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Myanmar leader making landmark White House visit

Posted: 05/20/2013 - Thein Sein previously served in a repressive junta, and his meetings at the White House and Congress would have been all-but-impossible before he took the helm of a nominally civilian government in 2011.

Justice Dept. faulted over terrorist identities

Posted: 05/17/2013 - As a result of the department's failure to share information with the Terrorist Screening Center, some in the witness protection program who were on a government "no-fly" list were allowed to travel on commercial flights.

House committee to grill ousted IRS chief

Posted: 05/17/2013 - With the scandal joining the parade of political headaches buffeting President Barack Obama, the Republican-run House Ways and Means Committee planned to question the agency's ousted chief.

House immigration group reaches a deal

Posted: 05/17/2013 - A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of President Barack Obama's top second-term priorities.

Deep divide in Congress over domestic food aid

Posted: 05/16/2013 - The two chambers are far apart on how much the $80 billion-a-year program should be cut, however — reflecting a deep ideological and at times emotional divide on the role of government in helping the poor.

Tea party groups call IRS process 'nightmare'

Posted: 05/16/2013 - Anger over President Barack Obama's policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ago to create the Ohio Liberty Coalition.

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