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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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Internal Revenue Service officials told Congress on Tuesday they were unaware of the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny until recently and did not deliberately mislead lawmakers last year when they did not reveal the practice. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-irs-idUSBRE94F10Y20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-irs-idUSBRE94F10Y20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 politicsNews Tue, 21 May 2013 14:30:32 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators reached a tentative deal with tech companies to ease restrictions on hiring foreigners for high-skilled jobs in the Senate's sweeping immigration bill, sources familiar with the talks said on Tuesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-immigration-tech-idUSBRE94K0UF20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-immigration-tech-idUSBRE94K0UF20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 politicsNews Tue, 21 May 2013 12:15:21 -0400 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose between two longtime fixtures of Los Angeles politics in a mayoral election shaped by the dire financial outlook of America's second-largest city and the political clout of its public employee unions. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-election-losangeles-idUSBRE94K0FX20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-election-losangeles-idUSBRE94K0FX20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 politicsNews Tue, 21 May 2013 14:44:34 -0400 (Reuters) - The mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's cash-strapped capital, faces off on Tuesday against two fellow Democrats in a primary election that will likely determine who leads a city that has become a poster child for financial mismanagement. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-politics-harrisburg-idUSBRE94K0E520130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-politics-harrisburg-idUSBRE94K0E520130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 politicsNews Tue, 21 May 2013 06:04:21 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the White House already reeling from three major controversies, some Republican lawmakers are zeroing in on what they perceive is another possible scandal tied to President Barack Obama's landmark health reform law just as it nears implementation. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-healthcare-scandals-analysis-idUSBRE94K08420130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-healthcare-scandals-analysis-idUSBRE94K08420130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 politicsNews Tue, 21 May 2013 04:06:13 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to halt violence against a Muslim minority but praised economic and political reforms in the formerly pariah nation that is emerging as a U.S. ally in China's backyard. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-myanmar-idUSBRE94J0PH20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-myanmar-idUSBRE94J0PH20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 politicsNews Mon, 20 May 2013 21:31:50 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate negotiators have reached a tentative deal with tech companies to ease restrictions on hiring foreigners for high-skilled jobs as part of a sweeping immigration bill, congressional and industry sources said on Tuesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-immigration-idUSBRE94K00L20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/21/us-usa-immigration-idUSBRE94K00L20130521?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 politicsNews Tue, 21 May 2013 13:09:27 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new State Department report warned about incidents in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/20/us-usa-envoy-kerry-idUSBRE94J0W320130520?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/20/us-usa-envoy-kerry-idUSBRE94J0W320130520?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 politicsNews Mon, 20 May 2013 18:26:42 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion a year before it passes the new farm bill, the White House said on Monday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/20/us-usa-agriculture-idUSBRE94J0YB20130520?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/20/us-usa-agriculture-idUSBRE94J0YB20130520?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 politicsNews Mon, 20 May 2013 19:11:34 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic lawmakers has been invited to the White House on Tuesday for a briefing about economic issues from two top advisers to President Barack Obama on Tuesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/20/us-usa-obama-economy-idUSBRE94J0V820130520?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/20/us-usa-obama-economy-idUSBRE94J0V820130520?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=953 politicsNews Mon, 20 May 2013 17:58:25 -0400