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Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups.


Policy, discretion guide media sources probes

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier.


O'Malley using agenda, fundraising to explore 2016

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base. He's been a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama. And he's ramping up his travel to help fellow Democrats around the country.


Senado EEUU, cerca de decisiones sobre inmigración

WASHINGTON (AP) — La Comisión Judicial del Senado de Estados Unidos espera concretar un elusivo acuerdo sobre visas para trabajadores del sector de alta tecnología y podría enviar al pleno de la cámara alta una controversia sobre matrimonios homosexuales en momentos en que realiza los ajustes finales a las decisiones sobre un proyecto de legislación de inmigración que daría un camino hacia la ciudadanía a millones de personas que viven en el país sin permiso.


Republicans Are Watching Their Rhetoric on Obama Scandals

Wary of being perceived as overly partisan, Republican leaders are displaying unexpected message discipline about the trio of scandals facing the Obama administration, with rank-and-file members hesitant to conclude anything before Congressional investigations begin.

Committee nears final big immigration decisions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-tech visas and may punt a controversy over gay marriage to the full Senate as it makes final drafting decisions on immigration legislation that grants a shot at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.


Senate panel nears final big immigration decisions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-tech visas and may punt a controversy over gay marriage to the full Senate as it makes final decisions on immigration legislation giving a shot at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.

Despite Rubio’s wooing, radio hosts protest immigration reform bill

Conservative radio talk show hosts have signed a letter opposing the sweeping immigration reform bill in the Senate, bucking tea party favorite Sen. Marco Rubio's attempts to win their support for the bill, which combines enhanced border security with a legalization program for the nation's unauthorized immigrants. Rubio, a member of the "gang of eight" [...]

China's Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected

BEIJING (AP) — China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea.

AP source: Treasury told WH of IRS disclosure plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Treasury official says the department told the White House twice that the IRS was preparing to make public its targeting of conservative political groups.

Penn urges US to pressure Bolivia to free US man

WASHINGTON (AP) — Actor Sean Penn on Monday urged the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman detained without charge since 2011 in a case that has drawn accusations he was the victim of corrupt local prosecutors.


Public pension employees skip Hawaii conference

HONOLULU (AP) — Organizers of an annual conference for people who manage more than $3 trillion in public sector pension funds in the U.S. and Canada say a significant number of administrators are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii to avoid the perception they're wasting money by heading to the island paradise.

Insiders Split on Edits of Benghazi Talking Points

National Journal’s National Security Insiders were split on whether the Obama administration’s edits to remove any mention of terrorism from the original public statements on the Benghazi, Libya, attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens showed it deliberately tried to mislead the American public.

CONGRESS: The Next Generation

Former lawmakers are helping their children in so many races this year that we might as well dub next Election Day “Take Your Kid to Congress Day.”

Much at Stake as Energy Department Weighs Permits for Exporting Natural Gas

Christopher Smith, the Energy Department official in charge of shaping the Obama administration’s policy on exporting natural gas, recalls working for Chevron on an import facility during the first part of the last decade. At the time, U.S. reserves were thought to be scarce and fuel prices were accordingly high.

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