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Angry JP Morgan shareholders seek to strip Jamie Dimon of chairmanship

JP Morgan faces an angry shareholder revolt this week as investors attempt to strip boss Jamie Dimon of the chairmanship of the banking giant.

Official To Chinese Tourists: 'Be Quiet, Don't Spit'

Kim Traynor
A senior official in China has urged Chinese tourists to improve their behavior, the South China Morning Post reports.

North Korea fires three short-range missiles into eastern waters

Move could undermine efforts to ease tensions on peninsula since joint US-South Korean military drills earlier this year

North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, in a move that could undermine diplomatic efforts to ease tensions on the peninsu

Outgoing IRS chief deflects Republican attempts to link scandal to White House

Steven Miller issues public apology at House hearing in which he blamed tax-targeting scandal on procedure, not politics

Republican attempts to turn the row over the IRS into a scandal engulfing the White House fizzled on Friday when the ousted head of the agency delivered a public apology

US lawmakers reach deal on pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants

Republicans appear to reach deal with Hispanic caucus as one activist says 'that's like Israelis and Palestinians making peace'

Hopes that America's 11 million undocumented migrants might be granted a pathway to US citizenship have risen significantly after a bipartisan group of politicians

This is not the President Obama we voted for Heather Long

Candidate Obama promised a different kind of culture in Washington, but it's looking similar to the Bush era

You can argue that Republicans have blocked President Obama from doing just about anything. You can argue that he's had bad luck.

IRS tax-targeting scandal forces resignation of second senior official

Commissioner of division at heart of the scandal announces retirement as Obama appoints new acting head of IRS

The Internal Revenue Service scandal claimed another victim on Thursday when a second senior official announced he planned to step down from the agency.

Blog del Narco: mystery author who chronicled Mexico's drug war forced to flee

'He said 'run', then hung up' woman behind must-read blog tells how colleague's disappearance meant she had to escape

The author of a pioneering blog about Mexico's drug war has said that she has fled the country and that her blog partner has gone missing.

US House set to approve cuts to food stamp programme with new farm bill

Democrats to speak out against House bill would cut about $2,5bn a year from the food stamp programme

A House committee rebuffed Democratic efforts Wednesday to keep the $80bn-a-year food stamp programme whole, as debate on the farm bill turned into a theological discourse on helping the po

Obama won't let media do their job

"Government should be transparent. Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing. ...