IRS faces critique over seventy million dollar bonus plan
The IRS plans to award 70 million in employee bonuses amid calls to cancel discretionary pay due to automatic spending cuts. Senator Grassley says a union contract governs the payout and cites an April directive from the White House budget office to cancel such bonuses. The HPV vaccine study shows half of teen girls having at least one dose.
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Internal Revenue Service
Obama
IRS
Chuck Grassley
Iowa
Senate Finance Committee
Grassley
Employees’ Union
White House
Budget Office
Danny Werfel
Atlanta
U.S
Zimmerman Trayvon Martin case juror screening in Sanford
Attorneys questioned a reduced pool of 40 prospective jurors about guns, judgments by appearance, and neighborhood watch ties after Judge read the second degree murder charge against George Zimmerman. Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda led a second round of individual questioning as jurors were told to base views on courtroom evidence only.
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Fla
Trayvon Martin
Neighborhood Watch
George Zimmerman
Martin
Zimmerman
Miami
Bernie de la Rionda
de la Rionda
Law & Order
House approves SNAP cuts amid farm bill wrangling
The House voted to cut SNAP by about 3 percent, saving roughly $2 billion a year as part of a sprawling farm bill. A Democratic amendment to preserve current SNAP funding failed 234 to 188, while Republicans push further dairy and sugar subsidy cuts and drug testing for recipients. The White House threatened a veto, and debate continues as the bill advances toward negotiations with the Senate.
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Chamber
White House
U.S
Jim McGovern
D-Mass
McGovern
Ing
Voice
U.s.-Mexico
John Boehner
Ohio
Senate
Obama urges bold nuclear cuts in Berlin speech
Obama urged bold reductions in U S and Russian nuclear arsenals during his Berlin address at the Brandenburg Gate, proposing a one third cut in U S deployments if Russia matches. He defended NSA programs as life saving while facing European scrutiny over privacy and surveillance.
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Angela Merkel
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Berlin
Syria
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U.S
Europe
America
Russia
Atlantic
Compromise eyed among senators on border security
Senators reported progress toward a bipartisan border security compromise tied to an immigration bill. The plan could grant legal status to unauthorized immigrants while strengthening enforcement, including more agents, fencing, drones, employer verification, and biometric tracking at ports.
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United States
Barack Obama
House
John Boehner
Congress
Boehner
Ohio
Senate
U.s-Mexico
John Hoeven
R-N.d
Chuck Schumer
D-N.y
Congressional Budget Office
U S and Cuba to resume migration talks next month
The United States and Cuba will hold migration talks in Washington on July 17, after recent talks on restarting direct mail service suspended since 1963. A State Department official spoke anonymously about discussions with Cuban officials to promote freedoms and human rights, amid criticism from Cuban American lawmakers.
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United States
Cuba
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Washington
U.S
Tractor Alan Gross
Department of State
Repub
Obama State Department
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