IRS approved liberal groups while Tea Party in limbo  —  WASHINGTON — In February 2010, the Champaign Tea Party in Illinois received approval of its tax-exempt status from the IRS in 90 days, no questions asked.  —  That was the month before the Internal Revenue Service started singling out Tea Party groups for special treatment.

Obama, the uninterested president  —  President Passerby needs urgently to become a participant in his presidency.  —  Late Monday came the breathtaking news of a full-frontal assault on the First Amendment by his administration: word that the Justice Department had gone …

White House Pushes for Media Shield Law  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration sought on Wednesday to revive legislation that would provide greater protections to reporters from penalties for refusing to identify confidential sources, and that would enable journalists to ask a federal judge …

Obama's dangerous new narrative  —  No contemporary American politician has benefited more from the power of good storytelling than Barack Obama.  He vaulted from obscurity to the presidency on the power of narrative - invoking his biography and personal values to make a larger point about how he would lead the nation.

Source: Two ‘rogue’ workers principally behind IRS targeting of conservatives  —  Washington (CNN) - The Internal Revenue Service has identified two “rogue” employees in the agency's Cincinnati office as being principally responsible for “overly aggressive” handling of requests by conservative groups …

Ambassador Stevens twice said no to military offers of more security, U.S. officials say  —  CAIRO — In the month before attackers stormed U.S. facilities in Benghazi and killed four Americans, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens twice turned down offers of security assistance …

Top Romney Strategist: Hillary Clinton Will Lose A Democratic Primary  —  “If I was a Democratic hot-shot politician, I would primary her so fast,” says Stu Stevens.  Hickenlooper 2016?  —  Via: AP  —  WASHINGTON — The top advisor to last year's Republican nominee predicted Wednesday …

Krauthammer To GOP: Stop Calling Everything A Watergate, “Be Quiet And Present The Facts”  —  CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: There are three theres and they are extremely important issues and the administration is hugely on the defensive and hasn't really answered and it's the same three we've always had.

Mysterious Poop Foam Causes Explosions on Hog Farms  —  When you hear about foam in the context of food, you might think of molecular gastronomy, the culinary innovations of the Spanish chef Ferran Adrià, who's famous for dishes like apple caviar with banana foam.

7 Caught Trespassing At Quabbin Reservoir; Patrols Stepped Up Across State  —  BELCHERTOWN (CBS) - Shortly after midnight Tuesday, seven people were caught trespassing at the Quabbin Reservoir.  —  State Police say the five men and two women are from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore …

Weiner to seek erection, will announce bid for mayor  —  Anthony Weiner's bid to rise from the political dead is ready to begin in earnest — the disgraced former congressman will announce he is running for mayor as early as next week, according to sources.  —  “He's definitely running,” one Weiner ally told The Post.

Axelrod: Government ‘So Vast,’ Obama Can't Know About Wrongdoing  —  The government is simply too big for President Obama to keep track of all the wrongdoing taking place on his watch, his former senior adviser, David Axelrod, told MSNBC.  “Part of being president is there's so much beneath …