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Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. © Reuters 2013 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - City Councilman Eric Garcetti leads City Controller Wendy Greuel by 7 percentage points in a tightening race for mayor of Los Angeles, according to the latest opinion poll, but the survey's director said Greuel could still stage an upset in Tuesday's election. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/19/us-usa-election-losangeles-idUSBRE94I00720130519?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/19/us-usa-election-losangeles-idUSBRE94I00720130519?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 politicsNews Sat, 18 May 2013 20:38:55 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/18/us-usa-irs-idUSBRE94F10Y20130518?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/18/us-usa-irs-idUSBRE94F10Y20130518?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 politicsNews Fri, 17 May 2013 20:54:36 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan plan brokered in the House of Representatives will be tougher on illegal immigrants living in the United States than a Senate counterpart, congressional aides said on Friday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usa-immigration-idUSBRE94G0P320130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usa-immigration-idUSBRE94G0P320130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 politicsNews Fri, 17 May 2013 18:22:05 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take a series of steps to free up about $260 billion so it can keep paying the nation's bills once a temporary suspension in the government's debt ceiling lapses this weekend. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usa-fiscal-ceiling-idUSBRE94G0NX20130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usa-fiscal-ceiling-idUSBRE94G0NX20130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 politicsNews Fri, 17 May 2013 17:05:15 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/18/us-usa-obama-military-idUSBRE94H02R20130518?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/18/us-usa-obama-military-idUSBRE94H02R20130518?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 politicsNews Fri, 17 May 2013 22:03:50 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The technology industry and organized labor are locked in a fight that threatens to complicate the U.S. Senate's immigration bill. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/18/us-usa-immigration-tech-idUSBRE94H00720130518?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/18/us-usa-immigration-tech-idUSBRE94H00720130518?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 politicsNews Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:00 -0400 (Reuters) - In a boost for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, two states in the Northwest said on Friday that insurance companies submitted applications to sell policies on the states' health insurance exchanges at rates well below what some insurance executives had predicted. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usa-healthcare-exchanges-idUSBRE94G0SB20130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usa-healthcare-exchanges-idUSBRE94G0SB20130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 politicsNews Fri, 17 May 2013 15:57:26 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican chairman of a congressional oversight committee on Friday ordered the leader of the investigation into the September 11, 2012, Benghazi attacks to sit for a private interview next week. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usa-benghazi-congress-idUSBRE94G0UX20130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usa-benghazi-congress-idUSBRE94G0UX20130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 politicsNews Fri, 17 May 2013 17:22:12 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incoming acting Internal Revenue Service chief Daniel Werfel has been asked to spearhead a "thorough review" of the scandal-plagued agency and report back to President Barack Obama in 30 days, a Treasury Department official said on Friday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usa-irs-werfel-idUSBRE94G0U820130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usa-irs-werfel-idUSBRE94G0U820130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 politicsNews Fri, 17 May 2013 16:43:12 -0400 BALTIMORE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday sought to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda back to his top priority - the economy - and announced he will try to cut in half the time it takes to get federal approval for large job-creating projects. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usa-obama-infrastructure-idUSBRE94G07R20130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usa-obama-infrastructure-idUSBRE94G07R20130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=930 politicsNews Fri, 17 May 2013 18:20:53 -0400