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Los Angeles Times:
Top IRS official will invoke Fifth Amendment — A sign for the Internal Revenue Service stands in front of it's headquarters in Washington. (Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg / May 15, 2013) — WASHINGTON - A top IRS official in the division that reviews nonprofit groups will invoke the Fifth Amendment …
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Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Top IRS Official to Invoke Fifth, Issa Subpoenas — Lois Lerner, the IRS official who headed the tax-exempt division when the targeting of tea-party groups took place, plans to invoke her Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions before Congress on Wednesday.
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Hot Air and National Review
Juliet Eilperin / Post Politics:
Internal IRS probe cited same problems with approach to conservative groups in May 2012, House aide says — An Internal Revenue Service review of the agency's approach of scrutinizing conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status questioned the now-controversial policy a year ago …
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Daily Kos, Questions and Observations, Federal Eye and The Daily Caller
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics:
Inhofe: Tornado aid ‘totally different’ from Hurricane Sandy aid — In the wake of the devastating tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) rejected comparisons between federal aid for this disaster and the Hurricane Sandy relief package he voted against.
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Oklah. GOP Senator takes own constituents hostage, demands budget cuts or no tornado aid
Oklah. GOP Senator takes own constituents hostage, demands budget cuts or no tornado aid
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Politico, CNN, National Review, The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos
Emily Pierce / The World's Greatest Deliberative Body:
Coburn Wants Tornado Disaster Aid to Be Offset
Coburn Wants Tornado Disaster Aid to Be Offset
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Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Oklahoma Senators Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief
Oklahoma Senators Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief
NY Daily News:
Oklahoma Senator who voted “no” on Sandy aid calls home-state tornado “totally different”
Oklahoma Senator who voted “no” on Sandy aid calls home-state tornado “totally different”
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and AMERICAblog
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Republicans' Hatred of Obama Blinds Them to Public Disinterest in Scandals — Republicans are so focused on their bitter battles against Obama, they can't see how little impact the “scandals” have had on public opinion. — Red-faced Republicans, circling and preparing to pounce …
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Washington Post:
May 2013 Post-ABC poll — Poll Questions
Washington Post:
Obama's rating steady in face of controversies, likely buoyed by rising economic hopes
Obama's rating steady in face of controversies, likely buoyed by rising economic hopes
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is the Economy Saving Obama's Approval Ratings?
Is the Economy Saving Obama's Approval Ratings?
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Pacific Standard. Smart …, Business Insider, The Maddow Blog and The Dish
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sharyl Attkisson's computers compromised — Sharyl Attkisson, the Emmy-award winning CBS News investigative reporter, says that her personal and work computers have been compromised and are under investigation. — “I can confirm that an intrusion of my computers has been under some investigation …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Leaks turn to deluge for reeling White House — The wheels came off the Obama administration yesterday. — We learned of a startling assault on freedom of the press by the Department of Justice, following the revelation last week of the unprecedented information-gathering foray by that department against The Associated Press.
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
White House IRS timeline shifts again — The White House's explanation of what it knew about the investigation into the IRS's scrutiny of conservative political groups and how it planned for the eventual release of that information shifted once again Tuesday.
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Yahoo! News and The Hill
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney: White House, Treasury strategized how to tell public
Carney: White House, Treasury strategized how to tell public
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Politico
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House, Treasury discussed how to present IRS story
White House, Treasury discussed how to present IRS story
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Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
Christopher Mims / Quartz:
The audacious plan to end hunger with 3-D printed food — Anjan Contractor's 3D food printer might evoke visions of the “replicator” popularized in Star Trek, from which Captain Picard was constantly interrupting himself to order tea. And indeed Contractor's company, Systems & Materials Research Corporation …
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FP Passport, The Daily Caller, Mashable, The Raw Story and Smart News
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Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
NASA is funding a 3D food printer, and it'll start with pizza
NASA is funding a 3D food printer, and it'll start with pizza
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The Week
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Kristol to Rubio: ‘Walk away’ — The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol has some advice for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on the Senate's immigration reform bill: Walk away. — “He should walk away from it,” Kristol said Tuesday on “The Laura Ingraham Show.” “He should say, I made a good faith effort …
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The Daily Caller and The Right Scoop
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell won't block immigration bill from hitting Senate floor
McConnell won't block immigration bill from hitting Senate floor
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Booman Tribune
Peter J Reilly / Forbes:
Someone Claiming To Be Jamie Dimon Arrested By Homeland Security — After being arrested by Federal Protective Service yesterday, they were asked for their names. Among the names that the arrested gave were Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase, Brian Moynihan of BOA, John Stumpf of Wells Fargo …
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Crooks and Liars, Home Defenders League and ThinkProgress
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Protesters arrested after attempt to storm Justice Department
Protesters arrested after attempt to storm Justice Department
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Scott Friedman / nbcdfw.com:
Accused Fort Hood Shooter Paid $278,000 While Awaiting Trial — Injured soldier outraged suspected shooter receives salary while his family financially struggles in recovery — The Department of Defense confirms to NBC 5 Investigates that accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Tea Party group sues IRS over inappropriate targeting — (Reuters) - A California-based Tea Party group sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Monday in what marked the first lawsuit to stem from an investigation finding the agency singled-out conservative organizations.
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Politico, Weasel Zippers, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Reuters
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Democratic Senator uses Okla. tornado for anti-GOP rant over global warming — While many Americans were tuned into news coverage of the massive damage from tornadoes ravaging the state of Oklahoma, Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse took to the Senate floor to rail …
Roger L Simon / Roger L. Simon:
PJM EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Diplomats Report New Benghazi Whistleblowers with Info Devastating to Clinton and Obama — More whistleblowers will emerge shortly in the escalating Benghazi scandal, according to two former U.S. diplomats who spoke with PJ Media Monday afternoon.
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Kimberly Dozier / bigstory.ap.org:
FBI ID'S BENGHAZI SUSPECTS _ BUT NO ARRESTS YET — You are here — Home » Kimberly Dozier » FBI ID's Benghazi suspects _ but no arrests yet — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi …
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The Jawa Report, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Twitchy and Outside the Beltway
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Mr. Smith Is Vaporized in the Fire of a Thousand Suns — It hasn't gotten too much attention given the other things that are going on, but there is a battle looming this summer over the filibuster, one that could be a significant milestone in the already poisonous relationship between the parties on Capitol Hill.
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Washington Monthly and Crooks and Liars
David Sirota / Salon:
Anyone regret slashing National Weather Service budget now? — With GOP-backed cuts to forecasting agency, experts warn future storms will go undetected and more lives lost — Was the severe weather system culminating in yesterday's Oklahoma City tornado intensified - or even created - by climate change?
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
GOP Aides Mock House Republicans' ‘Crazy’ Benghazi Witch-Hunt — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is leading the GOP's Benghazi witch-hunt (Credit: Reuters) — GOP aides are criticizing the House Republicans' partisan witch-hunt over the Obama administration's handling of the attacks …
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Roll Call, The Hill and The Maddow Blog