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Reality TV stars who make more than government officials
The Swedish Wire, StockholmJOBS FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN SWEDEN: Our nation's leaders carry a heavy weight on their shoulders. They are under intense pressure and scrutiny, charged with making decisions that affect each and every American. Then there are reality TV stars. Sure,...Tags: CareerBuilder, Stockholm (Sweden), Celebrities, Entertainment, Joe Biden
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Plugging leaks the right way
When it comes to prosecutors' investigations of leaks, you can count on journalists to dispense with impartiality and scream bloody murder. Upon learning that the Justice Department had seized the phone records of its reporters, The Associated Press...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, The Associated Press, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Barack Obama
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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...
Tags: USA Today, Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC, Interior Policy, Eric Holder
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On IRS scandal, Boehner asks, 'Who's going to jail?'
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON _ Republican congressional leaders, faced with an array of crises threatening to overwhelm the White House, appear to have singled out the targeting of conservative political groups by the IRS as the most fertile _ and politically...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate, Polls, Taxation
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No furloughs for civilian shipyard workers: Pentagon decides it will be too hard to make up delays in work on nuclear vessels
Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H.Civilian workers at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will be spared from the mandatory work furloughs hitting other federal employees across the country this summer. In a memo released Tuesday, the defense department outlined its plan to implement the work...Tags: Chuck Hagel, U.S. Department of Defense, Defense, Unemployment, Carol Shea-Porter
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Tuesday Morning Reads: College Prez pay, insurance and lawmaker health care
TALLLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Tuesday. Here's what we're reading this morning. * The Orlando Sentinel writes that despite U.S. House Speaker John Boehner's insistence that they were done with earmarking, Florida legislators have still...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics
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Mark Sanford sworn into Congress, calls himself 'humbled'
WASHINGTON -- Mark Sanford, after a detour to the governor's office and, infamously, to Argentina, is back in Washington as a member of Congress. The former three-term congressman and two-term governor was sworn in Wednesday as the representative for...Tags: Comedy Central (tv network), Washington, DC, Joe Wilson, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, U.S. Congress
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Obama: Acting IRS commissioner has resigned over scandal
The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism over the agency's targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny. Seeking to regain the...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Richard Nixon, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama
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WRAPUP 1-U.S. tax chief forced out in IRS scandal
Reuters* Obama says he 'will not tolerate' partisan actions by IRS * Republicans vow to continue probes of agency * Investigations will look for any links to White House By Matt Spetalnick and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Washington's top tax...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC, Charles W. Boustany, Jr., Sandy Levin
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DOCUMENTS: White House releases trove of Benghazi emails
WASHINGTON (AP) — Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Washington, DC, David Petraeus, Central Intelligence Agency
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Lawmakers seek money for local projects via 'dark marks'
WASHINGTON — When Congress banned "earmarks" in 2011, House Speaker John Boehner hailed the move as proof that lawmakers were "dead serious" about outlawing pet projects and "ending business as usual in Washington." But new documents show that the...
Tags: John L. Mica, Crime, Law and Justice, Jack Abramoff, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Port Canaveral
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Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate
WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could strengthen the Obama...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Economic Indicator, Washington, DC, Congressional Budget Office, Republican Party
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