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Criminal Review on IRS ordered by AG
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice started a criminal investigation into the overzealous scrutiny of applications to the IRS for tax-exempt status by conservative groups. The scrutiny has been considered improper targeting that has been blamed in a report by the inspector general on staff that was confused and oversight that was lax. The auditors [...]
Jobs and Opportunity Tours to be launched by White House
President Barack Obama is returning to the jobs issue by launching a group of Opportunity and Middle Class Jobs Tours that will begin on Thursday in the state of Texas, said a White House spokesperson. Obama plans to visit areas that are growing to better understand what has been done to help them with their [...]
Debate in South Carolina heats up Congressional Race
On Monday, two candidates vying for the 1st Congressional district seat in South Carolina participated in a spirited debate. Elizabeth Colbert Busch is a first time candidate running against the Mark Stanford the former Governor of South Carolina. The debate was not held on local television but Colbert Busch’s question to Sanford about his Argentina [...]
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Concealed-Carry Challenge
On Monday, the Supreme Court left gun owners in doubt as to whether or not they have a right to carry a weapon in public because of the Second Amendment. With no comment or dissent, the highest court in the U.S. turned down the challenge made by gun rights activists to a law in New [...]
Holder Says Blacks Receive Longer Jail Sentences
Eric Holder, the Attorney General expressed his concern on Thursday night that black men have been unfairly given longer sentences in prison than white men for similar crimes. He also said that the U.S. prison system was in need of a complete overhaul. Holder said that too many people are going to too many prisons [...]
Obama Boasts about Infrastructure Investment
On a recent trip to Florida, President Obama highlighted proposals to help boost investment in the infrastructure in the U.S, which is designed to show he is still focused on the U.S. economy amidst battles over other policy items in Washington. Obama’s speech in Miami and his tour of the new tunnel project in the [...]
Obama Attempts to Quiet Diversity Criticism
President Obama hopes that his appointment of Julia Pierson to run the Secret Service eases some of the criticism he has received that his inner circle is lacking in diversity. Pierson’s appointment makes her the first female to be in charge of the Secret Service. Pierson, who is 53, is a career veteran at the [...]
Romney to make First Post Election Appearance
Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential nominee who lost to President Barack Obama last November will give a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in March. The conference is a gathering of activists that is held annually. The appearance of Romney at the CPAC will be his first big speech since he lost the race [...]
Tehran Says U.S. Not Sincere about Nuclear Talks
Iran’s Supreme Leader the Ayatollah Khamenei announced at the end of last week that a recent overture by the U.S. for bilateral negotiations was not in good faith and insisted the country would not negotiate a deal while it was being placed under pressure. The Ayatollah said that the U.S. was pointing a gun at [...]
Arpaio Posse to be trained by Steven Seagal
Arizona’s toughest sheriff, as he calls himself, is turning to a Hollywood action star for help. Joe Arpaio, the Sheriff of Maricopa County, and a hardliner on immigration has announced that Steven Seagal the star of numerous martial arts action movies will be in charge of a training session about shootings that take place at [...]
As the shareholders in Germany opposes the re-election of Mr Flint as Chairman and Mr Gulliver CEO of HSBC Holdings ...
Since Obama seems to never know anything about any issue at any given time on any given subject from any ...
a one year high of $63.82? On May 15th?
What a nonsense, the shares were at $77.11!