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Twenty-five conservative and Tea Party groups have filed suit against the Internal Revenue Service, Attorney General Eric Holder and top IRS officials, alleging that the Obama administration unlawfully targeted the groups because of their political beliefs and obstructed their applications for tax-exempt status.“The IRS and the federal government are not going to get away with this unlawful t...
The family of an Arizona woman who is being held in a Mexican jail, accused of smuggling drugs on her way back from a family funeral, was cautiously optimistic Wednesday that she could be freed soon.Yanira Maldonado was to return to court Wednesday for a hearing on her case, which a relative said would be "key." She was represented by a Mexican lawyer for her first hearing Tuesday, which ended wit...
Twenty-five conservative and Tea Party groups have filed suit against the Internal Revenue Service, Attorney General Eric Holder and top IRS officials, alleging that the Obama administration unlawfully targeted the groups because of their political beliefs and obstructed their applications for tax-exempt status.“The IRS and the federal government are not going to get away with this unlawful t...
The family of an Arizona woman who is being held in a Mexican jail, accused of smuggling drugs on her way back from a family funeral, were cautiously optimistic Wednesday that she could be freed soon.Yanira Maldonado was to return to court Wednesday for a hearing on her case, which a relative said would be "key." She was represented by a Mexican lawyer for her first hearing Tuesday, which ended wi...
The family of an Arizona woman who is being held in a Mexican jail, accused of smuggling drugs on her way back from a family funeral, said her next court appearances will be "key" to her release.Yanira Maldonado and her husband, Gary, were on a bus home to from Mexico a week ago after going to a funeral there for Maldonado's aunt when soldiers stopped the bus they were on at a checkpoint in Hermos...
In Paris on Tuesday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka warned the leaders and policymakers of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that the financial austerity measures, like those taken by European nations, destroy jobs, increase inequality and likely feed the public’s mistrust of government.
The family of an Arizona mother who is being held in a Mexican jail, accused of smuggling drugs on her way back from a family funeral, said her second day in court will be "key" to her release.Yanira Maldonado and her husband Gary were on a bus home to from Mexico a week ago after going to a funeral there for Maldonado's aunt when the bus they were on was stopped by soldiers at a checkpoint in Her...
