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Holder’s incorrect claim on the ‘Fast and Furious’ criminal citation decision

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler - May. 17 (Fact Check) - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.): “In the AP [Associated Press] case you have appointed Ronald Machen, and I’m sure he is a fine U.S. attorney, but can he be considered to be independent when in fact when this Congress held you in contempt he was the individual who refused, on your orders, to prosecute the case? If he will obey your orders in not living up to a contempt of Congress, can we believe that he is in fact independent?” Read full article ...

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Obama administration issues draft fracking regulations

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Steven Mufson - May. 17 (News Report) - The Obama administration drew criticism from both environmental and oil industry groups on Thursday after issuing a new draft of regulations for fracking on federal and Indian lands. In its first update of hydraulic fracturing regulations in three decades, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management would require wider disclosure of chemicals used in drilling, techniques to assure wellbore integrity so fluids don’t leak into groundwater and ways to make sure companies have a water management plan for fluids that flow back to the surface. ...

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Obama appoints Daniel Werfel as acting head of IRS

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Zachary A. Goldfarb - May. 17 (News Report) - President Obama will appoint senior budget aide Daniel I. Werfel as the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, as that agency manages a scandal stemming from its targeting of conservative ...

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Some in Congress want changes in military law as a result of sex scandals

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Craig Whitlock - May. 16 (News Report) - Members of Congress said they are so angry about the crescendo of sex-crime scandals in the armed forces that they are considering fundamental changes to military law and other measures that the Pentagon has resisted for years. ...

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Acting director of IRS resigns amid furor over targeting of conservative groups

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Zachary A. Goldfarb, Juliet Eilperin - May. 16 (News Report) - President Obama on Wednesday demanded and accepted the resignation of the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven T. Miller, as part of a multi-pronged effort to quell controversies that threaten to dominate his second term. ...

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Eric Holder’s abdication

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Dana Milbank - May. 16 - As the nation’s top law enforcement official, Eric Holder is privy to all kinds of sensitive information. But he seems to be proud of how little he knows. Why didn’t his Justice Department inform the Associated Press, as the law requires, before pawing through reporters’ phone records ? ...

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On Capitol Hill, Holder to face questions on AP phone records, IRS scandal

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Sean Sullivan, Rachel Weiner, Juliet Eilperin - May. 15 (News Report) - Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is set to testify on Capitol Hill on Wednesday afternoon, where he is expected to be grilled by lawmakers about the Justice Department’s decision to secretly obtain journalists’ phone records and peppered with questions about the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups for extra ...

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Will Obama suffer the ‘second-term curse’?

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Karen Tumulty, Philip Rucker - May. 12 (Comment) - Recent events suggest that the 44th president may not be immune to the phenomenon that historians call the “second-term curse.” Not four months after his ambitious inaugural address, President Obama finds himself struggling to move his legislative agenda through an unbudging ...

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Co-author of immigration study resigns from Heritage Foundation

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By David Nakamura - May. 11 (News Report) - The co-author of a disputed immigration study by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, resigned Friday after questions were raised about racially charged conclusions made in his previous work. ...

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Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels hit troubling milestone, scientists say

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Brian Vastag, Jason Samenow - May. 11 (News Report) - Human influence on the Earth’s atmosphere touched what climate scientists called a dire milestone Friday as concentrations of heat-trapping carbon dioxide nudged up to a level unseen in about 3 million to 5 million years — long before modern humans.

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GOP senators’ assault shows tough path for immigration measure

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By David Nakamura, Ed O’Keefe - May. 10 (News Analysis) - The difficult road ahead for comprehensive immigration reform became more evident Thursday as Republican critics mounted a sustained assault on the legislation, demanding that it include considerably greater border security measures before legalizing any undocumented immigrants. ...

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Lawmaker wants military to promptly alert Congress about drone strikes