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The Department of Justice’s inspector general has determined that former FBI Director James Comey was “insubordinate” at times during his tenure, ABC News reported Wednesday. Sources told ABC that the inspector general’s draft report on the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of State outlines instances of Comey defying authority. The draft report, which is subject to change, also reportedly criticized former Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s handling of the probe into Clinton’s email use. Inspector General Michael Horowitz told lawmakers last month that a draft of the report was completed. The...

(CBS) The leading Republican in the House, and a vocal proponent of allowing an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for all Americans, including the wealthiest 3% of earners, objected to charges by President Obama that Republicans are holding tax breaks for the bottom 97% of earners hostage unless the wealthiest also get an extension. In a pre-taped interview to appear on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday, Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner said that, if approving a bill to extend breaks for middle class income Americans were "the only option," he would support it. The Congressional Budget Office has...

Dear xxxx, We're two for two. Tonight, in Cleveland, John Edwards showed real strength and conviction -- he was in command of the facts and in control of the debate and a powerful advocate for John Kerry. The American people saw John Edwards as somebody who is ready, if neccessary, to be president of the United States. Dick Cheney is totally out of touch with reality in Iraq and totally out of touch with the struggles of the middle class. This is nothing new to a man with a lifetime record of protecting the powerful and well-connected. He came across...

MCAULIFFE ON ABC'S THIS WEEK: HE AND THE TRUTH REMAIN STRANGERS Terry Will Say Anything To Get Democrats Elected _______________________________________________________________________________________________ MCAULIFFE MISLEADS ON THE ECONOMIC FORUM MCAULIFFE MISLEADS Terry Prefers Fiction Over Fact: "The problem is no Democrats are invited to Waco . . . . [T]here's a bunch of donors being invited to it." (ABC's "This Week," August 11, 2002) THE FACTS ARE CLEAR At Least 43 Forum Attendees Have Donated To Democrat Candidates And Party Organizations. ("Preliminary Media Guide," The President's Economic Forum, August 13, 2002; Center For Responsive Politics Website, www.opensecrets.org, August 10, 2002) Since 1990, Forum...