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12:30 PM ET, May 27, 2013

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New York Times:
Nonprofit Applicants Chafing at I.R.S. Tested Political Limits  —  When CVFC, a conservative veterans' group in California, applied for tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service, its biggest expenditure that year was several thousand dollars in radio ads backing a Republican candidate for Congress.
James Legge / The Independent:
Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Chastain among the front-runners to play Hillary Clinton in Rodham  —  Upcoming film expected to hit cinemas in time for the next presidential election  —  Scarlett Johansson and Reese Witherspoon are among actresses being considered to portray …
CNN:
Poll: Do you support or oppose the health care law?  —  Washington (CNN) - A majority of Americans still oppose the nation's new health care measure, three years after it became law, according to a new survey.  —  But a CNN/ORC International poll released Monday also indicates …
Discussion: Politico and Taegan Goddard's …
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New York Times:
Polarized Congress Thwarts Changes to Health Care Law
Discussion: The Plum Line
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Trump researching 2016 run  —  Donald Trump has spent more than $1 million on electoral research for a potential presidential run in 2016.  —  Sources said the tough-talking “Celebrity Apprentice” host is increasingly being asked to speak at Republican events, and he appeared …
Globe and Mail:
Toronto police spoke to Mayor Ford's senior staffer after tip linked killing to alleged drug video  —  A senior member of Rob Ford's office was interviewed by police last week about a tip linking a video allegedly showing the mayor smoking illicit drugs to a recent Toronto homicide, two separate sources have confirmed.
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Daniel Dale City Hall / Toronto Star:
Rob Ford: 'There's no video,' reporters are ‘a bunch of maggots’
Discussion: Yahoo! News
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Obama riddle  —  You wonder if President Obama sometimes finds himself singing a variant on Kermit the Frog's anthem about the burdens of being green: It's not easy being Barack Obama.  —  This is not simply or even primarily a matter of color, although the president's racial background …
Discussion: National Review
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.
Esther Yu-Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
‘Show Me Your Papers’ Bill Could Make North Carolina The Next Arizona  —  North Carolina is set to vote on a piece of anti-immigration legislation on par with Arizona and Alabama's racially-tinged laws that drew national attention and ire from immigration advocates.
Guardian:
Letters: Lose the lads' mags or risk legal action  —  The Lose the Lads' Mags campaign by UK Feminista and Object is calling on high-street retailers to immediately withdraw lads' mags and papers featuring pornographic front covers from their stores.  Each one of these stores is a workplace.
International Business Times:
Woolwich Terror Backlash: Two Arrested after Grimsby Mosque ‘Attacked with Petrol Bombs’  —  Two men have been arrested after a suspected arson attack on a mosque in Grimsby, as the backlash continues against soldier Lee Rigby's murder at the hands of suspected Islamic terrorists.
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 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Sens. Graham, Durbin talk DOJ, IRS scandals; rare interview with 'America's veteran,' former Sen. Bob Dole  —  Special Guests: Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Dick Durbin, Former Sen. Bob Dole  —  The following is a rush transcript of the May 26, 2013, edition of “Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace.”
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Victoria Benning / Post Politics:
Bob Dole: GOP should be ‘closed for repairs’
 
 
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Fox News:
Al Qaeda rehab includes spa treatments, family fun time in Saudi Arabia
P.J. O'Rourke / Weekly Standard:
Stupid
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
America's oldest veteran to spend quiet Memorial Day at Texas home
Discussion: Washington Wire
Sebastian Junger / Washington Post:
Veterans need to share the moral burden of war
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Keith Laing / The Hill:
Schumer: New ‘Gang of Eight’ to draft rules for press subpoenas
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Lawfare
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
A third George Bush steps up to the political plate in Texas
Los Angeles Times:
Transparency isn't coming easily to Obama White House
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Sen. Rand Paul On IRS Scandal: Obama Is ‘Losing The Moral Authority To Lead This Nation’
Discussion: The Raw Story