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Best of the Web Today: 'Get Her off the Stage Right Now'

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
The perils of politicizing the George Zimmerman case.


Top House tax-writer open to Romney ideas on taxes

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House's top tax writer said Monday that he will listen to Mitt Romney's proposals for limiting tax breaks for the wealthy, but did not commit himself to adopting plans offered by the likely Republican presidential nominee....

AP wins Pulitzer for stories on NYPD spying

NEW YORK — The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting Monday for documenting the New York Police Department's widespread spying on Muslims, while The Philadelphia Inquirer was honored in the public service category for its examination of violence in the city's schools.

The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa. ...

GOP, Dems clash over Obama tax boosts on wealthy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans accused President Barack Obama of pitting Americans against each other as they moved Monday toward blocking a Democratic attempt in the Senate to impose Obama's "Buffett rule" taxes on the rich. Democrats said it was time for the tax code to treat the wealthy and the middle class fairly....

Where's outrage over West's comments?

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
John Avlon says leaders in both parties have to condemn extremist views, including Allen West's charge about Democratic Communists
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Maine voters seek female senator. Enter Angus King

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one....

Maine voters seek female senator. Enter Angus King

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one....

Maine voters seek female senator. Enter Angus King

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one....

Maine voters seek female senator. Enter Angus King

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one....

Exec at center of GSA scandal takes Fifth

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
A government official at the center of lavish spending at a Las Vegas conference claimed his Fifth Amendment rights against testifying before congressional hearing Monday, while his boss said she mourned her departure from public service over the controversy.
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GOP, Dems clash over Obama tax boosts on wealthy

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans accused President Barack Obama of pitting Americans against each other as they moved Monday toward blocking a Democratic attempt in the Senate to impose Obama's "Buffett rule" taxes on the rich. Democrats said it was time for the tax code to treat the wealthy and the middle class fairly....

NYC's Towns retiring after 30 years in Congress

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
NEW YORK (AP) -- Edolphus Towns, the Democratic congressman from New York City who was a longtime political stalwart for his working-class Brooklyn district, won't be running for a 16th term, his office said Monday....

NYC's Towns retiring after 30 years in Congress

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
NEW YORK (AP) -- Edolphus Towns, the Democratic congressman from New York City who was a longtime political stalwart for his working-class Brooklyn district, won't be running for a 16th term, his office said Monday....

NYC's Towns retiring after 30 years in Congress

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
NEW YORK (AP) -- Edolphus Towns, the Democratic congressman from New York City who was a longtime political stalwart for his working-class Brooklyn district, won't be running for a 16th term, his office said Monday....

NYC's Towns retiring after 30 years in Congress

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
NEW YORK (AP) -- Edolphus Towns, the Democratic congressman from New York City who was a longtime political stalwart for his working-class Brooklyn district, won't be running for a 16th term, his office said Monday....

NYC's Towns retiring after 30 years in Congress

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
NEW YORK (AP) -- Edolphus Towns, the Democratic congressman from New York City who was a longtime political stalwart for his working-class Brooklyn district, won't be running for a 16th term, his office said Monday....

Chaffetz: Hearings about preventing more waste

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
Rep. Jason Chaffetz said the oversight committee will decide on precautions to avoid the GSA wasting more taxpayer dollars.
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Committee prepares for hearings

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
CNN's Dana Bash gets an exclusive look at GSA oversight committee preparations with Chairman Darrell Issa.
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McCaffery: Buffett Rule going nowhere

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 01:09
President Obama thas been unable to restore the top marginal tax rate on those reporting more than $250,000 a year to their pre-George Bush levels. It has gone nowhere. Neither will the Buffett Rule.
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Oklahoma shooting-spree suspects arraigned

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A judge entered not-guilty pleas Monday for two Oklahoma men accused of going on a racially motivated shooting spree in which three people were killed and two others wounded in a predominantly black section of Tulsa this month.

Jake England and Alvin Watts appeared in Tulsa ...

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