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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 their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law. But no one appears to have connected the factual dots yet, and it's unclear whether they will. The ...

President Barack Obama's White House fought and lost a battle to avoid making public what it claimed were confidential records of internal deliberations over the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya last September. Obama administration officials portray their unsuccessful effort to avoid disclosing the records as the end result of a ...

U.S. stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week of gains in a row as encouraging economic data prompted investors to pick up shares of growth companies. The Dow and the S&P 500 finished at fresh record highs, driven by gains in energy and industrial shares. The indexes have pushed to a ...

A video purportedly of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack has caused an uproar in Canada. Ford called the allegations "ridiculous." The video has not been released publicly and there is no way to verify whether it is authentic. Reports by gossip website Gawker and The Toronto Star said it was taken by a man who claimed he had sold ...

Journalists gasp and growl whenever prosecutors issue lawful subpoenas ordering them to divulge their confidential sources or to turn over potential evidence, such as notes, video outtakes or other records. It's an attack on the First Amendment, It's an attack on the First Amendment, It's an attack on the First Amendment, journalists and their lawyers ...

While the cabinet speaks of the need for belt tightening and increasing income tax, there does not appear to be a similar hashkafa at the President’s Residence. The operating budget for the President’s Residence in 2012 exceeded 62 million NIS, representing an increase of 20 million NIS from 2011. While the media attacks Prime Minister ...

The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency's tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. He said they resulted from a misguided effort to handle a flood of applications, not political bias. "I want to apologize on behalf of the Internal ...

The U.S. National Weather Service is getting a quantum jump in computing power that will significantly improve its forecasting and storm tracking abilities to better protect the country from severe weather. "This is a game changer," Louis Uccellini, who took over as director of the National Weather Service in February, told Reuters in an ...

Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. Lottery officials say the prize is growing quickly Friday because so many people have been purchasing the $2 tickets. The jackpot has grown by an estimated $236 million since ...

Israel’s northern maritime border is protected 24/7 against all manner of threats by a sophisticated and advanced naval force. The Israel Navy is charged with the defense of the country’s 190 km-long coastline as well as protecting the state’s vital maritime assets. The IDF’s impressive fleet of patrol boats, missile boats and ...

A New Jersey man who confessed to the 1979 killing of Etan Patz should stand trial for murder and kidnapping in the 6-year-old boy's disappearance, a judge ruled on Wednesday. An attorney for Pedro Hernandez, 51, of Maple Shade, New Jersey, had asked the judge to throw out the indictment, arguing that the confession alone was not legally sufficient ...

With the Iranian threat looming in the background all eyes are focused on events as the civil war continues in Syria. Accompanying that country’s internal conflict is stepped-up effort to transfer advanced and non-conventional weapons to Hizbullah. This for Israel is a ‘red line’ and it has already resulted in a number of bombing ...

Democratic New York City Assemblyman Vito Lopez says he will resign amid a harassment scandal and run for New York City council. Lopez says he'll step down June 20. Lopez has been under growing pressure after it was revealed the state secretly paid women $103,000 to settle harassment claims against the one-time Brooklyn power broker. Two ...

President Barack Obama lists assets worth between $1.85 million and $6.88 million, of which $1 million to $5 million were in intermediate-term Treasury notes, according to federal financial disclosure forms released on Wednesday. Obama and his wife, Michelle, in April reported adjusted gross income of $608,611 last year, down from ...

The National Information Directorate in the Prime Minister's Office on Monday 4 Sivan 5773, held the annual seminar for spokespersons from – inter alia – Government ministries and emergency agencies, which focused on "information and spokespersons' work in time of emergency." The seminar was held as part of ongoing preparations to improve ...

More people will likely fly this summer compared with a year ago as U.S. airlines gain a record level of international passengers, an industry association said on Thursday. Airlines for America, the top U.S. airline industry group, forecast that close to 209 million people will fly on the nation's carriers from June through August, up ...

Bayit Yehudi party leader Minister Naftali Bennett is working to redefine the “local custom” regarding tefilos at the Kosel. Bennett is reacting to the recent Jerusalem District Court decision by Justice Moshe Sobel in which the court stated that the women of the Women of the Wall (WoW) organization was not in violation of the ...