Obama announces narrower drone strike strategy
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President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he is narrowing the cases in which his administration will use remotely piloted aircraft, or drones, to kill suspected al Qaida terrorists.
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Obama’s 1979 prom photo, yearbook note to ‘foxy’ friend unearthed
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The havoc time wreaks on fashion spares no one, not even the president of the United States.
In a newly unearthed photo published Thursday in TIME magazine, a 17-year-old Barack Obama is seen wearing a white dinner jacket as he poses with friends on the night of their senior prom in Hawaii.
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Holder says drone strikes since 2009 have killed four U.S. citizens
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On the eve of a major address by President Barack Obama on his counterterrorism policy, the Obama administration revealed Wednesday that drone strikes since 2009 had killed four Americans overseas – one of whom, Anwar al-Aulaqi, was targeted in Yemen because he’d planned and was planning terrorist attacks on the United States – principally the plot to blow up an airliner over Detroit on Christmas Eve 2009.
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‘I hope I get a second chance’: Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
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Anthony Weiner, whose career as a congressman collapsed after he posted sexually suggestive pictures of himself on Twitter, has announced that he’s running for mayor of New York City.
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Immigration bill clears hurdle with 13-5 approval by Senate committee
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A sweeping bill to overhaul the nation’s immigration system cleared its first major hurdle late Tuesday night, with the 18-member committee charged with completing a first round of legislative edits voting to advance the amended bill to the full Senate.
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President Obama denies knowledge of IRS targeting
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Obama says he knew nothing about IRS targeting conservative groups until press reports emerged, but resisted calling for a special counsel to investigate the controversy.
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Pint-size politician: Mayor of Minnesota town is 4 years old
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In his official capacity as mayor of his tiny Minnesota town, 4-year-old Bobby Tufts has enjoyed the benefits of his political power.
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Holder undergoes marathon House grilling on IRS and leaks probe
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Amid controversies over a Justice Department subpoena of Associated Press phone records and the Internal Revenue Service’s scrutiny of conservative groups, Attorney General Eric Holder told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that he doubted it would be “wise policy” to prosecute news media organizations for publishing classified information in the national security leaks case.
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Obama: IRS controversy ‘inexcusable,’ Americans have ‘right to be angry’
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President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he was “angry” at IRS officials who inappropriately targeted conservative groups for scrutiny, announcing that his administration had sought and accepted Steven Miller resignation as interim commissioner of the IRS.
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White House releases Benghazi documents
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After mounting pressure from conservatives in Congress, the White House released copies of emails and other documents related to last fall’s attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi.
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AP, DOJ clash over seriousness of leak that prompted phone records seizure
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Justice Department and Associated Press officials clashed Tuesday over leaked classified information that led the government to seize AP phone records, with Attorney General Eric Holder saying it “put the American people at risk” and the news organization’s chief executive insisting it delayed publishing its story until it was assured “national security concerns had passed.”
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Can Obama bounce back from his terrible week?
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The recent controversies over Benghazi and the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups have energized the president’s adversaries. But not all of the administration’s allies are panicking – yet.
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Minnesota becomes 12th state to approve same-sex marriage
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As thousands cheered outside the state Capitol with rainbow and American flags, Governor Mark Dayton signed a bill on Tuesday that makes it possible for same-sex couples to get married.
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Biden loves 7-year-old’s ‘chocolate bullets’ idea
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When second-grader Myles Nelson came up with his unique way to make the world safer by using chocolate bullets instead of real ones, he decided he needed to share it with people in a position to do something about it.
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Step one: Talib Kweli comes in for rehearsal and sees Al Roker on a bike.
Step two: Someone else spots Talib, then Al on his bike, and has the...
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