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Mar 03 2015
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Petraeus Reaches Plea Deal Over Giving Classified Data to Lover
David H. Petraeus, the best-known military commander of his generation, has reached a plea deal with the Justice Department and admitted providing his highly classified journals to a mistress when he was the director of the C.I.A.
Mr. Petraeus has agreed to plead guilty to one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material, a misdemeanor. He is eligible for up to one
New York Times (News)Jun 14 2012
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Obama, Romney Talk Economy in Battleground Ohio
President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are set to offer sharply different visions Thursday of how to fix the nation's economy. They'll be making their cases in the battleground state of Ohio.
The president's address will be his first major speech on the economy for the general election. It comes as the Labor Department announced more bad news on the jobs front
CBNApr 01 2019
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Democrats Preparing Subpoenas for Full Mueller Report
The House Judiciary Committee will prepare subpoenas this week seeking special counsel Robert Mueller's full Russia report as the Justice Department appears likely to miss an April 2 deadline set by Democrats for the report's release.
The Judiciary panel plans to vote on subpoenas Wednesday, a day after the deadline. The chairmen of several House committees asked for the full report
Newsmax (News)Feb 25 2015
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Whistleblowers: VA Cheated Veterans, Widows Out of Benefits
The Veterans Benefits Administration, which disburses about $95 billion worth of assistance a year to veterans, including disability funds and pensions, has come under intense fire for mishandling benefit claims.
CBS News reported Thursday that that its own investigation had uncovered large-scale mismanagement of claims by the benefits administration – part of the Department of Veterans
Newsmax (News)Jan 15 2014
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Bipartisan Senate Benghazi Report: Attacks Were 'Preventable'
A new bipartisan report based on the results of the Senate Intelligence Committee's Benghazi probe is not a whitewash, unlike the administration's incomplete review. The findings blame the Obama administration for a series of failures that culminated in the 9/11/12 terrorist attack that left four Americans dead, including the sitting ambassador to Libya. The deadly raid came after several
TownhallFeb 23 2015
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DHS funding stalemate means shutdown likely
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is known as the deal-maker on Capitol Hill, but the current logjam over funding the Department of Homeland Security has everyone wondering if he can prevent a shutdown.
Congress returns on Monday with just four days before the deadline to pass legislation to keep DHS open. A stalemate between Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill over President
CNN (Online News)Jul 25 2013
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DOJ moves to counter SCOTUS voting decision
The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will attempt an aggressive end-run around the Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down a key part of the Voting Rights Act. In a speech to a National Urban League conference in Philadelphia, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department will urge a federal judge to subject the State of Texas to the pre-clearance
PoliticoJun 10 2015
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House panel approves massive EPA spending cuts
House Republicans approved deep spending cuts for the Environmental Protection Agency along with provisions to block the agency’s upcoming rule-making on Wednesday.
The House Interior and Environment appropriations bill would cut EPA funding by 9 percent next year and block several new rules the agency aims to put out this summer, including rule-making on water oversight and greenhouse
Washington TimesFeb 21 2015
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Obama Proposes Single Overseer for Food Safety
To understand America’s fragmented food safety inspection system, consider a slice of frozen pizza. The pepperoni is examined by the Agriculture Department, the cheese and tomato sauce by the Food and Drug Administration, each agency using its own methods for inspecting and testing.
If someone gets ill sampling that slice’s tasty goodness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York Times (News)Feb 18 2015
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Immigration Standoff May End With A Congressional Punt
A federal judge's ruling halting the president's executive actions on immigration did little to persuade either party in Congress to publicly back down from a budget standoff.
Republicans professed they remained resolved not to fund the Department of Homeland Security without provisions reversing President Barack Obama's expansion of deferred action immigration programs that would allow
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