Leading Senate Democrat: IRS behavior intolerable
Stephen Ohlemacher and Alan Fram, Associated Press |
posted 20 minutes ago
A leading Senate Democrat says the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups was intolerable, and he is promising to get to the bottom of how it happened.
Policy, discretion guide media sources probes
Mark Sherman, Associated Press |
posted May 21st - 1:32am
It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier.
Gov't presses ahead on another leak case
Pete Yost, Associated Press |
posted May 20th - 5:58pm
In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory _ by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information.
Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan
Bradley Klapper, Associated Press |
posted May 20th - 5:55pm
Secretary of State John Kerry is headed back to the Middle East to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.
IG: ex-US Attorney retaliated in Fast and Furious
Pete Yost, Associated Press |
posted May 20th - 3:55pm
The U.S. Attorney in Arizona violated Justice Department policy by providing Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who helped reveal the botched arms-trafficking probe called Operation Fast and Furious, the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday.
Education Department gives 3 more states waivers
Philip Elliott, Associated Press |
posted May 20th - 1:11pm
Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced on Monday that three more states would join the ranks of those given permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law in favor of their own school improvement plans.
US urges Egypt gov't to defend political speech
Matthew Lee, Associated Press |
posted May 20th - 12:23pm
The Obama administration is calling on the Egyptian government to rein in prosecutions of political expression amid what it called a "growing trend" of efforts to punish and deter people from speaking their mind.
State Dept: Reports of anti-Semitism increase
Matthew Daly, Associated Press |
posted May 20th - 12:00pm
The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.
Postponed US long-range missile test due Tuesday
The Associated Press |
posted May 20th - 10:36am
The Air Force says its test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had postponed in April because of tensions with North Korea, is now scheduled to happen on Tuesday.
Kerry challenges Congress on diplomats' security
Matthew Lee, Associated Press |
posted May 20th - 10:10am
Secretary of State John Kerry challenged Congress on Monday to go beyond its investigations of embassy security and help ensure that U.S. embassies and consulates abroad have the resources they need for appropriate security. His comments come as the Republicans continue to press for answers about the Obama administration's handling of last year's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya.
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