Tag Archives: White house
Scandals With Traction?
May 17, 2013
Forty-one percent of Republicans, according to a recent poll, think the “cover-up” of Benghazi is the “biggest political scandal in American history. Forty-three percent disagree; 74 percent think it was worse than Watergate.
The...
IRS Acting Commissioner Forced Out By Scandal
By Global Post News Desk
Acting IRS commissioner Steven T. Miller was forced to resign today, the first casualty from allegations the tax agency put conservative groups through extra scrutiny.
In a briefing at the White House, President Barack Obama said he doesn’t blame Americans angry...
Close Guantanamo Now!
By Stephen Lendman
As president and commander-in-chief, Obama has legal authority to do so. On May 3, New York City Bar President Carey R. Dunne wrote him. He did so on behalf of the organization he heads.
He called indefinite detention “legally and morally indefensible.” He said...
UPDATE: IRS Office Allegedly Targeting Tea Party Released Unapproved Docs To Journalists
By Mint Press News Desk
Tuesday, May 14 update from ProPublica:
The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last...
Gov’t Probe Obtains Wide Swath Of AP Phone Records
By The Associated Press
The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the...
Obama To Welcome UK PM Cameron To White House
By The Associated Press
President Barack Obama is welcoming British Prime Minister David Cameron to the White House for talks on subjects ranging from Syria’s civil war to preparations for a coming summit of the world’s leading industrial nations in Northern Ireland.
Iran, the Mideast...
Smoke Forces Evacuation Of White House West Wing
By The Associated Press
Reporters and photographers were evacuated briefly from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from an overheated transformer in a mechanical room.
President Barack Obama and his family were not affected by the incident, according to the White...
Fool Me Twice Shame On Me: Is Latest Syrian Chemical Weapons Claim WMDs Part Deux?
By Edward Rhymes
The claims that the Assad government in Syria used chemical weapons has been forwarded very aggressively by Western media outlets. And as this writer heard declaration after declaration made, without evidence to that effect mind you, it began to take on the eerie feel of...
California Supreme Court Rules Against Medical Marijuana Dispensary
By Katie Rucke
After Washington and Colorado legalized marijuana in November, many marijuana advocates believed the U.S. was on a path to end marijuana prohibition. But on Monday, the California Supreme Court made a ruling that advocates say was a step backward.
In the City of Riverside...
Republicans Seek Alternative To Overtime Pay
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — It seems like a simple proposition: give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay.
The choice already exists in the public sector. Federal and state workers can save earned time off and use it...
