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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.
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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.
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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 …
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Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Boehner: ‘Inconceivable’ that Obama didn't know about IRS targeting
Boehner: ‘Inconceivable’ that Obama didn't know about IRS targeting
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Insurers feel pressure from health group with ties to White House
Insurers feel pressure from health group with ties to White House
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Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Ruemmler met one-on-one with Treasury lawyer long before April
Ruemmler met one-on-one with Treasury lawyer long before April
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Tensions Brew Inside White House Over Counsel's Role
Tensions Brew Inside White House Over Counsel's Role
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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.
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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 …
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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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Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Weiner: Women may come forward with more e-mails, photos
Weiner: Women may come forward with more e-mails, photos
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
How Anthony Weiner Managed To Screw The NYC Tabloids
How Anthony Weiner Managed To Screw The NYC Tabloids
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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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Claire Duffin / Telegraph:
Mum talked down Woolwich terrorists who told her: ‘We want to start a war in London tonight’
Mum talked down Woolwich terrorists who told her: ‘We want to start a war in London tonight’
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BBC:
Woolwich attack: Suspects known to security services
Woolwich attack: Suspects known to security services
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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
Emails show how Treasury delayed alerting Congress to Tea Party targeting
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Darrell Issa: Lois Lerner lost her rights
Darrell Issa: Lois Lerner lost her rights
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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Issa gets what he wants: Pickering agrees to Benghazi interview
Issa gets what he wants: Pickering agrees to Benghazi interview
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Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Can A Congressional Witness Deny Guilt and Then Plead the Fifth?
Can A Congressional Witness Deny Guilt and Then Plead the Fifth?
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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