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Students tell Bush to stop torture

Fifty high school seniors in the Presidential Scholars program presented President Bush with a letter on Monday calling for an end to 'violations of the human rights' of terrorism suspects held by the United States.

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Related Topix: Activism, Washington Post, Publishing

Wed May 22, 2013

The Hill

Holder tells Congress of four Americans killed in drone attacks

The U.S. has killed four American citizens in drone attacks, Attorney General Eric Holder told lawmakers in a letter made public Wednesday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul

KTKZ-AM Sacramento

Wal-Mart hires Hill & Knowlton executive

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named Dan Bartlett, most recently president and CEO of the U.S. arm of global business advisory firm Hill & Knowlton Strategies, as its new executive vice president of corporate affairs.

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Public Relations, Hill and Knowlton, Advertising, W., Bentonville, AR

Journalgazette.net

Muckrakers mistaken in Watergate overreach

If you are interested in this story, you might be interested in others from The Journal Gazette.

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Related Topix: Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Thriller, The One, Science Fiction Movies, US News, US Politics, Representative Keith Ellison, US House of Representatives, Democrat

The Jackson Sun

Taking the Fifth: A congressional tradition

Congress often gets frustrated when witnesses invoke their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination under the U.S. Constitution -- and both groups have had plenty of experience with it.

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Related Topix: Tax

Vallejo News

IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing Summoned by Congress a...

's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, John Boehner, 2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Arutz Sheva Israel News

Keynote Address at YU Commencement to Focus on Aliyah

Rabbi Joshua Fass, a Yeshiva University alumnus and executive director of Nefesh B'Nefesh, will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary doctorate at YU's 82nd Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 30, at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ.

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Related Topix: Yeshiva University, East Rutherford, NJ, Rutherford, NJ, Israel, World News, Middle East

Detroit News

The big chill: AP, the IRS and free speech

Chilling effect. That's the term lawyers and judges use to describe the result of government actions that deter people from exercising their right of free speech.

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Related Topix: Tax, Eric Holder, Opinion

Tue May 21, 2013

Townhall

Phyllis Schlafly: Gang of Eight Betrays Americans

The Gang of Eight immigration bill can be summed up as amnesty now, border closing never.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, W., Opinion

The Washington Post

What's the appropriate level of White House involvement with IG findings?

White House press secretary Jay Carney said previously that the executive's office was unaware of the audit findings until media reports revealed them on May 10.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News

KUOW-FM Seattle

Duwamish Fight For Federal Status Inches Forward

Seattle's native people, the Duwamish, will learn today about their next step in a decades-old legal battle.

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Related Topix: W.

Government Executive

Analysis: After the Oklahoma Tornado, Obama Needs to Make FEMA Work

In the wake of the tornado which cut through Moore, Okla., on Monday, it's worth remembering, for a moment, how wrong things went after Hurricane Andrew.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, US Politics, Ron Paul, Republican, US House of Representatives

Fox News

'Incredibly Bad Idea': Irs Chief Regrets Using Planted Scandal Question

The outgoing IRS commissioner expressed regret Tuesday for a decision to use a planted question to go public with the agency's practice of targeting conservative groups, calling the move "an incredibly bad idea." Steven Miller, appearing on the Hill for a second hearing in two weeks on the scandal, acknowledged that the agency was trying to get ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, Orrin Hatch, US News, US Senate, Republican, Tea Party, Democrat, Max Baucus

Lincoln Daily News

After a decade, global AIDS program looks ahead

The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, W., US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Real Clear Politics

On Using Parents of Murdered Children

The president appeared at many rallies on behalf of additional gun control laws with parents of children murdered at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

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Related Topix: W., US News

Reuters

Conservatives versus the GOP

The hoopla over the new George W. Bush Library in Dallas, as well as some gauzy looks back penned by former aides, shows we are in the middle of "The Great Bush Revisionism." The former president is being lauded and congratulated .

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Related Topix: W., US News, Tea Party, Frank Caliendo, Barbara Bush

The Wichita Eagle

Doyle McManus: The second-term scandal plague

What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity.

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, History in the News, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Tax

Mon May 20, 2013

Anorak

Newsnight jumps the shark hunt: 99% of Clark County, Ohio, viewers polled say Ian Katz must go

THE new editor of Newsnight , the BBC news show that spiked the Jimmy Savile expose , is the Guardian's Ian Katz.

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Related Topix: Clark County, OH, Jeremy Paxman, US News

Crooks and Liars

Rove Says His Super PAC Is Same as NAACP Because It's for 'Social Welfare'

Republican strategist Karl Rove says that Crossroads GPS, which is a part the American Crossroads super PAC that he founded, is a legitimate tax-exempt organization because it promotes "social welfare" like the NAACP.

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Related Topix: US News, Liberal Political News

Government Executive

More Scrutiny Ahead for the IRS

Think the Internal Revenue Service scandal will fade away in time for summer? That may be wishful thinking on the part of the White House and congressional Democrats, who are poised to endure another week of congressional hearings in both the House and Senate.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, Dave Camp, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus