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55 min ago | Washington Times

Obama's Morehouse speech sparks backlash on race

President Obama's Sunday commencement address at Morehouse College is bringing him the latest blues for the triangulation that everyone knew the first black president would have to perform: being black without being too black.

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Related Topix: Morehouse College, US Politics, US News

2 hrs ago | Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

Wacko Bird Ted Cruz Goes After Angry Bird John McCain Over the Debt Ceiling

Good C-SPAN fun on an ongoing theme . First up, warhorse Sen. John McCain accuses newbie liberty-movement Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John McCain, US Senate, Republican, Senator Mike Lee

2 hrs ago | Roll Call

Levin, McCain: Suspend Lois Lerner From IRS Job

In a letter to new IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., and ranking member John McCain, R-Ariz., requested Lerner be suspended immediately due to an apparent failure to disclose information to their investigatory subcommittee.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat, John McCain, Republican

2 hrs ago | The Washington Post

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Meeting with reporters shortly after Obama outlined the future of his counterterrorism policies , John McCain , Saxby Chambliss , Lindsey O. Graham and Kelly Ayotte also provided pointed, specific criticism of several of the president's broader points.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Saxby Chambliss, Senator Kelly Ayotte, Terrorism

5 hrs ago | St. Petersburg Times

As IRS scandal flares, a watchdog calls attention to other tax-exempt groups

There's a framed Wall Street Journal editorial outside Fred Wertheimer's office that still makes him smile.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Non-Profit, US Senate, John McCain, Republican

9 hrs ago | WebProNews

John McCain: "ESPN Tax" Needs To Go

John McCain became the best friend of many cable subscribers around the country earlier this month when he introduced the Television Consumer Freedom Act.

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Related Topix: US Senate, John McCain, Republican, US Politics, US News

13 hrs ago | The Hill

Scandal of dysfunction

Amid scrutiny and oversight of the Obama administration's many failures and the scandals that have resulted, it's easy to forget that Congress has failed - once more - to fulfill its statutory duty to pass an annual budget by April 15.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Harry Reid, Democrat, Opinion

17 hrs ago | KTRE-TV Lufkin

Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs

14, 1973 file photo, released prisoner of war John McCain is greeted by President Richard Nixon, left, in Washington.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Yorba Linda, CA, Linda, CA

Wed May 22, 2013

Roll Call

McCain Looks to Defuse 'Nuclear' Threat

McCain and Rubio disagree over how hard the GOP should push debt limit restrictions when allowing the appointment of budget agreement conferees.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Mike Lee, Senator Ted Cruz

Townhall

When Did We Vote to Become Mexico?

At first I thought the IRS scandal was leaked to distract from the Benghazi scandal.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Opinion

WSFA-TV Montgomery

Apple case seen as possible spur to tax action

Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on such a high-profile company could be the catalyst for Congress to take action to close loopholes or reform the law.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, Startups, US News, US Politics, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Carl Levin, Democrat

Sonoran News

ObamaCare to increase cost of cancer treatments

Pointing to the state capitol and legislature buildings, Whittle said, 'The state sold these buildings to pay for programs you can't afford.' PHOENIX Five busloads of people were brought to a rally at the Arizona State Capitol last Wednesday to show support for Gov.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, US Governors, Jan Brewer, Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Jeff Flake, Republican, US House of Representatives

National Public Radio

Fears Of Killing Immigration Bill Doomed Same-Sex Amendment

After five marathon sessions debating 150 proposed amendments, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a landmark rewriting of the nation's immigration laws this week - and the bill emerged largely intact.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian, John McCain, Republican

WBUR-AM Boston

Fact Check: Gomez Claim On Markey's Effectiveness Doesn't Hold Up

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez made headlines Monday for attacking his opponent, Democratic U.S Rep.

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Related Topix: US News, Edward Markey, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Healthcare Law, Law

Roll Call

No, Ted Cruz Doesn't Trust Paul Ryan

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas conceded Wednesday that he doesn't trust fellow Republicans to not agree to fast-track a debt-ceiling increase as part of a budget conference, after prodding by Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, John McCain, Senator Mike Lee

The Hill

McCain bucks party by objecting to restrictions on budget conferees

Sen. John McCain bucked members of his own party Tuesday by objecting to a GOP request to prohibit budget committee conferees from raising the debt ceiling.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Patty Murray, Democrat, Senator Rand Paul, Susan Collins

World Magazine

Abortion wars

Arizona Sen. John McCain and other moderate Republicans pointed to ill-fated abortion comments as one reason the GOP lost the 2012 elections and suggested conservative lawmakers should "leave the issue alone" in the future.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US Politics, Trent Franks, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, John McCain, Prison

Philly.com

Phila.voters yawn at primary election

"Everywhere I was today, turnout was fairly low," said City Commissioners Cochairman Al Schmidt.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Philadelphia, PA

Philly.com

Bachtle wins in Bucks in top suburban race

Despite a notably low turnout, local government candidates battled it out Tuesday in primaries across the four Pennsylvania suburban counties, with two Republican incumbents in Bucks County facing primary challenges for row offices.

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Related Topix: US News, Bucks County, PA, US Politics, US Senate, John McCain, Republican

Tue May 21, 2013

American Reporter

On Native GroundIS the 2012 Election the Last Gasp of White Male Privilege?

It has been said often this year, and I have been part of that chorus, that the 2012 election represents that last gasp of white male privilege in America.

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Related Topix: Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, US Politics