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AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

In this Sunday, May 19, 2013, photo provided by CBS News, Gary Pruitt, the President and CEO of the Associated Press, discusses the leak investigation that led to his reporters' phone records being subpoenaed by the Justice Department on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. Pruitt says DoJ's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional", and that the secret subpoena of reporters' phone records has made sources less willing to talk to AP journalists.

The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against ... 36 minutes ago

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Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates

President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.
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Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.
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Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.
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Obama to speak on legality of drone program

President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said.
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White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS

A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers.
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Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic

Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an effort to weaken him.
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Money tangle: The IRS and its tea party tempest

The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the sort of heat that targeted taxpayers feel from the tax agency. It's the sense that a powerful someone is breathing down your neck.
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A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.
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First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams

First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.
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Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf - in the rain.