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Originally published: Apr 30, 2012 - 9:42 am

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AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

Sunday, May 19, 1:47 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional"... Read more...
Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates

Sunday, May 19, 1:24 pm
ATLANTA (AP) - President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power... Read more...
Obama to speak on legality of drone program

Sunday, May 19, 9:10 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official... Read more...
White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS

Sunday, May 19, 8:24 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news"... Read more...
Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic

Sunday, May 19, 7:07 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned... Read more...
Money tangle: The IRS and its tea party tempest

Sunday, May 19, 5:57 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the sort of heat that targeted taxpayers feel from the tax agency. It's the sense that a powerful someone is breathing down your neck. Republicans... Read more...
A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

Sunday, May 19, 5:24 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington... Read more...
First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams

Saturday, May 18, 2:08 pm
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with... Read more...
Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

Saturday, May 18, 1:13 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf _ in the rain. The White House said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL'-yuhs)... Read more...
Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

Saturday, May 18, 12:47 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration... Read more...
A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

Saturday, May 18, 10:44 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington... Read more...
GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

Saturday, May 18, 9:33 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare... Read more...
Myanmar leader, Obama to meet while reforms stall

Saturday, May 18, 8:54 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action... Read more...
IRS probe ignored most influential groups

Saturday, May 18, 8:40 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party... Read more...
Money tangle: The IRS and its tea party tempest

Saturday, May 18, 7:48 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the sort of heat that targeted taxpayers feel from the tax agency. It's the sense that a powerful someone is breathing down your neck. Republicans... Read more...