extraordinary monetary stimuli of the top...Tags: European Central Bank, Politics, Inflation and Deflation, Federal Reserve, Banking
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Top four central banks may change the tune
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The world's major central banks may be shifting their tone subtly from "whatever it takes" to "we can only do so much". Financial markets supercharged this year by the extraordinary monetary stimuli of the top four central banks are...Tags: European Central Bank, Politics, Inflation and Deflation, Federal Reserve, Money and Monetary Policy
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The giant, shocking IRS scandal that wasn't
There's nothing Washington likes better than a scandal. So official Washington was absolutely orgasmic this week while dealing with not one, but three scandals at the same time. Not one of which, sadly, was a sex scandal. First, there were accusations...Tags: The Associated Press, Barack Obama, John Boehner, Politics, Republican Party
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Treasury gears up to buy time under reimposed debt cap
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take a series of steps to free up about $260 billion so it can keep paying the nation's bills once a temporary suspension in the government's debt ceiling...Tags: Bonds, Barack Obama, Consumer Confidence, Politics, Congressional Budget Office
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Former ASU QB Walter running for Congress
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Former ASU QB Walter running for Congress Former Arizona State quarterback Andrew Walter announced he's running for congress. "I've been to many different places over the years, but Arizona will always be my home," Walter said in a...Tags: Sports, Elections, Politics, Football, NFL Draft
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HUD to shut down offices as a result of sequester
Across-the-board cuts in the federal budget will force the Department of Housing and Urban Development to close its offices on May 24 and possibly six other days. HUD, which provides assistance programs for low-income and homeless people, said Friday...
Tags: Government Debt, Shaun Donovan, Rentals, Budget Control Act of 2011, Unemployment
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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: Barack Obama, Politics, Republican Party, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Former Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at age 87
ReutersBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a "dirty war" dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, died on Friday at age 87....Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Human Rights Watch, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Government
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White House fights and loses battle to withhold Benghazi records
ReutersBy Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's White House fought and lost a battle to avoid making public what it claimed were confidential records of internal deliberations over the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Jay Carney, Impeachment, Government
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IRS scandal: Lawmakers accuse IRS officials of lying
Tribune staff and wire reportsWASHINGTON -- Lawmakers accused leaders of the Internal Revenue Service of lying on Friday as they opened the first in a series of investigative hearings about the tax collection agency's targeting of conservative groups. Republicans and Democrats said...Tags: Barack Obama, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Kevin Brady
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