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‘Dumbass’ Ai Weiwei Heavy Metal Video Rants Against State Control
BEIJING – The opening moments of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s new video (available on the artist’s website) set the tone for the next five minutes and 13 seconds. Against pounding guitar chords reminiscent of a Metallica classic, Ai is seen handcuffed and wearing a black… Read More »
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Rep. Tom Cole: Okla. Needs Help, Not a Funding Battle
Republican Rep. Tom Cole, whose district took a direct hit from a powerful tornado on Monday, said the residents of the tornado ravaged towns in Oklahoma need help, not a political battle over funding in Washington. “Once a disaster starts, to me that’s the end… Read More »
PHOTOS: AP Photographer on Capturing Kids Rescued From Tornado-Ravaged Okla. School
When Associated Press photographer Sue Ogrocki saw the tornado warnings for the Oklahoma City area Monday, she didn’t run into a storm shelter or take cover in her office. She grabbed her camera equipment and her car keys. Then she rushed outside, got into her… Read More »
New Evidence of Iran Support to Assad, While Congress Moves to Arm Rebels
The United States has new evidence that Iran and Hezbollah have direct involvement with the Syrian regime, a senior State Department official told reporters traveling with Secretary of State John Kerry in Oman. The official said that, according to the Free Syrian Army, Hezbollah and… Read More »
Gay Marriage Amendment Withdrawn From Immigration Bill Debate
The Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill survived perhaps its toughest challenge late in the day, as the Senate Judiciary Committee refused to approve an amendment that would have allowed gays and lesbians to sponsor their partners for immigration in the same way married… Read More »
Army General Suspended of Command for Adultery Investigation
WASHINGTON — The Army has suspended the one-star commanding general at Fort Jackson, S.C., for alleged misconduct involving adultery and an unspecified physical altercation. An Army official tells ABC News that the case does not involve sexual assault. Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts was suspended… Read More »
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Defends Handling of IRS Scandal
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Jack Lew called the unfair scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave some tea party groups “outrageous methods,” adding that while the “conduct was not politically motivated it was unacceptable and inexcusable.” “Administering the tax code without any hint of bias is… Read More »
IRS Official Lois Lerner to Take the Fifth
Lois Lerner, the top IRS official who is at the center of the controversy for the targeting of tea party and other conservative groups, will refuse to answer questions at a congressional hearing Wednesday and invoke her Fifth Amendment rights, ABC News has learned. She… Read More »
IRS ‘Blemish’ Prompts Scorn From Unappeased Senators
Douglas Shulman, the former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, said today he was “dismayed and saddened” that his agency had improperly targeting conservative groups, but declined to offer a direct apology and dismissed suggestions that he mislead Congress. The testimony from Shulman, who was… Read More »
First Conservative Groups File Suit Against IRS
The first groups that claim they were unfairly scrutinized by the Internal Revenue Service have filed suit against the agency in federal courts, seeking damages and the granting of their long-delayed tax-exempt status application. True the Vote, a Houston-based voter watchdog group, filed a complaint in… Read More »
