05/17/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for US Politics

• Watch: Local law firm publically lobbies Jaguars to give Tebow a chance _{2013-05-17, 03:07 pm}
  Morgan & Morgan has launched a new ad campaign that encourages the Jacksonville Jaguars to bring former Jets quarterback Tim Tebow aboard.
• Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway _{2013-05-17, 11:41 am}
  22, 2009, file photo, bottles of Heinz organic tomato ketchup are on display inside Costco in Mountain View, Calif.
• Rent-hike tenants whack Weiner _{2013-05-17, 06:14 am}
  Michael McKee, one of the city's leading tenant advocates, skewered Weiner in a full-page article - headlined "Why No Tenant Should Vote for Anthony Weiner" - in the latest issue of the Metropolitan Council on Housing's newspaper.
• Bumbling feds lose track of terror duo _{2013-05-17, 06:12 am}
  Already wrestling with the flood of disclosures from three ongoing scandals, President Obama was hit yesterday with a damning new internal report that showed his administration gave witness-protection status to terrorists - and then didn't tell the agency that keeps dangerous people off US flights.
• Brawner: Too much bigger to fail _{2013-05-17, 12:26 am}
  I try not to write about things I don't know much about, and I'll be the first to admit I understand little about high finance.
• Exclusive: Sen. McConnell Wants Moratorium on Cumberland River Dam Fishing Restrictions _{2013-05-16, 03:00 am}
  Sen. Mitch McConnell, right, fishing the Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge in Marshall County, Kentucky with the crew of the Kentucky Afield television show.
• The Obama Administration's Propensity for Chilling News Sources _{2013-05-17, 03:05 pm}
  During a press briefing on Tuesday, White House spokesperson Jay Carney mechanically repeated a line when asked about the Justice Department's seizure of the Associated Press' phone records, suggesting President Barack Obama supports a "balance" between freedom of the press and national security.
• Obama: 'Our focus cannot drift' from jobs, economy _{2013-05-17, 03:05 pm}
  Trying to reset the agenda amid scandal in Washington, President Barack Obama turned his attention Friday to the economy and said lawmakers should spend every day resolute on how to help it grow and get people back to work.
• Farm Bill Fiasco: What Next for the Food Movement? _{2013-05-17, 03:04 pm}
  Deciding how America will nourish itself and sustain its farms would seem a top policy priority - yet as the US Farm Bill demonstrates, sustainably grown, healthy food and livable incomes for farmers and workers remain an afterthought in a process controlled almost entirely by agribusiness and a handful of farm-state legislators.
• Who's Responsible for the Executive Branch? _{2013-05-17, 03:02 pm}
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• Handel in GA Senate Race _{2013-05-17, 03:01 pm}
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• Rep. Mike Kelly gets rousing applause during IRS hearing after ... _{2013-05-17, 03:01 pm}
  "If you think it's uncomfortable sitting over there you ought to be a private individual when the IRS is across from you asking you questions" The gallery at the House Weighs and Means Committee Friday had to be called to order after it burst into applause and nearly a standing ovation following an impassioned diatribe against the IRS by ... (more)
• Can John Edwards find new life in legal world? _{2013-05-17, 03:00 pm}
  Democrat John Edwards was acquitted in May 2012 on a charge of misusing campaign funds to cover up an affair.
• More immigrant felons freed than initially reported _{2013-05-17, 02:59 pm}
  Victor Mendoza Medina, a Level 1 offender among the detainees released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Arizona, shows off the electronic monitoring bracelet he now has to wear on April 12, 2013, in New York City.
• The IRS and its tea party tempest _{2013-05-17, 02:59 pm}
  President Barack Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday May 15, 2013.
• U.S. House votes (again) to repeal Obamacare _{2013-05-17, 02:59 pm}
  All four Arkansas member of the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to repeal Obamacare.
• Letters: Otero prison _{2013-05-17, 02:58 pm}
  I could not believe what I was reading. I cannot understand how the Otero County Prison Facility serves improperly cooked food to inmates who may then become severely ill, as in the case of Mr.
• Feds' furloughs: Region to feel sequestration's impact _{2013-05-17, 02:56 pm}
  The price of a dysfunctional national government will soon hit home in our region as thousands of Defense Department civilian employees face the equivalent of a 20-percent weekly pay cut for almost three months.
• Obama vows to end 'scourge' of military sex abuse _{2013-05-17, 02:53 pm}
  President Barack Obama is pledging to eliminate the "scourge" of sexual assault in the military while cautioning that it will take a long and sustained effort by all military members.
• Bill clears House for stricter SEC requirements _{2013-05-17, 02:49 pm}
  The bill passed on a 235-161 vote mostly on party lines. It was the latest salvo against the Securities and Exchange Commission by House Republicans, who opposed the 2010 financial overhaul legislation expanding the SEC's powers and have resisted increasing its budget.

