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NAACP: Investigate Sen. Michael Willette For Racist Obama Posts

The NAACP says Willette should be temporarily removed as chairman of the State and Local Government Committee.

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AUGUSTA, Maine  — A Maine branch of the NAACP wants an investigation into whether a state senator violated the Legislature's code of ethics by sharing offensive Facebook posts, including one that suggested President Barack Obama's family is part of the Islamic State group. Rachel Talbot Ross of the Portland NAACP branch joined Senate Democrats

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FBI Investigating Hanging Death Of Black Man In Mississippi

The investigation involves the FBI, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s office. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is also involved.

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A home in Port Gibson, Miss., where authorities were investigating the hanging death of a black man in the neighboring woods.

Claiborne County officials prepare to leave a home in Port Gibson, Miss., where authorities were investigating the hanging death of a black man in the neighboring woods, Thursday, March 19, 2015. The man has not been identified. PORT GIBSON, Miss. — Federal and state authorities are investigating the hanging death of a black man in

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Russian Official: Iran Talks Close To Deal

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, center, walks outside the hotel during a break during a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry  for a new round of Nuclear Talks, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, March 20, 2015. LAUSANNE, Switzerland  — Iran and six world powers are close to a nuclear agreement and are […]

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Switzerland US Iran Nuclear Talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, center, walks outside the hotel during a break during a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry  for a new round of Nuclear Talks, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, March 20, 2015. LAUSANNE, Switzerland  — Iran and six world powers are close to a nuclear agreement and are

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Labor Secretary: New Overtime Rules Coming Soon

The new rule could result in larger paychecks for millions of workers.

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President Barack Obama arrives for a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2014, to sign a Presidential Memorandum directing Labor Secretary Tom Perez to modernize overtime protections. Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Tom Perez told Congress on Wednesday that his agency is

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Obama Orders 40 Percent Cut In Government’s Greenhouse Gases

“These are ambitious goals, but we know they’re achievable goals,” Obama said on the roof of the Energy Department, where he toured a solar panel installation after signing the executive order at the White House.

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Marine One, carrying President Barack Obama, blows the snow covering the South Lawn of the White House.  Despite the president's own choice in not so fuel efficient means of travel, he has ordered the government to reduce it's own greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent. WASHINGTON  — President Barack Obama ordered the federal government on

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US Sets New Record For Denying, Censoring Government Files

The government took longer to turn over files when it provided any, said more regularly that it couldn’t find documents, and refused a record number of times to turn over files quickly that might be especially newsworthy.

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Barack Obama

In this March 9, 2015, file photo, President Barack Obama listens during his meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. For the second consecutive year, the Obama administration more often than ever censored government files or outright denied access to them under the U.S. Freedom of

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ANALYSIS: Israel Likely Headed Toward Conflict, Isolation

A campaign to boycott Israel seems poised to gain traction. Netanyahu’s relations with the U.S. administration of President Barack Obama are frosty at best.

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Israel Election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets supporters at the party's election headquarters In Tel Aviv. Wednesday, March 18, 2015. JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu's apparent reelection puts Israel on a course toward ever deeper confrontation with the world. To govern, his Likud Party would need to depend on ultranationalists — a

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