Inauguration 2013 – Obama: Inauguration celebrates US, not election
President Barack Obama says his second inauguration is a celebration of the country and its citizens, not the election results. Obama used a speech to hundreds of supporters at the National Building...
View ArticleNorth Dakota governor approves 6-week abortion ban
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has signed legislation that would ban most abortions if a fetal heartbeat can be detected, something that can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. The...
View ArticleIRS Apologizes For Targeting Conservative Groups
The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for inappropriately flagging conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt...
View ArticleTop IRS official didn’t reveal tea party targeting
Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steven T. Miller repeatedly failed to tell Congress that tea party groups were being inappropriately targeted, even after he had been briefed on the matter....
View ArticlePoll: GOP gets the blame in shutdown
Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown as public esteem sinks for all players in the impasse, President Barack Obama among them, according to a new...
View ArticleDemocrat Booker wins US Senate election in New Jersey
Newark, NJ, Mayor Cory Booker won a special election to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate. The Democrat faced conservative Steve Lonegan, a former small-town mayor, in the race. Booker, 44, will...
View ArticleObama vows to act without Congress in State of the Union speech
In his State of the Union address, President Obama vowed to take steps without Congress “whenever and wherever” necessary to narrow economic disparities between the wealthy and poor. He unveiled an...
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