05/14/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for US Politics

• Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party; government watchdog blames lax management _{2013-05-14, 10:56 pm}
  The Justice Department is investigating the Internal Revenue Service for targeting tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax exempt status, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday, widening a probe that includes investigations by three committees in Congress.
• Trio of troubles threatening Obama's second term _{2013-05-14, 10:56 pm}
  President Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda even before he was sworn in, when a school massacre led him to lift gun control to the fore.
• Attorney General orders probe into US tax agency's targeting of conservative groups _{2013-05-14, 10:56 pm}
  Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he has ordered a Justice Department investigation into the U.S. tax agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny.
• Scandals mark disappointing start to new term _{2013-05-14, 10:56 pm}
  The Obama White House has been rocked for much of the first few months of its new term by disappointing scandals and failures.
• Senators Vote to Plug Immigration Loophole Exposed by Bombings _{2013-05-14, 10:55 pm}
  Sen. Orrin Hatch , center, confers with Sen. Chuck Grassley , right, and Sen. Chuck Schumer during the Senate Judiciary Committee's markup for the immigration reform bill on Capitol Hill May 9, 2013 in Washington.
• Benghazi: Obama must find, hold responsible those who wrote talking points_{2013-05-14, 10:54 pm}
  In this Friday, Sept. 14 file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the U.S. Consulate's burnt out buildings during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif, not shown, to the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
• Minnesota governor signs bill legalizing gay marriage _{2013-05-14, 10:52 pm}
  Governor Mark Dayton on Tuesday made Minnesota the nation's 12th state to allow same-sex couples to marry and only the second in the Midwest, signing a bill on the steps of the state Capitol before thousands of supporters.
• Minnesota governor signs same-sex marriage bill into law _{2013-05-14, 08:33 pm}
  Minnesota became the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriages Tuesday after Gov.
• Romney Aide Heads to GOP Firm | Shop Talk _{2013-05-14, 07:04 pm}
  Tavares' work with Romney goes back seven years, to his time as general counsel during Romney's stint as governor of Massachusetts.
• Minnesota Makes It a Dozen _{2013-05-14, 12:00 am}
  Gay marriage sponsors Rep. Karen Clark, right, and Sen. Scott Dibble celebrate after the Minnesota House passed the gay marriage bill.
• Minnesota becomes 12th state to legalize gay marriage _{2013-05-14, 10:48 pm}
  Same-sex marriage will be legal in Minnesota on August 1st. Governor Mark Dayton has signed the legislation which passed the state senate yesterday. Dayton thanked the state's residents for supporting the issue. Minnesota is one of a dozen states to allow the practice.
• Chambliss seeks to declassify Benghazi e-mails _{2013-05-14, 10:47 pm}
  U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss said this week that he plans to ask the CIA to declassify all emails surrounding the Benghazi, Libya, attacks in an attempt to make the investigation into last year's assault a national security issue and not a "political exercise." Chambliss' announcement comes a week after leaked e-mails showed that State Department ... (more)
• EXCLUSIVE: McConnell decries IRS 'jihad' against Obama critics _{2013-05-14, 10:46 pm}
  The Internal Revenue Service has been turned into an arm of the Obama administration, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell charged Tuesday as the Department of Justice began an investigation of the agency's targeting of conservative groups seeking tax exempt status.
• Heads of Benghazi review board say they'll testify _{2013-05-14, 10:44 pm}
  The leaders of the panel that independently reviewed last year's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, said Tuesday they were prepared to testify publicly before Congress to counter what they consider unfounded criticism of their work.
• Meet the Washingtonians getting wrung out by the sequester _{2013-05-14, 10:44 pm}
  Guest Opinion: Air traffic controllers are back at work, but others are still squirming under the effects of the sequester.
• The Daily Troll: Sacramento ready to take victory lap. Lone School... _{2013-05-14, 10:43 pm}
  The Daily Troll: Sacramento ready to take victory lap. Lone School Board candidate, so far.
• BIO Thanks Senate Agriculture Committee for Passing Farm Bill _{2013-05-14, 10:42 pm}
  Debbie Stabenow , Thad Cochran and other members of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee for including mandatory funding for Energy Title programs and eligibility for renewable chemicals in Farm Bill reauthorization legislation, which passed today on a 15-5 vote in the committee.
• Sen. Nelson slams regulators, credit bureaus for short-sale confusion _{2013-05-14, 10:42 pm}
  Sen. Bill Nelson wants regulators to fix a "disturbing" credit-reporting quirk that is torching the credit of people who sold their homes in short sales.
• Sonny Perdue's cousin considering run for Senate _{2013-05-14, 10:39 pm}
  "David is strongly considering a run for U.S. Senate," Sonny Perdue wrote Tuesday in an email sent to supporters.
• Obama calls tax officials to account over scandal _{2013-05-14, 10:34 pm}
  US President Barack Obama said an inquiry into allegations that tax agency staff had unfairly targeted conservative groups had uncovered "intolerable and inexcusable'' behavior.