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Coburn Wants Tornado Disaster Aid to Be Offset — The tornado damage near Oklahoma City is still being assessed and the death toll is expected to rise, but already Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says he will insist that any federal disaster aid be paid for with cuts elsewhere.
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Oklahoma Senators Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief — WASHINGTON — As frantic rescue missions continued Monday in Oklahoma following the catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through the state, it appeared increasingly likely that residents who lost homes …
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Oklah. GOP Senator takes own constituents hostage, demands budget cuts or no tornado aid — You have to give Oklahoma Republican US Senator Tom Coburn high marks for consistency, if not compassion. — In the face of a major tornado disaster in his home state, that has taken the lives …
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Vast Oklahoma Tornado Kills at Least 91 — MOORE, Okla. — A giant tornado, a mile wide or more, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two schools.


Oklahoma GOP Sen. Tom Coburn Will Seek To Offset Tornado Aid — Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn will seek to offset federal aid to victims of a massive tornado that blasted through Oklahoma City suburbs on Monday with cuts elsewhere in the budget. — “That's always been his position …
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Obama's rating steady in face of controversies, likely buoyed by rising economic hopes — Majorities of Americans believe that the Internal Revenue Service deliberately harassed conservative groups by targeting them for special scrutiny and say that the Obama administration is trying to cover …
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Is the Economy Saving Obama's Approval Ratings?
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Republicans' Hatred of Obama Blinds Them to Public Disinterest in Scandals
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PJM EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Diplomats Report New Benghazi Whistleblowers with Info Devastating to Clinton and Obama — More whistleblowers will emerge shortly in the escalating Benghazi scandal, according to two former U.S. diplomats who spoke with PJ Media Monday afternoon.
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Benghazi witness points finger at Clinton on lapses in consulate security — The star witness in the Benghazi investigation said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton personally ordered Ambassador Chris Stevens to set up a permanent post in the restive city and should have known about deteriorating security.
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Stop the Leaks — WASHINGTON — FOLLOWING the disclosure that the Justice Department obtained the telephone records of Associated Press journalists, The A.P. and other news organizations have sharply criticized the action as investigative overreaching and unwarranted interference with the ability …
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Justice Department's scrutiny of Fox News reporter James Rosen in leak case draws fire
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Obama Scandals Bring MSNBC 7-Year Low While Fox News Rises
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How Hope and Change Gave Way to Spying on the Press
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The White House claim of ‘doctored e-mails... to smear the president’ — (CHRIS USHER/AP) “That's a very serious offense that happened where Republicans on the Hill, we voluntarily provided these e-mails to, took one of them, doctored it and gave it to ABC News in an attempt to smear the president.”
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Sharyl Attkisson's computers compromised — Sharyl Attkisson, the Emmy-award winning CBS News investigative reporter, says that her personal and work computers have been compromised and are under investigation. — “I can confirm that an intrusion of my computers has been under some investigation …

Rand Paul: Senate should apologize to Apple for ‘spectacle’ hearing on taxes — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blasted his colleagues on Tuesday for holding a hearing to examine Apple's methods for avoiding taxes. — “I frankly think the committee should apologize to Apple,” …
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Apple's Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds
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GOP Aides Mock House Republicans' ‘Crazy’ Benghazi Witch-Hunt — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is leading the GOP's Benghazi witch-hunt (Credit: Reuters) — GOP aides are criticizing the House Republicans' partisan witch-hunt over the Obama administration's handling of the attacks …


Accused Fort Hood Shooter Paid $278,000 While Awaiting Trial — Injured soldier outraged suspected shooter receives salary while his family financially struggles in recovery — The Department of Defense confirms to NBC 5 Investigates that accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan …


Democratic Senator uses Okla. tornado for anti-GOP rant over global warming — While many Americans were tuned into news coverage of the massive damage from tornadoes ravaging the state of Oklahoma, Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse took to the Senate floor to rail …

Obama pledges full federal government support to Oklahoma — President Obama on Tuesday pledged that Oklahoma would have the full support of the federal government in response to Monday's powerful tornado. — “As a nation, our full focus is on the urgent work of rescue and the hard work …
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LIVE UPDATES: Crews switch to recovery at Plaza Towers elementary — Live updates from the 4Warn Storm Team on severe weather, tornadoes and damage. — B. White — Facilities opening up their doors for storm-displaced residents: — University of Oklahoma - student housing (Norman)
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Appeals court won't release Osama Bin Laden photos — A federal appeals court has ruled that the Central Intelligence Agency is under no legal obligation to release photos of Osama bin Laden taken after he was killed by U.S. commandoes at a hideout in Pakistan in 2011.
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The Impossibility of Being Barack Obama — Every now and then we see how hard his balancing act is. — I half-heard the President's commencement address at Morehouse when coming back to DC this weekend. I saw a clip of it again late last night and thought: this is another sample …
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Tea party gaining steam in protests — By: — Tea Party groups plan to picket IRS offices in downtown Boston at noon today, as part of a nationwide wave of protests fueled by rage over the harassment of conservative groups — one of several Obamagate scandals that activists say are breathing …
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Vermont governor signs ‘death with dignity’ measure — With the strokes from three gubernatorial pens, Vermont on Monday became the fourth state in the country to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients. — Gov. Peter Shumlin signed the measure …
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