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1:15 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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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.
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.
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
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
Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Boehner: ‘Inconceivable’ that Obama didn't know about IRS targeting
Discussion: Daily Kos
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away in someone else's shoe box of adolescent artifacts, there might be a picture of you in garish clothes and with an outdated 'do, your arm around a high school squeeze.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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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 Balloon Juice
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Acknowledges Killing 4 Americans in Drone Strikes
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  —  Former congressman and newly announced New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner (D) said in an interview Thursday morning with WNYC-FM that there could be women coming forward with more e-mails or photos from the inappropriate digital conversations …
Kevin Liptak / CNN:   ‘Shame on us’ if Weiner elected, NY Gov. says
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Anthony Weiner Ready For Apology Campaign
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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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Issa gets what he wants: Pickering agrees to Benghazi interview
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air, CNN and First Read
Kyle Trygstad / Roll Call:
National Republicans Send Staff to Massachusetts #MASEN  —  Jerry Moran is the NRSC's chairman.  (Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call File Photo)  —  National Republicans have dispatched staff to Massachusetts to assist with the Senate special election that has become tantalizingly close.
Discussion: Post Politics
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The Boston Globe:
Gabriel Gomez reports 6 years of income to be $10.1 million
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.
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
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.
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Bloomberg:
Obama Probes Create Immigration Magic as Bill Advances  —  The trio of investigations causing headaches for President Barack Obama's administration has also provided a honeymoon period for the marquee element of his domestic agenda: revising immigration laws.
Discussion: Yahoo! News and The Hill
 
 
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Politico:
Harry Reid mulling filibuster overhaul
Discussion: Firedoglake
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Emails show how Treasury delayed alerting Congress to Tea Party targeting
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BBC:
Ecuador Pegasus satellite fears over space debris crash
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
The Boston Globe:
Elizabeth Warren gets publisher for book proposal
Discussion: The Hill and Taegan Goddard's …
 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Burns / Politico:
New gay-rights battleground: Virginia
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
City prosecutor investigating McDonnell's disclosures
Discussion: WJLA-TV
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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Wall Street Journal:
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