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12:35 PM ET, May 23, 2013

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Washington Post:
On IRS issue, senior White House aides were focused on shielding Obama  —  As soon as White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler heard about an upcoming inspector general's report on the Internal Revenue Service, she knew she had a problem.  —  The notice Ruemmler saw on April 24 gave …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Unaccountable Executive  —  If the President doesn't run the government, then who does?  —  Every day brings new revelations about who knew what about the IRS targeting conservative groups during President Obama's re-election campaign, but the overall impression is of a vast federal bureaucracy run amok.
Mitch McConnell / Washington Post:
The IRS scandal and Obama's culture of intimidation  —  Mitch McConnell, a Republican, represents Kentucky in the Senate, where he is the minority leader.  —  Revelations about the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups have raised important questions about the Obama administration's commitment to the First Amendment.
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Return of the Poor Little Rich Boys  —  You have to hand it to Mitch McConnell.  While other scandal-mad Republicans are off on a wild goose chase that could well end in 1998, McConnell's focused on exploiting scandals to promote his very favorite cause, and his special gift to the corruption …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Boehner: ‘Inconceivable’ that Obama didn't know about IRS targeting
Discussion: Daily Kos
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Insurers feel pressure from health group with ties to White House
Discussion: Hot Air
Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Ruemmler met one-on-one with Treasury lawyer long before April
Discussion: Power Line
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
‘Inconceivable’ Obama didn't know about IRS sooner, says Boehner
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Tensions Brew Inside White House Over Counsel's Role
TIME:
TIME Exclusive: President Obama's 1979 Prom Photos  —  Tucked away in someone else's shoe box of adolescent artifacts, there might be a picture of you in garish clothes and with an outdated 'do, your arm around a high school squeeze.  The President of the United States is no different.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Acknowledges Killing 4 Americans in Drone Strikes  —  WASHINGTON — One day before President Obama is due to deliver a major speech on national security, his administration on Wednesday formally acknowledged that the United States had killed four American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.
Max Rivlin-Nadler / Gawker:
At Long Last, Here are Obama's Prom Pics  —  Check out Obama in that cheesy suit!  —  TIME is running the never-before-seen photos of Barack Obama's prom as part of their coverage of prom season.  —  That champagne behind them is most definitely going to be popped because a prom in Hawaii …
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Rumproast
Washington Post:
U.S. acknowledges killing of four U.S. citizens in counterterrorism operations
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Syracuse Post-Standard:
What Gov. Andrew Cuomo has to say about Anthony Weiner  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo was in Syracuse today to announce new tax incentives to attract businesses to state college campuses.  After that he met with the editorial board of the Syracuse Media Groupâs Post-Standard and syracuse.com where he explained his new tax plan in depth.
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Anthony Weiner Ready For Apology Campaign
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Reuters:
London attackers British, of Nigerian origin: source  —  (Reuters) - British authorities believe that two men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries are British of Nigerian descent, a source close to the investigation said Thursday.
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Bill Hoffmann / NewsMax.com:
Alan Dershowitz: IRS Chief Lerner ‘Can Be Held in Contempt’  —  More ways to share...  Mixx  —  Stumbled  —  LinkedIn  —  Vine  —  Buzzflash  —  Newstrust  —  Technocrati  —  Forward Article  —  Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service's embattled director of Exempt Organizations …
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Emails show how Treasury delayed alerting Congress to Tea Party targeting
Discussion: TheBlaze.com
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Darrell Issa: Lois Lerner lost her rights
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Issa gets what he wants: Pickering agrees to Benghazi interview
Discussion: Politico, CNN, Hot Air and First Read
Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Can A Congressional Witness Deny Guilt and Then Plead the Fifth?
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
How to Save the GOP  —  What Republicans can learn from the Democrats' revival  —  The party is in desperate straits.  It has lost the popular vote in five of the past six presidential elections.  It consoles itself with a majority in Congress, but even there its ranks are dwindling.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart:
Exclusive - Bill O'Reilly Extended Interview Pt. 1  —  In this exclusive, unedited interview, Bill O'Reilly explains his prolific book production, and admits to being too easy on President Obama.
Jimio / Twitter Blog:
Getting started with login verification  —  Every day, a growing number of people log in to Twitter.  Usually these login attempts come from the genuine account owners, but we occasionally hear from people whose accounts have been compromised by email phishing schemes or a breach of password data elsewhere on the web.
Chad Terhune / Los Angeles Times:
UnitedHealth, Aetna and Cigna opt out of California insurance exchange  —  Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California are all expected to participate in the state-run market for individual health coverage.  —  Aetna—along with UnitedHealth Group and Cigna …
Discussion: Hot Air and Riehl World News
Politico:
Harry Reid mulling filibuster overhaul  —  Reid could get more ammunition if Republicans block Obama nominations headed to the floor, including Gina McCarthy for EPA administrator and Thomas Perez for labor secretary.  —  On Wednesday, Reid accused Republicans of having “corrupted the Founders' intent …
Discussion: Firedoglake
 
 
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BBC:
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The Boston Globe:
Elizabeth Warren gets publisher for book proposal
Discussion: The Hill and Taegan Goddard's …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
New gay-rights battleground: Virginia
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
City prosecutor investigating McDonnell's disclosures
Discussion: WJLA-TV and Taegan Goddard's …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Appeals court limits labor board's lawlessness
Discussion: Booman Tribune
David French / National Review:
IRS Morality: Defend Planned Parenthood, Deluge Adoptive Families with Audits
Yahoo! News:
With civil unions, Bisbee, Ariz., joins gay-rights revolt against red states
Discussion: Firedoglake
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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