One would be hard-pressed to select the most corrupt Presidential administration in US history. Over time, both Democrat and Republican administrations have a track record littered with all kinds of corruption, scandal, malfeasance, dishonesty, and unconstitutional conduct.
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U.S. President Barack Obama is slated to lay out his administration’s legal justification for using drones against terrorist suspects in a speech on Thursday.
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Rise in CO2 reaches scary levels Saturday headlines announced that the level of atmosphere carbon dioxide(CO2) had reached a “feared” and “scary” 400 parts per million, with emphasis on the 400.
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The head of the IRS office that oversees non-profit groups refused to testify Wednesday at a congressional panel probing abuse at the U.S. tax agency but defiantly declared she had done nothing wrong.
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Even as Apple became the nation’s most profitable technology company, it avoided billions in taxes in the United States and around the world through a web of subsidiaries so complex it spanned continents and went beyond anything most experts had ever seen, Congressional investigators disclosed on Monday.
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United States continues its criticism against Iran’s upcoming presidential election, something that Tehran sees as blatant interference in its internal affairs.
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President Barack Obama on Thursday declared that America is “at a crossroads,” as he urged the nation to wind down the war on terror, pledged to rein in controversial tactics like drone strikes and announced renewed efforts to close the prison for terrorism suspects at Guantánamo Bay.
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Lebanese government election officials walk past a wall on which posters of Lebanese candidates running in the country's municipal election are pasted, as they carry a ballot box ahead of the country's municipal elections.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stressed his resolve to continue fighting terrorism while embracing a political solution to end the crisis.
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, which voted overwhelmingly to arm elements of the Syrian opposition in a bill co-sponsored by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN).
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Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central.
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British police have been investigating a murderous attack near a London barracks on Wednesday as a possible act of terror, local media reported.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, made a quick trip to Rome yesterday for a private meeting with Pope Francis, focusing on how Europe’s struggling economy should be at the service of the people
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Budget cuts have shrunk the social safety net at a time when many Americans are struggling through hard economic times. Originally submitted to the May 22, 2013 edition of the Philippines Today.
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A majority of Americans have clearly indicated that they believe the IRS intentionally targeted Tea Party groups.
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Veterans Today’s columnist Sherwood Ross believes that the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison “will stay open” because the United States wants to keep it open.“The hunger strikers are being punished by force feeding which is a disgusting and painful form of torture,” he told Press TV on Thursday, referring to more than 100 detainees who are on hunger strike.
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The myth is that the U.S. should be doing a better job of preparing underprivileged high school students, so they can win scholarships to Yale, Harvard and other top schools. Then they can march across commencement stages into prosperous careers. This is worse than a myth. It’s a joke.
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A senior Iranian official says the United States,Isreal, Turkey and Britain are to blame for the killing of the people in Syria, adding that the two Western governments have committed many strategic mistakes in the Arab country.
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The IRS official who refused to testify this week -- while claiming she had done nothing wrong -- signed letters to Tea Party groups a year ago that asked them to turn over everything from printouts of their Facebook pages to the credentials of speakers who participated in their events.
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One of Australia's leading plastic surgeons, Chris Moss, has claimed he was the victim of an "AstroTurfing" campaign aimed at creating "a frenzy of negative comments" to damage his practice.
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