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58 min ago | Centre Daily Times

Trudy Rubin | Real scandal of Benghazi

The scandal is that Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and some Republican colleagues are dishonoring the memory of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans by making a political circus out of their deaths.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Stevens, PA, Life, Hobbies, Conspiracy Theory, US Senate

5 hrs ago | Politico

Immigration reform no sure bet

After years of false starts, Washington finally appears to be on the path to rewriting the nation's immigration laws.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican, John McCain, John Carter, US House of Representatives

9 hrs ago | WFTV Orlando

Amazing pet and animal photos from the 1930s

For only $2.9 million, you could walk in the footsteps of one of the nation's leaders and war heroes.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News, Entertainment

10 hrs ago | Media Matters for America

Really Fox News? Benghazi Is Your Example Of Stellar Fox Journalism?

Appearing on Fox & Friends , Roger Ailes' biographer Zev Chafets joined host Steve Doocy in toasting Fox News' coverage of the so-called Benghazi scandal.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, News Corporation, Television, FOX News Network, Journalism, FOX and Friends, Entertainment, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

Fri May 17, 2013

CED

Britt: McCain's bill should open a discussion

Time Warner Cable chairman and CEO Glenn Britt threw his support behind updating the rules and regulations that govern communications services providers, but had a tepid response to the bill proposed earlier this week by Sen.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Telecom, Time Warner Cable, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Mother Jones

Ad Slams Arizona Sen. Flake for Flaking on Background Checks

Last month, Republican Sen. Jeff Flake broke with his Arizona colleague John McCain to vote against the background check compromise brokered by Sens.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake, Jeff Flake, Republican, US House of Representatives, John McCain, Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat

USA Today

More immigrant felons freed than initially reported

Under pressure from lawmakers, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has disclosed new details about the criminal backgrounds of some of the approximately 2,200 immigration detainees let out of custody in February.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Arizona, Arizona Government, Carl Levin, Democrat, US Governors, Jan Brewer

TheStreet.com

Broadcasters Fear the Music in Aereo Fight

Chief Executive Leslie Moonves have been getting red in the face lately about Aereo , the audacious startup that's trying to make a business out of re-transmitting broadcasters' free over-the-air signal to its online subscribers.

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Related Topix: Online Music, CBS, Media, Television, Showtime Networks, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

The New Zealand Herald

Pat Pilcher: Traditional TV fights digital age

ABC, one of the largest US broadcasters has declared war as subscriptions to its pay TV service slow owing to a growing number of people making use of digital alternatives to watch their favourite shows.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News, Opinion

Fox News

ICE: Hundreds of Illegal Immigrants With Criminal Records Released

Hundreds of illegal immigrants with criminal records were released earlier this year as the Obama administration prepared for budget cuts, according to newly released data that challenged claims the program involved "low-risk" individuals.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, John McCain, Carl Levin, Democrat

Thu May 16, 2013

Roll Call

IRS Scandal Falls Right in McConnell's Wheelhouse

On Thursday, McConnell found himself flanked by tea-party-backed Bachmann, left, and King at a news conference outside the Capitol.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Mike Lee, Steve King

USA Today

U.S. could use cyberattack on Syrian air defenses U.S. could use...

The Pentagon has developed cyber attack capabilities that would allow it to at least partially cripple Syrian air defenses without firing a shot, according to military analysts.

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Related Topix: Electronic, Syrian, Computer Security, Science / Technology, US News, US Military, US Air Force, World News, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), US Politics, US Senate, Republican

The Las Vegas Sun

Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force

Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave the president to wage a war on terror after the Sept.

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Related Topix: US News, Terrorism, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, John McCain

Fox News

'Assad is Winning': Has Obama Waited Too Long to Act on Syria?

Republican Sen. John McCain claims the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad may have turned the tide in the bloody civil war which so far has claimed nearly 100,000 lives.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, John McCain, Turkey, World News, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Hollywood Reporter

Meghan McCain Spills on Her New Talk Show

Pivot's mission might be to entertain and encourage social activism, but its founders say it won't have a political point of view.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Entertainment, Television

Phoenix New Times

Flip-Flopping John McCain Is No Political Profile in Courage

"There was a poll, a poll that had to do with favorability," the 76-year-old U.S. senator tells the crowd of about 300 in Oro Valley, a mostly white enclave just north of Tucson.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John McCain, Oro Valley, AZ, Tucson, AZ

Wed May 15, 2013

The Atlantic

Remember When Andrew Joseph Stack Flew a Plane Into a Texas IRS Building?

That was February 18, 2010. A week later, the agency's scrutiny of the Tea Party began.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, US News, The Tea Party, Tea Party, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

The Atlantic

The White House Is Engaging in the IRS Scandal Because It's an Actual Scandal

The White House is beginning to prioritize. Faced with answering suddenly non-stop questions about three different controversies of varying legitimacy - the Benghazi talking points, the Associated Press subpoena, and IRS audits - President Obama and his spokesman have now more or less officially shifted their public energy to dealing with the IRS ... (more)

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

Fox News

Irs Double Standard? Labor Groups Not Targeted Despite Application Spike

While IRS officials attributed the agency's heavy scrutiny on conservative groups to the spike in applications over the past few years, fresh reports and figures are raising questions about whether the agency knowingly applied a double standard.

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Related Topix: Tea Party, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics

Reuters

Learning the wrong lessons from Israel's intervention in Syria

Israel's recent attacks on military targets in Syria have made clear the widening regional dimensions of Syria's civil war.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John McCain, Barack Obama