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Obama Considering Immigration Moves to Bypass Congress?

49 minutes ago |Politics Daily

(July 30) -- The U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services is considering ways to achieve aspects of the White House plan for immigration reform -- including giving some illegals permanent-resident statu ...

WikiLeaks' Assange Strikes Back at Pentagon

1 hour 30 minutes ago |AOL News

Peter Macdiarmid, Getty Images

(July 30) -- A day after a senior Pentagon official asserted that WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands for posting classified documents on the war in Afghanistan, the site's founder blasted the Pent ...

@Reagan.com Peddles 'the Only Conservative E-mail'

1 hour 37 minutes ago |AOL News

Sam Stewart

(July 30) -- Does the simple act of sending an e-mail benefit liberal political agendas? According to Michael Reagan, eldest son of the 40th president of the United States, if you use one of the most ...

Economic Growth Drops in Second Quarter

2 hours 21 minutes ago |DailyFinance

Eric Risberg, AP

(July 30) -- As expected, the U.S. economy slowed in the second quarter to a 2.4% growth rate, the U.S. Commerce Department announced Friday, but that disappointing statistic was offset somewhat by t ...

Rangel Charged With 13 Violations of House Rules

5 hours 47 minutes ago |Politics Daily

Harry Hamburg, AP

(July 30) -- The House Ethics Committee formally charged Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Thursday with 13 counts of violating the rules of the House of Representatives. The charges were announced at ...

Why Shirley Sherrod's Case Against Andrew Breitbart Doesn't Look Good

20 hours 2 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(July 29) -- Shirley Sherrod announced today at a convention of the National Association of Black Journalists that she planned to sue Andrew Breitbart over the infamous video he posted on his website ...

Charlie Rangel Ethics Deal: On or Off?

20 hours 50 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(July 29) -- A dizzying turn of events today preceded New York Rep. Charlie Rangel being formally charged with committing 13 ethics violations while serving in the House of Representatives (the top f ...

Ariz. Immigration Law Foes Launch Protest Marches

20 hours 55 minutes ago |AOL News

John Moore, Getty Images

(July 29) -- The first day of Arizona's new and mostly defanged immigration law brought hundreds of protesters into the streets of Phoenix today even as they savored their recent legal victory in a f ...

Charlie Rangel Allegations: Top 4 Misdeeds Cited by Ethics Committee

21 hours 10 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(July 29) -- The House Ethics Committee released 13 allegations today against New York Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel. If he fails to come to a settlement during the next few weeks, the House will ho ...

Ethics Panel Accuses Rangel of 13 Violations

22 hours 37 minutes ago |AP

Alex Brandon, AP

WASHINGTON (July 29) - House investigators on Thursday alleged 13 violations of congressional ethics and federal law by veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel. The charges include failure to report ren ...

House Ethics Panel Accuses Rangel of 13 Violations

23 hours 5 minutes ago |Politics Daily

Alex Brandon, AP

(July 29) -- The House ethics committee formally charged Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) on 13 counts of violating the rules of the House of Representatives Thursday.

Obama on 'The View': The First Reviews Are In

23 hours 22 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(July 29) -- On Thursday, President Obama appeared on the ABC talk show "The View," a move criticized by some pundits as being distinctly un-presidential. Comedian and radio talk show host Rosie O'D ...