IRS, White House check in on Watchdog

By   /  May 15, 2013  /  National, News  /  No Comments

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By Ryan Ekvall, Matt Kittle and Will Swaim | Watchdog.org
The Internal Revenue Service reviewed Watchdog’s news website in record numbers late last year, Watchdog.org’s analytics show.
The IRS’ interest in Watchdog.org content comes as news reports revealed that IRS officials were looking more closely at conservative nonprofits. The agency declared that activity “inappropriate” and limited to fairly [...]

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White House, IRS show interest in Watchdog in December

By   /  May 15, 2013  /  National, News  /  30 Comments

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By Will Swaim and Ryan Ekvall | Watchdog.org
President Barack Obama’s executive staff reviewed Watchdog’s news website in record numbers at precisely the moment when Internal Revenue Service visits to the same site spiked, Watchdog.org’s analytics show.
A similar report reveals that the Executive Office of the President and IRS were the source of a similar December traffic [...]

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Silence, secrecy, cops follow GreenTech’s China deal

By   /  April 25, 2013  /  National, News, Virginia  /  2 Comments

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Part 10 of 20 in the series Terry McAuliffe, gubernatorial candidate and carmogul

By Will Swaim | Watchdog.org
TUNICA, Miss. — April 22 ought to have been a big day in Tunica County, Mississippi, home of what’s supposed to be America’s future.
That’s when GreenTech Automotive Inc., founded by high-profile politicians to build electric vehicles in one of the [...]

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12 things the president won’t say

By   /  February 12, 2013  /  California, Featured, Illinois, Kansas, National, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin  /  3 Comments

NOT SAYING: President Barack Obama certainly will speak at length Tuesday during his State of the Union address, but what the commander-in-chief doesn't say may be more telling. (AP photo)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — When President Barack Obama takes to the podium at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday, he’ll go old-school Fidel Castro on you — talking at great length, with apparent insight, intelligence, and sympathy for the people. But there are some things even the most powerful man in the world can’t say. Or won’t.

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Illinois delays bond issue following credit downgrade

By   /  January 30, 2013  /  Featured, Finances, Illinois, Illinois Budget, New Jersey Video  /  No Comments

ROLL CREDITS: Quinn says the bond sale will go on "after the markets have had time to digest the news.”

SPRINGFIELD, Il. — Illinois slammed the brakes on a $500 million bond issue Wednesday after receiving a rating downgrade from S&P Rating Services on Friday.

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