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Top Obama adviser stakes out defiant defense on IRS, Benghazi, AP scandals

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:49:59 GMT

A top White House adviser staked out a defiant defense Sunday on a series of scandals that have hit the Obama administration, going so far as to say it was an “irrelevant fact” where the president was the night of the Benghazi terror attacks and saying the Obama administration wouldn’t cooperate in “partisan fishing expeditions” over IRS officials targeting Tea Party groups.

Georgia Gov. Deal orders Bibles returned to state-owned park

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:31:34 GMT

When Ed Buckner and his family went to a north Georgia state park to celebrate his son's birthday, he was surprised and concerned to find Bibles in the state-owned cabin he had rented.

Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:33:13 GMT

President Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, told graduates of Morehouse College Sunday to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.

DOJ subpoenas are 'unconstitutional,' hurt press, AP president says

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:31:53 GMT

Associated Press President Gary Pruitt said Sunday the Justice Department sent a strong – and negative- message to future sources that the government would go after them if they spoke to the press. It’s a move Pruitt called not only unconstitutional but said damaged the ideal of a free press in the country.

Illinois Senate approves bill to legalize medical marijuana

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:27:26 GMT

Illinois lawmakers agreed to legalize the use of medical marijuana on Friday under a plan that's being billed as the strictest in the nation among states that have authorized the drug's medicinal use, though it was unclear whether the Democratic governor plans to sign it.

Pipe dream: Skip college, become a plumber, NYC Mayor Bloomberg says

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:21:33 GMT

The heck with Harvard, says New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Most high school grads should learn a trade . . . like plumbing.

Republicans owe Rice an apology on Benghazi, Obama adviser says

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:44:06 GMT

White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday Republicans owe Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, an apology for alleging she played a part in formulating the White House’s response to the attacks in Benghazi, Libya last year that killed four Americans.

Texas Republican Sen. Cruz eligible to be president should he decide to run

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:35:39 GMT

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz was born in Canada but is qualified to become president should he mount a campaign in 2016 or beyond.

Cruz was born in Calgary, and his father is from Cuba. But the Republican senator’s mother is from the first state of Delaware, which appears to settles the issue.

President Obama learned about IRS scandal via media, senior adviser tells 'Fox News Sunday'

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:05:05 GMT

Senior White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer told Fox News Sunday that President Obama learned about the Internal Revenue Service targeting tea party groups applying for tax exempt status only after it had come out in the media.

IRS flagged small tea party groups, ignored big-budget organizations

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:28:57 GMT

There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

FBI searches apartment after ricin letters discovered in Washington state

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:45:41 GMT

Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

Federal report documents inmate sex abuse at US facilities

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:41:48 GMT

Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at U.S. jails and prisons.

Lawmakers eye regulating domestic surveillance drones

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:59:58 GMT

The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it.

Illinois lawmakers crack down on social media 'flash mobs'

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:30 GMT

Seeking to keep pace with changing technology, Illinois toughened penalties Saturday for those who use social media and text messaging to organize violent "flash mobs" like those that have occurred on Chicago's Michigan Avenue and in other tourist areas.

State Sen. Mark Obenshain nominated for Virginia attorney general by GOP

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:53:44 GMT

State Sen. Mark Obenshain has won the Republican nomination for attorney general in Virginia 35 years after his father won the party's U.S. Senate nomination.

Lawyer confirms she asked planted question that broke open IRS scandal

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:05 GMT

The first revelation that the IRS was targeting Tea Party groups came in a planted question during a lawyers’ conference earlier this month, the attorney who asked the question confirmed Saturday with Fox News.

Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:30:07 GMT

Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota -- showing that Republicans aren't the only ones with internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.

Republicans: IRS scandal shows agency 'rotten at the core,' needs major reform

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:01:27 GMT

The IRS targeting Tea Party groups and other conservative-leaning political organizations has reignited calls for reform and the argument among Capitol Hill Republicans that the federal government has become too big and out of control.

New Virginia GOP gov. nominee Cuccinelli is Tea Party favorite

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:16:45 GMT

Virginia's activist conservative attorney general has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by acclamation.

Parking fees at California state beaches heat up

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:14:44 GMT

Sunbathers flocking to Southern California beaches are used to feeding the meter or paying a parking attendant. Not so along the less developed north coast where it's customary to ditch cars on the shoulder of Highway 1 to surf, swim or picnic.