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40 min ago | Texas Tribune

Texas Asks Feds for Help in Water Dispute With Mexico

Mexico's reluctance to deliver water to Texas under the terms of a decades-old treaty has prompted the state's top environmental regulatory agency to enlist help from the U.S. State Department.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Texas Government, US News, Texas, US Senate, Republican

4 hrs ago | MySanAntonio.com

Immigration reform perseveres

The Senate Judiciary Committee, including Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., passed comprehensive immigration reform.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Opinion

6 hrs ago | Breitbart.com

2,137 IRS Agents to Enforce Obamacare

Even as the Internal Revenue Service political targeting scandal widens, an army of 2,137 IRS agents are gearing up to implement and police numerous aspects of Obamacare.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Price

7 hrs ago | Fox News

US attorney, Obama ally takes heat for handling of leak probes

While Attorney General Eric Holder is taking heat for his department's seizure of reporter records, the U.S. attorney who is personally overseeing those investigations is himself starting to face complaints that he's gone too far in pursuing leaks.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Eric Holder, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Conservative Political News

19 hrs ago | ScienceBlogs

ATF obstructs safety investigators examining blast at West Fertilizer

When they toured the devastation caused by the April 17 explosion at West Fertilizer, Texas' U.S. Senators pledged that investigators would get to the bottom of what happened.

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Related Topix: US News, ATF, Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Texas, Explosion

Thu May 23, 2013

The Weekly Standard

A Toxic Combination

The Weekly Standard reserves the right to use your email for internal use only. Occasionally, we may send you special offers or communications from carefully selected advertisers we believe may be of benefit to our subscribers.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Price

The Atlantic

When Ted Cruz Helped Craft Bush's Immigration Reform Plan

In 2000, Ted Cruz was known as a Texas-raised, Harvard-trained domestic policy adviser to the George W. Bush campaign.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Lamar Smith, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Senator Kay Bailey

The Huffington Post

Ryan Campbell: Gang of 8 vs. Gang of Hate on Immigration

While many talk about the 2016 election, a few have seemed to all too quickly forget the lessons the electorate taught its leaders last November: Immigration is a key issue in American politics, and an important part of building a coalition in a country of constantly shifting demographics.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Orrin Hatch, Senator Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham

The Hill

Ted Cruz is Harry Reid's best asset, John Cornyn's worst fear, and Marco Rubio's biggest nightmare

For Texas Democrats, national Democrats and Senate Democrats, Sen. Ted Cruz is a dream come true, and the gift that keeps on giving.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ron Paul, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Ted Cruz, US Senate, Texas Government, Texas, Senator Marco Rubio

BroadwayWorld.com

CBS' Face the Nation Scores as Sunday's No. 1 Public Affairs Show

FACE THE NATION WITH BOB SCHIEFFER is the #1 Sunday morning public affairs show for the 2012-2013 season.

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Related Topix: Face the Nation, Entertainment, Television, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

New Media Journal

Analysis: If the President Doesn't Run the Government, Who Does?

Every day brings new revelations about who knew what about the IRS targeting conservative groups during President Obama's re-election campaign, but the overall impression is of a vast federal bureaucracy run amok.

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Related Topix: Tax, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

The Wall Street Journal

Seib & Wessel: What We're Reading Wednesday

House backing for immigration reform may turn on behind-the-scenes talks on whether to offer government-subsidized health care to immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Iran, World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican, Texas, Publishing, Media, National Review

Tulsa World

More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told White House chief...

Cambage flew into Tulsa International Airport around 6:15 p.m. after traveling nearly 9,000 miles from her native Australia.

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Related Topix: Tax, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Oklahoma, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican

Illinoisreview

Cornyn, Kirk Move to Ban All Iranian Government Exports

As the Government of Iran continues to defy United Nations Security Council orders to halt its nuclear enrichment activities, sponsor terrorism, disregard human rights by targeting Iranian dissidents worldwide and partner with North Korea on missile and nuclear technology, U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Mark Kirk introduced today the Iran Export ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Mark Kirk, Senator Ted Cruz, Roy Blunt, US House of Representatives, Senator Roy Blunt, Texas

Wed May 22, 2013

WHLO-AM Akron

Over the years, he has donated $4,350 to Obama's campaigns

The US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ronald C. Machen - the man responsible for the aggressive surveillance and phone record scrutiny at Fox News - is also a big donor to the Obama Campaigns.

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Related Topix: Washington DC, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

KIII

Former IRS Chief Says He Lacked Details, Acted Properly on Targeting

The former head of the IRS said Tuesday that he was aware of some aspects of his agency's targeting of conservative groups in the spring of 2012, and took what he called the correct action of ensuring the situation would be independently reviewed.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus, Orrin Hatch, Republican, John Thune

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, Peter DeFazio, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Jason Chaffetz, Senator Chuck Schumer

Jerusalem Post

Iran legislation moves through US Congress

A number of bills targeting Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program advanced in the US Congress.

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Eliot Engel, Israel, World News, Middle East, US Senate, Republican, Senator Mark Kirk,

Politico

Pro Report, presented by POWERJOBS: Lerner pleads the Fifth - Tale of ...

WELCOME TO THE PRO REPORT, where we have a boatload of news for you: the latest on the IRS hearings , the Capitol Hill smackdown on Apple and the Oklahoman aid political rumblings already starting to buzz.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, US News, US Politics, Elijah Cummings, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Darrell Issa, US Senate, Pat Roberts

Tue May 21, 2013

NewsTarget.com

Associated Press chief starts to sound like Alex Jones: 'Government is unconstitutional...'

The mainstream media has a lousy reputation for upholding the Bill of Rights, especially when it comes to the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms, the Fourth Amendment's right to privacy and the Tenth Amendment's limitation on federal power.

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Related Topix: US News, Journalism, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Mitch McConnell