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1 hr ago | WBT-AM Charlotte

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Related Topix: Weather, Tax, US News, US Politics, Elijah Cummings, Democrat, Republican

5 hrs ago | Adweek

Sen. John Cornyn Joins the Fight Against Patent Trolls With New Bill

Legislation targeting patent trolls is picking up steam in Congress. Sen. John Cornyn became the latest lawmaker to offer a solution, introducing a bill aimed at making it easier for the victims of frivolous patent suits to fight back.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Cornyn, Peter DeFazio, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Chuck Schumer

10 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

Washington Watch: Is Hillary inevitable?

It seems all we're hearing from the political mavens these days is how Hillary Clinton is not only the inevitable 2016 Democratic nominee but a shoo-in as the next president.

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Opinion

12 hrs ago | The Daily Caller

Shulman says he did not discuss IRS targeting during White House visits

Former Internal Revenue Service commissioner Douglas Shulman told members of the House Oversight Committee that he had not discussed the IRS targeting of conservative groups during his numerous visits to the White House.

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Related Topix: Tax, Representative Jim Jordan, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Conservative Political News

21 hrs ago | The Daily Record

Star witness to stay mum for House hearing on IRS | 31 minutes

A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star witness.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, Elijah Cummings, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Darrell Issa, Representative Jim Jordan

Tue May 21, 2013

Examiner.com

Congressional investigators seek truth about Hillary's Benghazi cover-up

Eight months after the Benghazi terrorist attack, U.S. Congressional investigators remain persistent in having the Obama-Clinton State Department explain how their internal investigation failed to gather truths about the scandal.

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US News

ABC News

Caution and Bombast: Two GOP Responses...

President Barack Obama rubs his face as Myanmar's President Thein Sein speaks during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 20, 2013.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Reince Priebus, Republican, US House of Representatives

Logan Banner

Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones

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.

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Related Topix: US News, Privacy, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Federal Aviation Administration, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, James Sensenbrenner

American Thinker

'Let Me Be Clear'

While Obama hit the links for his 123rd round of golf since entering office , White House senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer hit the Sunday talk-show circuit.

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Related Topix: George Bush, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Mon May 20, 2013

Alabama Live

Huntsville-based Dynetics unveils new surveillance radar to reduce airport breaches

Dynetics held an open house for its new 226,000-square-foot facility Wednesday, April 25, 2012 in Huntsville, Ala.

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Related Topix: Huntsville, AL, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Free Republic

The Impeachment Option

Representative Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican, says President Barack Obama may face impeachment over his administration's response to the Benghazi attack.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton

CBS News

Republicans continue beating Benghazi drum

After the White House released some 100 pages of emails documenting the development of talking points used to brief the public on the attack in Benghazi, Democrats brandished the disclosure as evidence that there was no attempt by the White House to airbrush or spin the administration's response for political advantage.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell

CBS News

Video: May 19: Pfeiffer, Cornyn, Chaffetz & Pruitt

The latest on the Benghazi, IRS and AP leak investigations with White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer, Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Cornyn, US House of Representatives, Texas

Sun May 19, 2013

Daily Kos

Sunday Talk: You read it here first

Meet the Press : White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer ; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell ; Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ; Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, Dave Camp, US House of Representatives, Associated Press

Sat May 18, 2013

US News & World Report

The Real Scandal Behind the Benghazi Emails and Attacks

The surest sign that there is indeed no there there regarding the Benghazi "scandal"? The fact that anonymous GOP staff feeding information to reporters apparently felt the need to edit the White House emails they were onpassing.

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Related Topix: US News, Terrorism, US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Opinion

Fri May 17, 2013

Central Ohio

Benghazi e-mails show 'no conspiracy,' expert says

"There's no conspiracy here that I can see," said Reuel Marc Gerecht, now an analyst at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.

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Related Topix: US News, Terrorism, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa

SanLuisObispo.com

Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones

A future with domestic drones may be inevitable. While civilian drone use is currently limited to government agencies and some public universities, a law passed by Congress last year requires the Federal Aviation Administration to allow widespread drone flights in the U.S. by 2015.

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Related Topix: US News, Privacy, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Federal Aviation Administration, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, James Sensenbrenner

Philly.com

Risks ahead, for both parties

From the moment Barack Obama spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004, he has enjoyed a reputation as a politician with a claim to the high ground.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Charles Boustany, Representative Steve Stockman

Thu May 16, 2013

Free Republic

The First Big Step Toward Obama’s Impeachment

Over the last few days, I've heard the word 'impeachment' from more of my sources on Capitol Hill than in the last six years combined.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, James Inhofe, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Representative Steve Stockman

Washington Times

Securing border driving House's immigration efforts

Even as the Senate is pushing its massive immigration bill, the House is beginning to move pieces of the puzzle through its committees with a vote Wednesday to force the Obama administration to stiffen border security.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Michael McCaul, Illegal Immigration, Bennie Thompson, Democrat