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AP sources: Obama preparing to name Comey to FBI

AP sources: Obama preparing to name Comey to FBI
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 29th
By NEDRA PICKLERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate former Bush administration official James Comey to head the FBI, people familiar with the decision said Wednesday. Three people with knowledge of the selection said Obama planned to nominate Comey,

AP sources: Obama preparing to name Comey to FBI

AP sources: Obama preparing to name Comey to FBI
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 29th
By NEDRA PICKLERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate former Bush administration official James Comey to head the FBI, people familiar with the decision said Wednesday. Three people with knowledge of the selection said Obama planned to nominate Comey,

Tax overhaul: IRS scandal could lead to changes

Tax overhaul: IRS scandal could lead to changes
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 29th
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups has little if anything to do with most everyday taxpayers, but some lawmakers are hoping attention to the budding scandal will swell public and political support for

Tax overhaul: IRS scandal could lead to changes

Tax overhaul: IRS scandal could lead to changes
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 29th
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups has little if anything to do with most everyday taxpayers, but some lawmakers are hoping attention to the budding scandal will swell public and political support for

Tax overhaul: IRS scandal could lead to changes

Tax overhaul: IRS scandal could lead to changes
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 29th
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups has little if anything to do with most everyday taxpayers, but some lawmakers are hoping attention to the budding scandal will swell public and political support for

Tax overhaul: Looking to IRS scandal for momentum

Tax overhaul: Looking to IRS scandal for momentum
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 28th
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service could provide a boost for lawmakers who want to simplify U.S. tax laws - a code that is so complicated most Americans buy commercial software to help them or simply hire someone else to do it

Tax overhaul: Looking to IRS scandal for momentum

Tax overhaul: Looking to IRS scandal for momentum
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 28th
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service could provide a boost for lawmakers who want to simplify U.S. tax laws - a code that is so complicated most Americans buy commercial software to help them or simply hire someone else to do it

Germany: Merkel vows to avoid trade war with China

Germany: Merkel vows to avoid trade war with China
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 26th
BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she would use her country's economic clout to prevent the European Union from imposing punitive tariffs on some Chinese products to avoid a trade war. Germany will push for "very intense talks" between the EU and China to seek a

Germany: Merkel vows to avoid trade war with China

Germany: Merkel vows to avoid trade war with China
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 26th
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's chancellor says she will use her country's economic clout to hinder the European Union from imposing punitive tariffs on some Chinese products to avoid a trade war. Angela Merkel told visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday that she will lobby for "intense

US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart

US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 23rd
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's two-month-old effort to get Israelis and