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AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
4 hours 16 mins ago
The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department.
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Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates
6 hours 51 mins ago
President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.
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Tea party looks to take advantage of moment
7 hours 42 mins ago
Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.
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Obama to speak on legality of drone program
11 hours 5 mins ago
President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said.
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White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS
11 hours 51 mins ago
A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers.
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Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
13 hours 8 mins ago
Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an effort to weaken him.
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Money tangle: The IRS and its tea party tempest
14 hours 18 mins ago
The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the sort of heat that targeted taxpayers feel from the tax agency. It's the sense that a powerful someone is breathing down your neck.
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A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
14 hours 51 mins ago
The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.
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Fleeing Ore. man pleads to be pulled from river
Authorities in Eastern Oregon say a fleeing man tried to use a backstroke to get across the Columbia River but, exhausted, said he couldn't swim and pleaded with officers to retrieve him. ...
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World
Top Libyan official: Benghazi explosion accident
Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack.
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Finance
Bank of Montreal ordered to fix oversight lapses
Federal regulators are ordering the Bank of Montreal to take steps to correct lapses in oversight that could allow the bank to be used for money laundering.
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