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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.
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Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
America's oldest veteran to spend quiet Memorial Day at Texas home — For his 107th Memorial Day, Richard Arvine Overton, who saw many of his fellow soldiers fall in the line of duty in World War II and even more die over the following decades, is planning a quiet day at the Texas home he built after returning home from World War II.
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Washington Wire
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 …
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. Coburn: Holder investigating DOJ a ‘total conflict of interest’
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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 …
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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 …
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.
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.
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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.
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americanthinker.com, Weasel Zippers and Washington Post
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 …
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Weekly Standard
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Michael A. Walsh / New York Post:
How does Holder survive?
How does Holder survive?
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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 …
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Weekly Standard and Lawfare
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 …
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Yahoo! News
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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