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Orlando man killed by FBI agent was questioned in Boston Marathon bombings, friend says — Man knew Boston bombing suspect, friend says — An FBI agent was involved in a deadly shooting overnight that could have ties to the Boston Marathon bombings. — Officials said the special agent …
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Who is Ibragim Todashev? Chechen friend of Boston bomber, planning to fly back to Chechnya, killed by FBI agent — Via WESH this morning, check out the story of a fatal shooting involving an FBI agent and a man who knew Boston marathon jihad bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev. … Here's video of Todashev on YouTube:
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U.S. News:
FBI agent kills man linked to Boston bombing suspects — An FBI agent was involved in a deadly shooting connected to the Boston Marathon bombing case. — The man who was shot, Ibragim Todashev, had been interviewed about his connections to the bombing suspects before by the FBI and started out cooperative, NBC sources said.
New York Times:
Another Chilling Leak Investigation — With the decision to label a Fox News television reporter a possible “co-conspirator” in a criminal investigation of a news leak, the Obama administration has moved beyond protecting government secrets to threatening fundamental freedoms of the press to gather news.
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Ryan Lizza / News Desk:
The Justice Department and Fox News's Phone Records — The Obama Justice Department has seized the phone records of numbers that are associated with White House staffers and, apparently, with Fox News reporters, according to a document filed on October 13, 2011, in the case of Stephen Jin-Woo Kim …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fox's Bret Baier Reveals That DOJ Also Seized Phone Records For James Rosen's Parents
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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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Politico:
Heads won't roll at the IRS — Lawmakers pressing for more heads to roll at the Internal Revenue Service are going to be disappointed. — “Why weren't more people fired?” Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) demanded at a hearing Tuesday on the IRS's targeting of conservative groups …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
White House, Treasury discussed how to handle disclosure of IRS story
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Politico:
White House reveals new IRS details
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Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Top IRS Official to Invoke Fifth, Issa Subpoenas
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Sen. Patrick Leahy Withdraws Amendment To Include Gay Couples In Immigration Reform Bill — “I don't want to be the senator who asks Americans to choose between the love of their life and the love of their country,” Leahy says. Four Democrats on the committee said they would not support the amendment.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Judiciary Committee advances immigration reform bill
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
A Sleeper Scandal Awakens for Obama, Post-Election — WASHINGTON — The allegations had all the makings of a perfect election-year scandal that might threaten President Obama's chances for a second term and re-energize a listless Tea Party movement: an activist president …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Anthony Weiner announces N.Y.C. mayoral run — Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose career in public life came to an abrupt end when he sent lewd pictures to a college student on Twitter, jumped back into politics on Wednesday by announcing a bid for mayor of New York City.
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Weiner Announces Candidacy for Mayor in Video
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Emily Smith / New York Post:
Mike unleashes a ‘hail’ storm — Mayor Bloomberg went on a spitting-mad rant against a city cab-fleet boss who won a court victory over Hizzoner's planned “Taxi of Tomorrow” — vowing to “destroy your f—king industry” when he leaves office, The Post has learned.
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Dog Whistler — An Obama supporter's Pavlovian reaction to one of her own pet phrases. — Salon's Joan Walsh is spoiling for a catfight with our colleagues Kim Strassel and Peggy Noonan. What has Walsh's back up is their observation that whether or not President Obama directly ordered …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Biden needles Obama on teleprompter — Vice President Joe Biden ribbed President Obama over his teleprompter use at a Jewish American Heritage Month reception in New York City on Tuesday. — Biden asked that the teleprompter in the room be taken down before his address, according to the pool report.
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Biden: ‘Jewish heritage is American heritage’
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The Times of Israel and Weasel Zippers
Amy O'Leary / NYT Bits:
An Honor for the Creator of the GIF — Among the thousands of file formats that exist in modern computing, the GIF, or Graphics Interchange Format, has attained celebrity status in a sea of lesser-known BMPs, RIPs, FIGs and MIFFs. It was honored as a “word of the year” in 2012 …
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Ben Swann / WXIX-TV:
Reality Check Exclusive: Cincinnati agent giving orders in IRS scandal? — The claim that the ongoing IRS scandal is limited to low level employees is falling apart. — The six Cincinnati workers we have identified, who sent scrutinizing letters to conservative groups with words including …
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Weekly Standard and Riehl World News
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
McCain, Collins Slam Republicans For Budget Hypocrisy — In the latest expression of Republican frustration with conservative GOP colleagues, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Susan Collins (R-ME) excoriated Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rand Paul (R-KY) for persistently refusing to initiate House-Senate budget negotiations.
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The Maddow Blog and The PJ Tatler
Michael Hastings / BuzzFeed:
Advisers Urged Obama Early On To Release Comprehensive Benghazi Timeline — How Obama got tripped up by his lawyers. — Via: Pool photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images via Abaca Press/MCT — WASHINGTON — The White House Counsel's office advised senior Obama officials to keep quiet …
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Yahoo! News, Main Justice and National Review
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Garcetti Wins Los Angeles Mayor's Race After Long Battle — LOS ANGELES — City Councilman Eric Garcetti won his bid to become the mayor of Los Angeles on Wednesday, bringing to a close a nearly two-year race that pitted him against another moderate Democrat with years of experience at City Hall.
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