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6:20 PM ET, May 21, 2013

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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.
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 …
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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Emily Pierce / The World's Greatest Deliberative Body:
Coburn Wants Tornado Disaster Aid to Be Offset
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Oklahoma Senators Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief
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.
New York Times:
Stop the Leaks  —  WASHINGTON — FOLLOWING the disclosure …
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 …
Washington Post:
May 2013 Post-ABC poll  —  Poll Questions
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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
‘Obama Scandals’ Could Actually Hurt Republicans
Discussion: The Dish
Washington Post:
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?
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.
Discussion: Yahoo! News and The Hill
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
White House, Treasury discussed how to handle disclosure of IRS story
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House, Treasury discussed how to present IRS story
Discussion: 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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Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
NASA is funding a 3D food printer, and it'll start with pizza
Discussion: 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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell won't block immigration bill from hitting Senate floor
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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 …
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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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.
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 …
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?
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.
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 …
Discussion: Roll Call, The Hill and The Maddow Blog
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The White House claim of ‘doctored e-mails... to smear the president’  —  (CHRIS USHER/AP) “That's a very serious offense that happened where Republicans on the Hill, we voluntarily provided these e-mails to, took one of them, doctored it and gave it to ABC News in an attempt to smear the president.”
 
 
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John Lichfield / The Independent:
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