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IRS to Pay $70M in Employee Bonuses
NBC
Jun 19, 2013
The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator.
Bernanke Hints Easing End Is Nearing
CNBC
Jun 19, 2013
The Federal Reserve will keep its version of the monetary printing press running a while longer, though Chairman Ben Bernanke provided hints Wednesday that the days of extreme easing are coming to a close.
Privacy Isn’t All We’re Losing
The Wall Street Journal
Jun 14, 2013
The U.S. surveillance state as outlined and explained by Edward Snowden is not worth the price. Its size, scope and intrusiveness, its ability to target and monitor American citizens, its essential unaccountability—all these things are extreme.
Obamacare? We Were Just Leaving …
Politico
Jun 13, 2013
Dozens of lawmakers and aides are so afraid that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting.
Most Disapprove of Gov’t Phone Snooping of Ordinary Americans
CBS News
Jun 12, 2013
In the wake of the recent disclosure of two classified U.S. surveillance programs, most Americans disapprove of the government collecting the phone numbers of ordinary Americans, but approve of its monitoring those suspected of terrorist activity, according to a new CBS News poll.
U.S. Added 175,000 Jobs in May; Jobless Rate Rises to 7.6%
The New York Times
Jun 07, 2013
American employers added 175,000 jobs in May, almost exactly the average monthly job growth over the last year, the Labor Department reported Friday, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.6 percent from 7.5 percent in April.
NSA PRISM Program Taps Into User Data of Apple, Google and Others
The Guardian
Jun 07, 2013
The National Security Agency has obtained direct access to the systems of Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants, according to a top secret document obtained by the Guardian.
NSA Collecting Phone Records of Millions of Verizon Customers Daily
The Guardian
Jun 06, 2013
The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.
Susan Rice Becomes New National Security Adviser
The Washington Post
Jun 05, 2013
National security adviser Thomas E. Donilon will resign his post, White House officials said Wednesday, and be replaced by U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice, a close confidant of President Obama who has been strongly criticized by Republicans but was widely expected to move into the job.
Democrats’ 2014 Strategy: Own Obamacare
Politico
Jun 04, 2013
“Fix the bad, keep the good, and move on” is the message House hopefuls are being advised to use. Offer help to voters navigating the ins and outs of the altered health care system. And flip the script on Republicans by accusing them of wanting to do away with the most popular provisions, the strategy goes.