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8:00 PM ET, May 20, 2013

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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Counsel Told of IRS Audit Findings Weeks Ago  —  The White House's chief lawyer learned weeks ago that an audit of the Internal Revenue Service likely would show that agency employees inappropriately targeted conservative groups, a senior White House official said Sunday.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
A bushel of Pinocchios for IRS's Lois Lerner  —  In the days since the Internal Revenue Service first disclosed that it had targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, new information has emerged from both the Treasury Inspector General's report and congressional testimony Friday …
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Senior W.H. staff knew of IRS investigation, did not tell Obama  —  Senior White House staff knew of the ongoing investigation into the IRS's targeting of conservative groups ahead of the release of a report from a Treasury Department inspector general, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday …
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
Peter Baker / New York Times:
White House Says It Didn't Loop Obama In on I.R.S. Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — White House officials were first notified on April 16 about an investigation into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups and discussed its potential findings with the Treasury Department …
Discussion: The Caucus, msnbc.com and Daily Kos
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:   The White House's shifting IRS account
Robert Costa / National Review:
The Impeachment Option  —  Representative Jason Chaffetz …
Discussion: Yahoo! News, Politico and Daily Kos
Manu Raju / Politico:
Obama's newest ally: John McCain
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
The Morning Plum: Presidential scandals, only in the minds of Republicans
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Baucus, Hatch seek wide range of records from IRS on targeting
Discussion: Politico
Ryan Lizza / News Desk:
The D.O.J. Versus James Rosen  —  The Washington Post reported today that, in the course of a leak investigation of a State Department employee who allegedly provided Fox News's James Rosen with classified information, the Obama Justice Department not only subpoenaed Rosen's private e-mails …
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe  —  When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Holder walks fine line on prosecuting journalists
Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Fox News: ‘We Will Unequivocally Defend’ Rosen Against ‘Chilling’ DOJ Investigation
Discussion: JustOneMinute and The Raw Story
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Hillary '16 Campaign Off to Excellent Start  —  Breaking news: according to a report in today's Washington Post, Hillary Clinton's chances of winning the presidency in 2016 have increased by approximately a zillion percent, due to the fact that her former chief strategist Mark Penn …
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Secret Service Looking Into Radio Host's Graphic Violent Comments About Obama, Hillary Clinton  —  The Secret Service is following up on recent comments by right wing radio host Pete Santilli, who claimed to want to shoot former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the vagina and see President Obama tried and shot for treason.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Clintons to stay out of N.Y.C. race  —  Bill and Hillary Clinton are making clear they are staying out of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, just as the race is about to be roiled by the candidacy of their close aide Huma Abedin's husband, Anthony Weiner.
The Atlantic Online:
How the Obama Administration Talks to Black America  —  “Convenient race-talk” from a president who ought to know better  —  The first lady went to Bowie State and addressed the graduating class.  Her speech was a mix of black history and a salute to the graduates.  There was also this:
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Jon Favreau / The Daily Beast:
How Obama Handles Crisis
Discussion: The Dish and The Moderate Voice
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Hillary's Benghazi ‘Scapegoat’ Speaks Out  —  Raymond Maxwell, the only official at the State Department's bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to lose his job after the attacks, tells Josh Rogin that he's been scapegoated by Hillary Clinton's team.  —  Following the attack in Benghazi …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
UPDATED: Virginia GOP Nominee For Attorney General Introduced Bill Forcing Women To Report Their Miscarriages To Police  —  If a woman in Virginia has a miscarriage without a doctor present, they must report it within 24 hours to the police or risk going to jail for a full year.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
The 10 Most Anti-Gay Statements From The Republican Nominee For Lt. Governor Of Virginia
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Tea party gets boost from IRS controversy  —  Washington (CNN) - As a major tea party group plans protests Tuesday at Internal Revenue Service offices across the country, a new national poll indicates that the IRS controversy has given the four-year-old movement a shot in the arm.
Discussion: The Hill and Weasel Zippers
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Joe Klein / TIME:   Sorting Out the Scandals  —  The irs's targeting of Tea Party groups …
Matt Mullenweg:
On Yahoo-Tumblr  —  It now looks pretty certain that Yahoo has pulled off a deal to buy Tumblr for 1.1B.  The relationship between WordPress and Tumblr has always been pretty friendly: Tumblr's own blog used to be on WP, WordPress.com supports Tumblr as a Publicize option alongside Twitter and Facebook …
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Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:
7 Juicy Claims From A Romney Campaign Insider's New Book  —  Former policy aide Gabriel Schoenfeld's new book, A Bad Day on the Romney Campaign: An Insider's Account , blames Romney's staff for his defeat.  Romney aides have dismissed the account , saying Schoenfeld was not as high …
Bill Keller / New York Times:
How to Legalize Pot  —  THE first time I talked to Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert at U.C.L.A., was in 2002, and he explained why legalization of marijuana was a bad idea.  Sure, he said, the government should remove penalties for possession, use and cultivation of small amounts.
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
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Nicholas Watt / Guardian:
Senior Tories to warn No 10 of declining confidence in David Cameron
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Douglas MacMillan / Bloomberg:
GrubHub Merging With Seamless as Food Orders Go Mobile
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How bad would the nuclear option fallout be?
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
GOP bill would suspend IRS audits
Danielle Douglas / Washington Post:
Behind the mortgage settlements from the housing crisis
BBC:
Dozens die in Iraqi bomb attacks
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Donald Gilliland / PennLive.com:
Lewis Butts busted for campaign sign caper
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Wall Street Journal:
Employers Eye Bare-Bones Health Plans Under New Law
Discussion: National Review, Hot Air and Wonkblog
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court to rule on government prayer
Discussion: ACS Blog, New York Times and Althouse
David Weigel / Slate:
How Lazy Reporting Made Rand Paul Look Like a Conspiracy Theorist
Discussion: Hot Air, Crooks and Liars and CNN
John Fund / National Review:
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