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7:45 AM ET, May 27, 2013

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
News Corp. Says It Was Not Told of Subpoena for Reporter's Phone Records  —  News Corporation said on Sunday that it had no record of being notified by the Justice Department nearly three years ago of a subpoena for the telephone records of a reporter at its Fox News cable channel.
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
Sen. Coburn: Holder investigating DOJ a ‘total conflict of interest’  —  Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) on Sunday said that Attorney General Eric Holder should not be in charge of investigating the Justice Department's (DOJ) seizure of communication records of journalists who reported on classified information.
Discussion: Doug Ross, The PJ Tatler and CNN
Victoria Benning / Post Politics:
Bob Dole: GOP should be ‘closed for repairs’  —  The Republican Party has changed so drastically in recent years, the current GOP wouldn't welcome the likes of Ronald Reagan, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole said Sunday.  —  The current GOP ought to be “closed for repairs” …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Bob Dole: GOP, Senate both in trouble
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Dems prepare game plan for Benghazi  —  Democrats vow they won't be caught flat-footed when the co-author of the State Department's independent audit on Benghazi appears for a closed-door interview with congressional investigators next month.  —  Retired Ambassador Thomas Pickering has agreed …
Fox News:
Tea Party gets a bump after being targeted by IRS  —  The Tea Party movement is showing signs of a resurgence following the revelation that the IRS targeted groups and other politically conservative organizations for the past several years.  —  A recent poll shows Americans have a more favorable opinion …
Los Angeles Times:
Transparency isn't coming easily to Obama White House  —  Caught in a public relations crisis, the administration has released internal emails and details of closed-door discussions.  But the sharing has still been selective.  —  The Obama administration is caught in a public relations crisis …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
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Michael A. Walsh / New York Post:
How does Holder survive?  —  Because AG is Obama's alter-ego — his fall would be a defeat and an insult  —  If you want to see the true face of the Obama administration, you need look no further than the president's embattled attorney general, Eric Holder.
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
A third George Bush steps up to the political plate in Texas  —  George P. Bush, nephew of George W. and grandson of George H.W., starts small with a run for a state office, but expectations are high.  —  George P. Bush, left, with his father, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
Daniel Dale City Hall / Toronto Star:
Rob Ford: 'There's no video,' reporters are ‘a bunch of maggots’  —  On weekly radio show mayor denounces journalists and allegations against him about apparent drug use in video. … Mayor Rob Ford unequivocally says there is no video that shows him using crack cocaine …
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Sky News:
France: Soldier's Stabbing ‘Could Be Terror’  —  Police and forensic experts work at the site of the stabbing  —  The stabbing of a French soldier in Paris bore the hallmarks of Islamist terrorism and may have been inspired by the Woolwich attack, French officials have said.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Keith Laing / The Hill:
Schumer: New ‘Gang of Eight’ to draft rules for press subpoenas  —  Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday proposed a new bipartisan “Gang of Eight” to draft a bill to create guidelines for future investigations of media leaks by the government.  —  “I proposed along with [Sen.] Lindsey Graham …
Discussion: Lawfare
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Sen. Rand Paul On IRS Scandal: Obama Is ‘Losing The Moral Authority To Lead This Nation’  —  Appearing on This Week on Sunday morning, Rand Paul challenged President Barack Obama's moral standing in the wake of multiple controversies.  —  “The constellation of these three scandals ongoing …
Discussion: The Raw Story
 
 
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David Crouch Gothenburg / CNBC:
Sixth Night of Violence in Sweden
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The Independent:
Woolwich attack: Terror suspect Michael Adebolajo was arrested in Kenya on suspicion …
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MSNBC Host Compares Gitmo Inmates to American Slaves
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