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Then and Now: How Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy Have Changed from ‘Before Sunrise’ to ‘Before Midnight’
Imagine growing older in the company of the ever-so-hip and handsome Ethan Hawke and the luminous Julie Delpy. Ardent fans watched their characters fall in love in Vienna in their 20s in the 1995 romantic drama, “Before Sunrise,” and reunite with passion tinged with regret… Read More »
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IRS Defends Agency ‘Obamacare’ Official
Despite her congressional testimony, the Internal Revenue Service today denied that the former commissioner of tax exempt and government entities – now running the agency’s health care office – was in charge of the unit’s day-to-day operations after Dec. 2010. Sarah Hall Ingram retained the title of… Read More »
Phony Tombstones Used as Scarecrow for Vagrants
A Houston property owner has installed headstones as part of a convoluted plot to keep vagrants from loitering on his land. Three headstones were installed about a year ago in a grassy lot of land that sits in the shadow of Houston’s skyscrapers, at the… Read More »
Immigration Overhaul: House Has Agreement in Principle
The House bipartisan “Gang of Eight” has reached an agreement in principle on immigration overhaul, including major points such as a pathway to citizenship, border security, health care and guest workers, a member of the group told ABC News tonight. The lower chamber now expects… Read More »
IRS Official in Charge During Tea Party Targeting Now Runs Health Care Office
The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation. Sarah Hall Ingram served as commissioner of the office responsible for tax-exempt organizations… Read More »
Boehner: Scandals Reveal Obama Administration’s ‘Arrogance of Power’
With a three-headed monster of controversy and scandal chasing the president this week — Benghazi, the IRS, DOJ’s monitoring AP — House Speaker John Boehner said today that an “arrogance of power” within the Obama administration threatens to unravel the American people’s dithering confidence in government. “Nothing… Read More »
36 Anti-Obamacare Votes in 14 Seconds
It’s déjà vu on Capitol Hill. The House today is voting yet again to repeal the nation’s health care law, marking the 37th time lawmakers have tried to overturn the entire landmark act or a piece of it. “Some critics have suggested it’s a waste… Read More »
Obama Vows to Get Ahead of IRS, AP Controversies
Taking the offensive, President Obama today vowed to take action in response to the three controversies plaguing his administration, calling on Congress to provide additional resources to protect U.S. embassies abroad, promising to hold accountable those who committed “outrageous actions” at the IRS, and pledging… Read More »
Mark Sanford Sworn in to House
Mark Sanford, the former Republican governor of South Carolina who left office under the cloud of an extramarital affair more than two years ago only to mount a political comeback with a special election victory earlier this month, was sworn into the House of Representatives… Read More »
Senate Democrats, White House Revive Media Shield Law
ABC News’ Mary Bruce, Sunlen Miller and Steven Portnoy report: Faced with blowback after it was revealed this week the Department of Justice secretly obtained Associated Press phone records, the White House and Senate Democrats are reviving legislation to protect journalists. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,… Read More »
