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Obama Pick Faces Scrutiny Over Risky Loans

AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's nominee for commerce secretary was questioned briefly about her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that fa...

GOP-Backed Student Loan Plan Clears House Despite Veto Threat

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics

By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The Republican-dominated U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to switch f...

GOP Candidate Unleashes False Attack On Opponent

FactCheck.org | D’Angelo Gore | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics

The following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Republican Gabriel Gomez falsely claims his opponent in the Massachusetts Senate race bla...

Weiner Speaks Out On Why Bachmann Made Him Miss Congress

The Huffington Post | Mollie Reilly | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) spoke Thursday about Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) attacks on his wife, Huma Abedin, last year, telling Talkin...

Congress Approves Measure On Lying About Medals

AP | Associated Press | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Lying about receiving a military medal could become a crime, under a bill headed to the president's desk. The Stolen Valor Act cleared ...

Issa Restraint May Benefit GOP

RealClearPolitics | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics

Republicans have cautioned party lawmakers investigating the politically charged IRS controversy against overplaying their hand. If Wednesday’s Hous...

GOP Candidate Once Called Racist Three-Fifths Clause 'Anti-Slavery'

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics

Bishop E.W. Jackson, the controversial Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia, once reportedly claimed that the so-called "three-fifth...

Does the IRS Have a Values Problem?

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics
Stuart Muszynski

When officials who hold power positions act arbitrarily and without values like doing the right thing, fairness, equality, and respect -- values that we consider part of our national identity -- innocent people and ultimately the moral authority of government itself suffers.

State Official Steps Down Amid Extortion Charges

AP | ANDREW DeMILLO | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas' state treasurer resigned Tuesday after being accused of accepting at least $36,000 cash in exchange for steering b...

Army Commander Suspended On Adultery, Physical Altercation Charges

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Army says the commanding general of Fort Jackson, S.C., has been suspended in connection with charges of adultery and involvement in...

Court Strikes Down Controversial Abortion Ban

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th ...

Food for Thought

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics
Angela Glover Blackwell

We have a lot more to do. Nevertheless, we must also acknowledge Congress for its efforts on behalf of HFFI, significant actions that have potential to provide healthy food access and economic development to communities sorely in need of both.

Christina Wilkie

Inhofe: Oklahoma Aid Will Be 'Totally Different' From Sandy Aid

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON - Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe (R) said on Tuesday that federal aid to tornado-ravaged parts of his home state will be "totally different" than...

Court Smacks Down Appeal On Bin Laden Photos

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden duri...

Mia Love Looks For Rematch In Congressional Race

The Huffington Post | Mollie Reilly | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

Utah Republican Mia Love announced Saturday that she will run for Congress again in 2014. Love, the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, unsuccessfully...

What The Government Does When It Thinks No One Is Watching

Upworthy | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

If there is a stupider way to fight terrorism than drone warfare, it hasn't been invented yet. ...

Senate Committee Nears Decisions On Elusive Immigration Compromise

AP | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

BY DAVID ESPO & ERICA WERNER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-t...

Tea Partiers Protest IRS In Scandal's Wake

AP | DAN SEWELL | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics

CINCINNATI — Tea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans held rallies outside federal buil...

Scandals Expose Right Wing Hypocrisy

The Daily Beast | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

It’s pretty rich, isn’t it, to see conservatives, not so long ago such ferocious guardians of presidential prerogative, suddenly acting as if they...

Republicans Zero In On Another Potential White House Scandal

Reuters | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

* Obama opponents target Sebelius solicitations for group * Approached H&R Block and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation * He...

Obama Administration Promises Help After Tornado Devastation

AP | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is assuring Oklahoma's governor that the Obama administration will provide all possible hel...

IRS Rarely Denies Applications From 'Social Welfare' Groups

Center For Public Integrity | Michael Beckel | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics

By Michael Beckel Center for Public Integrity During its past four fiscal years, the Internal Revenue Service has formally denied the applicat...

Politicians React To Oklahoma City Tornado

Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

A massive tornado touched down near Oklahoma City on Monday, leaving a path of devastation in its wake. The Associated Press reports: Television...

Carney: Senior White House Staff Knew Of IRS Probe

AP | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The White House says White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conse...

State Treasurer Faces Extortion Accusations

AP | ANDREW DeMILLO | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas' state treasurer was accused Monday of taking at least $36,000 in cash – sometimes stashed in a pie box &ndas...