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4:25 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
Discussion: Mother Jones
Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Ruemmler met one-on-one with Treasury lawyer long before April
Discussion: Power Line and Hot Air
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away in someone else's shoe box of adolescent artifacts, there might be a picture of you in garish clothes and with an outdated 'do, your arm around a high school squeeze.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
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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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
‘Shame on us’ if Weiner elected, NY Gov. says
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Politico
The Sun:
Woolwich terror suspect revealed as Muslim convert known to MI5  —  Horrific ... man on camera identified as Michael Adebolajo  —  A MAN seen ranting at a video camera moments after a soldier was beheaded in the street is Muslim convert Michael Adebolajo - who was known to MI5.
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BBC:
Woolwich attack: Suspects known to security services
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Ten Potential Democratic Supreme Court Nominees Who Aren't Named ‘Sri Srinivasan’  —  This afternoon, the Senate confirmed Sri Srinivasan to the staunchly conservative United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.  Meanwhile, Senate Republicans already have a plan to prevent anyone else …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Appeals court limits labor board's lawlessness
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Obama's Speech on Drone Policy  —  Following is the text as prepared for delivery of President Obama's speech on U.S. drone policy, as provided by the White House:  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA: It's an honor to return to the National Defense University.  Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served …
Lamar Alexander / Wall Street Journal:
Kathleen Sebelius, Meet Oliver North  —  Is the Department of Health and Human Services engaged in a domestic Iran-Contra?  —  Major news outlets in recent days have reported that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is raising money from the private sector …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Alexander likens Sebelius to Iran-Contra figure Oliver North
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Insurers feel pressure from health group with ties to White House
Discussion: Hot Air
Nick Robinson / BBC:
One phrase and why I'm sorry I quoted it  —  It was a barbaric attack carried out in broad daylight on the streets of London.  A man hacked to death.  The attackers had been shot by the police.  An extraordinary and horrific story but not one, you might think, for the Political Editor of the BBC.
Inside Government:
News story: Drummer Lee Rigby killed in Woolwich incident  —  The soldier's details are being released pending formal identification from the Metropolitan Police Service.  —  Drummer Lee Rigby, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers  —  Drummer Lee Rigby or ‘Riggers’ to his friends …
George Talbot / AL.com:
BREAKING: Rep. Jo Bonner resigning from Congress  —  MOBILE - U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, informed friends and supporters today that he intends to resign from Congress later this year and take a job at the University of Alabama.  —  Bonner, 53, has represented Alabama's 1st Congressional District since taking office in 2003.
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.
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Yahoo! News:   Watch the other hand: Immigration reform advances under cover of scandals
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
Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
How Long Can House Republicans Go Before Turning On Each Other?  —  The divided conference unifies in the wake of Washington scandals — but how long can it really last?  “I think there's a little spring in our step these days, but the real test will be the debt limit,” says Hudson.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Impolitic and Goppers
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell Faces First Test In Reid ‘Nuclear Option’ Push  —  Something unexpected and newsworthy happened on the Senate floor Thursday morning during an otherwise commonplace argument between Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell over confirmations and the “nuclear option.”
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Condemns London Attack: ‘There Can Be Absolutely No Justification’  —  I condemn in the strongest terms the appalling attack against a British service member in Woolwich on May 22.  The United States stands resolute with the United Kingdom, our ally and friend, against violent extremism and terror.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
The Atlantic Online:
Josh Barro, the Loneliest Republican  —  What to make of the 28-year-old columnist's contempt for the GOP—and its would-be reformers  —  A week had passed since the 2012 election when Josh Barro finally said the unsayable.  The 28-year-old Bloomberg View columnist is—or, arguably, was …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and AEIdeas
 
 
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama defends drone strikes
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Code Pink heckler interrupts Obama counterterror speech
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Craig Shirley / BREITBART.COM:
WHY THE IRS WENT AFTER THE TEA PARTY INSTEAD OF ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS
Discussion: protein wisdom and Instapundit
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Calls for Gitmo Inmates to Be Transfered to the United States
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Lois Lerner Strikes the Obama Pose
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Boehner: House won't be ‘stampeded’ by Obama or Senate on immigration
Discussion: Politico
NOAA News Releases:
NOAA predicts active 2013 Atlantic hurricane season
Discussion: Weekly Standard, WJLA-TV and U.S. News
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Coburn: Constituents link IRS audits to Mitt Romney donations
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Chad Terhune / Los Angeles Times:
UnitedHealth, Aetna and Cigna opt out of California insurance exchange
Discussion: Hot Air and Riehl World News
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
How to Save the GOP  —  What Republicans can learn from the Democrats' revival
BBC:
Ecuador Pegasus satellite fears over space debris crash
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Alexander Burns / Politico:
New gay-rights battleground: Virginia
Discussion: Mother Jones
 

 
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