Republicans say the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative political groups was “chilling”, and at least one Republican senator called on President Barack Obama to “personally … 2012 Elections News Headlines – Yahoo! News
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Obama: Targeting by IRS is ‘outrageous’
By admin on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 | Comments Off
President Barack Obama says the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups is “outrageous” and anyone involved needs to be “held fully accountable.” Obama says at a … 2012 Elections News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...Obama U: What Graduation Speeches Say About The President
By admin on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 | Comments Off
President Obama’s commencement speeches often seem more about the big-picture state of the union than do his State of the Union addresses, which read like to-do lists. And his assessment of where the country stands and where it’s going has changed over the past four years. Politics
Read More...Obama gets break from scandals to push jobs and economy in Baltimore
By admin on Friday, May 17th, 2013 | Comments Off
After a week filled with controversy and criticism, President Barack Obama left town Friday for Baltimore, the second stop on his “Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tour.” The trip, which was previously scheduled, took him to a dredging manufacturer and an elementary school, with the next stop on the itinerary a community center. At Ellicott [...]
Read More...IRS tea party scandal: How bad for Obama?
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The Internal Revenue Service applied special scrutiny to applications for tax-exempt status from tea party and other conservative groups, according to a draft inspector general’s report obtained by the Associated Press. 2012 Elections News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...Obama: His tiger’s not grrreat!
By admin on Friday, May 17th, 2013 | Comments Off
Following a rough, scandal-filled week in Washington, President Barack Obama got dressed down by a bunch of kids. During a visit to Moravia Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Md., Friday, the president was asked to do another challenging task: Draw a tiger. “I got to help with one of the lessons. We were having to [...]
Read More...AP Case Adds To Obama Team’s Tough Record On Leaks
By admin on Friday, May 17th, 2013 | Comments Off
His administration has prosecuted six people for giving reporters information about secret national security operations — twice as many cases as all previous presidents combined. Amid criticism from First Amendment advocates, the White House insists it values both press freedoms and national security. Politics
Read More...Obama: ‘No magic formula’ to end Syria’s civil war
By admin on Friday, May 17th, 2013 | Comments Off
President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserves the right to step up American military and diplomatic efforts to push out Syria’s Bashar Assad, but warned he has “no magic formula” to end that country’s civil war. Speaking at a joint press conference in the White House Rose Garden with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip [...]
Read More...Obama walking a familiar path on IRS allegations
By admin on Thursday, May 16th, 2013 | Comments Off
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. Nor is it the first time that political and social advocacy groups have searched for and exploited loopholes and fine points in the [...]
Read More...Obama appoints OMB official Danny Werfel to head up IRS
By admin on Thursday, May 16th, 2013 | Comments Off
President Barack Obama on Thursday appointed Danny Werfel, an official with the Office of Management and Budget, as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service to replace the acting commissioner who was forced to resign Wednesday amid scandal. Werfel, whose appointment will be effective May 22, “will lead efforts to ensure the IRS implements new [...]
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