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An elite group of federal employees is set to receive cash bonuses despite this year's automatic budget cuts, according to a report that a Senate subcommittee issued Friday.

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A bipartisan bill would prohibit members of the Senior Executive Service from receiving bonuses during sequestration, according to Government Executive.

Ten different answers, all meaning the same thing, and none of them actually answering the question, insisting that the answer is "irrelevant." The question is very simple, so why is it that no one will admit to where the President was when US soil came under fire in Benghazi? Only the President has the authority to act or not act, in such foreign ... (more)

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Missouri liberal Claire McCaskill called on federal officials to be fired over the IRS conservative targeting scandal.

Federal attention. That's what area residents who say they are dealing with the effects of growing up near nuclear contamination and radioactive waste are struggling to get .

An elite group of federal employees is set to receive cash bonuses despite this year’s automatic budget cuts, according to a report that a Senate subcommittee issued Friday.

It's something those who say they are dealing with the effects of growing up or living surrounded by nuclear contamination and radioactive waste are struggling to get closer to: federal attention to what is, and has been taking place in North County.

This week, the United States Army announced that one of its sergeants in Fort Hood, Texas, is facing allegations of pandering, abusive sexual contact, assault and maltreatment of subordinates.

Thousands of servicemembers took part in the Fort Hood Sexual Harassment-Assault Response and Prevention 5km Run and Walk on April 23, 2013.

The allegations against the latest military official accused of sexual assault include claims that he may have arranged for a woman to engage in prostitution, sources say.

The regional airliner was climbing past 9,000 feet when its compasses went haywire, leading pilots several miles off course until a flight attendant persuaded a passenger in row 9 to switch off an Apple Inc.

St. Louis Reporter Larry Conners revealed via Facebook yesterday that he has been "hammered" by the IRS since his much-discussed interview with President Obama .

Nobody loves the tax man, but this goes so far past that. Revelations cascading from Washington about an Internal Revenue Service effort to target conservative-leaning groups should shake every American's trust in government.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators last week introduced a bill that would prohibit rental-car companies from renting or selling vehicles with an open manufacturer's recall.

One of the biggest national news stories of the week centers around revelations that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups -- scrutinizing organizations with the words "tea party" and "patriot" in their names, for example.

As a girl of 16, I left a party with a friend - a male friend - who agreed to drop me off at my house to meet my midnight curfew.

Although many different organizations have pulled together to advertise the persistent and never ending problem of rape in the military, it is fair to say that the architects behind The Invisible War , Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, have placed Military Sexual Assault front and center.

It's called the "Marketplace Fairness Act" and supporters say it levels the playing field between online retailers and brick-and-mortar stores by requiring online merchants to pay sales taxes to the states, counties and localities where they have done business.

If the military were truly serious about stemming the plague of sexual assaults in the ranks, the number of incidents would drop dramatically.