Scramble on to succeed Boston Mayor Menino
BOSTON -- There is no shortage of candidates looking to succeed retiring Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
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IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
WASHINGTON-- Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
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House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts
WASHINGTON-- Republicans controlling the House are pressing ahead with slashing cuts to domestic programs far deeper than the cuts departments like Education, Interior and State are facing under an already painful round of automatic austerity
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Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON-- The Pentagon wants more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.
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Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps
WASHINGTON-- A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos.
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US lawmakers seek Asia missile defense safeguard
WASHINGTON-- Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is eliminated.
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Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened
WASHINGTON -- The former chief of the Internal Revenue Service is telling Congress he doesn't know why his agency targeted tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax exempt status.
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Senate to debate crop insurance in farm bill
WASHINGTON -- The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week.
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Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.
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House passes bill on lying about military medals
WASHINGTON -- People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face up to a year in jail under legislation that easily passed the House Monday.
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White House promises help after Oklahoma tornado
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is assuring Oklahoma's governor that the Obama administration will provide all possible help to the state after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs.
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IG: ex-US Attorney retaliated in Fast and Furious
WASHINGTON-- 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.
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Gomez, Markey OK June 5 Mass. US Senate debate
BOSTON -- Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Edward Markey have agreed to their first debate in Massachusetts' contentious special U.S. Senate election.
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Postponed US long-range missile test due Tuesday
WASHINGTON -- 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.
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Sen. McCain to attend rally for Mass. GOP's Gomez
BOSTON -- U.S. Sen. John McCain is in Massachusetts to campaign for and help raise cash for Gabriel Gomez, a fellow Republican and Navy veteran who is running in a special election for the U.S. Senate.
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Carney: Senior White House staff knew of IRS probe
WASHINGTON-- The White House says White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups on April 24 and that she notified senior staff, including Denis McDonough, the chief of staff to President Barack Obama. White House press secretary Jay Carney says Ruemmler "appropriately" decided not to tell Obama at the time because the audit was ongoing.
