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Congressional investigators’ interview of IRS frontline manager John Shafer proved to be more of a blip than a bombshell. Full News here – Washington Wire

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Leaders within the LGBT community were invited to the White House yesterday to kick-off Pride month with a reception hosted by President Obama. Introducing the President were 9 year old twins, Zea and Luna, who wrote a letter to President Obama earlier this year asking him to support same-sex marriage. They explained that they were [...]

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DUBAI (Reuters) – President-elect Hassan Rohani said on Monday that Iran was ready to show more transparency on its nuclear program but was not ready to suspend uranium enrichment. “Our nuclear programs are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the [...]

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ABC News’ Michael Falcone reports: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told a gathering of Christian conservatives that morning that he was “sick to my stomach” about the slow pace of the U.S. economic recovery and outlined a four-point plan for speeding it up. Among the… Full News here – Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

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Jeb Bush, a former governor of Florida, had a lot to say at Friday’s Faith and Freedom Coalition conference. But the thing that has everyone talking: his description of immigrants as “more fertile” than native-born Americans. Bush, a recurring potential candidate for president, is fluent in Spanish, married a Mexican-born woman and has a strong [...]

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The White House announcement that President Barack Obama has decided to provide direct military aid to Syria’s rebels didn’t include the word “arms.” And the word “weapons” appears only as part of “chemical weapons,” as in “our intelligence community assesses that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons.” In fact, Deputy National Security Adviser Ben [...]

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William Saletan, SlateThe National Security Agency has been compiling a database of everyone's phone records. But don't worry. According to the Obama administration, it's just "metadata." "The information acquired does not include the content of any communications," says White House spokesman Josh Earnest. Analysts can only search "phone numbers and durations of calls," says President [...]

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At a Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, former Gov. Jeb Bush talks about the country's immigration policy. Full News here – RealClearPolitics Video Log

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Peggy Noonan, Wall Street JournalThe U.S. surveillance state as outlined and explained by Edward Snowden is not worth the price. Its size, scope and intrusiveness, its ability to target and monitor American citizens, its essential unaccountability"”all these things are extreme.The purpose of the surveillance is enhanced security, a necessary goal to say the least. The [...]

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More white Americans are dying than being born for the first time in modern history—suggesting minorities and newcomers will play an important role in fueling the population growth America’s recovering economy needs to thrive. Full News here – WSJ.com: Politics And Policy

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