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Ouster of IRS official isn’t ending investigations

YoopyaMay 16, 2013September 5, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service’s improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of

Analysis: Controversies give Obama new governing headaches

YoopyaMay 14, 2013August 18, 20240

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama learned on Monday what can happen to presidents caught up in allegations of scandal: they have to address them instead of anything

SEC chief White remains mum on money market fund rules

YoopyaMay 3, 2013September 8, 20240

(Reuters) – The top securities regulator remained tight-lipped on Friday about the details of her agency’s efforts to craft reforms for money market funds, probably

Obama to pitch immigration overhaul in Mexico

YoopyaMay 2, 2013September 5, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is headed to Mexico with a domestic ambition at the top of his travel agenda. To sell his immigration

Barack Obama says Guantanamo Bay prison must close

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 5, 20240

US President Barack Obama has pledged a new push to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid a growing prisoner hunger strike there. At

Barack Obama Jokes About ‘Feeling Trapped In A Taylor Swift Album’

YoopyaApr 29, 2013September 8, 20240

US president also jokes about Jay-Z Last night saw a celeb-studded fest for the White House Correspondents’ dinner, and US president Barack Obama had a

Economic gains may not help Democrats much in 2014

YoopyaApr 29, 2013September 8, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents like to take credit for economic recoveries, just as President Barack Obama is angling to do now. He and his allies

Obama guns and immigration agenda finds itself competing with economic contraction

YoopyaJan 31, 2013October 17, 20230

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as President Barack Obama is pushing new initiatives on gun control and immigration, the gloomy old problem of a sluggish economy

Five things to watch in the presidential debate

YoopyaOct 1, 20120

(Reuters) – The debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Wednesday marks the first time the two candidates will be able

Amid student loan tussles, more seek “forgiveness”

YoopyaMay 9, 20120

(Reuters) – Elbot Carman, a 25-year-old aspiring graphic designer, made so little money after earning his master’s degree last year that the U.S. government now