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Playing the IRS card: Six presidents who used the IRS to bash political foes
Since the advent of the federal income tax about a century ago, several presidents – or their zealous underlings – have directed the IRS to use its formidable police powers to harass or punish enemies, political rivals, and administration critics. Here are six infamous episodes.
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14 Republicans who might run in 2016
The GOP has a history of nominating people who have run before, which could give heart to some familiar faces. But there’s also a crop of young rising stars who could steal the show.
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Not just sexy Kim Jong-un: 5 times the Onion has fooled foreign media
When the People's Daily, the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, took as straight news The Onion's declaration that stout North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was 2012's "Sexiest Man Alive," it became the biggest foreign media outlet to be fooled by the satirical American newspaper. But it is not the first. Here are several other foreign news sites that took Onion fiction as newsworthy fact.
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Opinion Six points where Mitt Romney and his economic advisers are mostly wrong
Mitt Romney’s economic plan is largely based on a whitepaper written by several “heavyweight” economists. The problem is, it's riddled with fundamental flaws. Here are six points where Mitt Romney and his economic advisers are mostly wrong about what ails the American economy and how to fix it.
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Mainstream media biased against Romney? Four points to consider.
Many supporters of Mitt Romney argue that his potential path toward the White House has been made a lot steeper by the media. Here are some of the main arguments pro and con.
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Shirley Sherrod: Does she have a case against Andrew Breitbart?
Shirley Sherrod said Thursday that she 'will definitely sue' Andrew Breitbart over the video that falsely portrayed her as a racist. The lawsuit could be a landmark for the blogosphere.
07/29/2010 06:11 pm -
Shirley Sherrod, ousted for 'racist' video clip, may not take back job
Shirley Sherrod, who lost her Agricultural Department job after a clip of her admitting to giving unfair racial preference surfaced on a conservative web site, says she isn't sure she'd take back her job.
07/21/2010 01:01 pm -
Glenn Beck's 'demagoguery' threatening Republican party, says veteran GOP lawmaker
Glenn Beck and other pundits are endangering the GOP's long-term credibility, said South Carolina Rep. Bob Inglis, who lost in a landslide in a June 22 Republican primary runoff.
07/09/2010 04:32 pm -
Opinion The surprising star at Elena Kagan's hearing: Thurgood Marshall
Because Obama has avoided engaging the empathy debate, Republicans tried to use Kagan's mentor and former US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall as a way to taint Kagan's reputation.
07/08/2010 01:32 pm -
Larry King announces retirement; King says tired of 'nightly grind'
Larry King will do his last show on CNN in the fall. Larry King could be replaced by CBS News anchor Katie Couric. She has long been considered a potential successor.
06/30/2010 07:07 am -
Oliver Stone film on Hugo Chávez flops with Venezuelans
Oliver Stone's documentary 'South of the Border' grossed more in one weekend in the US than in nearly two weeks in Venezuela. Why has the sympathetic portrait of President Hugo Chávez fallen flat with Venezuelans?
06/29/2010 02:45 pm -
Terrorism & Security Deadliest month yet for NATO in Afghanistan
June 2010 is now the most deadly month of the nine-year Afghanistan war, with more than 100 NATO troops killed. The sobering number comes amid growing debate over strict rules of engagement for US soldiers.
06/29/2010 09:48 am -
Elena Kagan begins marathon week before Senate Judiciary Committee
Elena Kagan breaks weeks of public silence Monday when she faces a Senate panel on her confirmation to the Supreme Court.
06/28/2010 08:32 am -
BP stock plummets with oil spill clean-up at key stage
BP stock struggled as the company's attempts to contain the oil spill was neared a potentially important stage on Friday.
06/25/2010 03:18 pm -
What's on Pakistan TV talk shows? Extremists.
Pakistan TV talk-show hosts like Zaid Hamid and Amir Liaquat Hussain peddle anti-American conspiracy theories and bash minorities.
06/23/2010 04:06 pm -
Robert Reich Joe Barton's big business apology
Americans are now having the sharpest and most emotional debate we've had in more than a century over a deceptively simple question: Which do we trust less – big business or big government?
06/21/2010 05:48 pm -
Terrorism & Security Iran bars two UN weapons inspectors for spreading 'false information'
Iran says two United Nations weapons inspectors spread false information about Tehran's nuclear program, and both are now unwelcome. Analysts see it as a reaction to the newest round of UN sanctions on Iran.
06/21/2010 09:32 am -
Jones Act: Maritime politics strain Gulf oil spill cleanup
Pressure is building for President Obama to lift a 1920 protectionist law so that high-tech foreign oil skimmers can help with the Gulf oil spill. Why are 1,500 available US oil skimmers not on the scene?
06/19/2010 11:50 am -
Sharron Angle too 'radical' for Nevada GOP strategist
Sharron Angle is said to be too radical for a Nevada GOP strategist who has organized a 'Republicans for Reid' campaign in support of incumbent Democratic Senator Harry Reid.
06/16/2010 06:37 pm -
Joran Van der Sloot: How he's spent the past five years
Joran Van der Sloot: His last five years make up a tale of dissolution, deception and increasing desperation according to friends and people who have chronicled his life.
06/13/2010 10:32 pm -
South Carolina head scratcher: More curiosities in election of Alvin Greene
The question of how Alvin Greene, a discharged Army soldier living with his dad, won a major US senatorial primary tests South Carolina's bounds of credulity.
06/12/2010 02:25 pm -
Fiorina says she quoted a friend when commenting on Barbara Boxer's hair
California's GOP US Senate candidate Carly Fiorina says she quoted a friend when her comment on US Senator Barbara Boxer's hair was caught by a live microphone during a California television appearance Wednesday.
06/10/2010 12:50 pm -
Peruvian police plan to visit murder scene with suspect Joran van der Sloot
Peruvian police say they will visit the hotel murder scene in Lima where Joran van der Sloot reportedly confessed to killing a 21 year-old business student.
06/09/2010 12:15 pm -
Never mind the 'Freedom Flotilla.' Is Israel's Gaza blockade legal?
Israel has laid out a meticulous legal justification for its fatal raid on a Turkish-flagged boat, which was sailing in international waters as part of the 'Freedom Flotilla.' But most countries have focused on whether Israel's Gaza blockade is legal.
06/08/2010 04:29 pm -
Obama, Arizona Gov. Brewer face off over illegal immigration
At a White House meeting Thursday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer plans to urge Obama to boost the federal role in attacking illegal immigration. The president has already made clear his objection to her state's tough new law to root out illegal immigrants.
06/03/2010 10:21 am -
Horizons Amid oil spill bout, hackers take over BP Twitter feed
For a moment on Thursday morning, as news of the oil spill careened around the Web, hackers took over the Twitter account of BP. Fear not: The real BP is now back in control.
05/27/2010 05:02 pm -
Rand Paul and the limits of the 'tea party' revolution
Rand Paul, Republican candidate for US Senate from Kentucky, is perhaps the closest thing there is to a 'tea party' candidate. In that light, his recent controversial comments are telling.
05/23/2010 04:51 pm -
No bull: Campbell Brown leaving CNN
CNN's Campbell Brown is leaving the network. Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly dominates the time slot.
05/20/2010 08:59 am -
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan: Will her own words bite her?
Republicans are already throwing the words of Elena Kagan back at her. She once called Supreme Court nominee hearings 'vapid.' GOP senators are challenging her to open up.
05/16/2010 03:45 pm -
Bestselling books the week of 5/13/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
05/14/2010 11:05 pm



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