Release Detail  —  May 30, 2013 - American Voters 4-1 Want Special Prosecutor For IRS, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Fixing Economy Is More Important, Voters Say 3-1  —  American voters say 76 - 17 percent, including 63 - 30 percent among Democrats, that a special prosecutor …

Holder runs into roadblocks on off-the-record meetings on leaks  —  Washington (CNN) - Attorney General Eric Holder's plans to sit down with media representatives to discuss guidelines for handling investigations into leaks to the news media have run into trouble.

The Distribution of Major Tax Expenditures in the Individual Income Tax System  —  A number of exclusions, deductions, preferential rates, and credits in the federal tax system cause revenues to be much lower than they would be otherwise for any given structure of tax rates.

Bobby Rush rips Mark Kirk's mass gang arrests proposal as ‘elitist white boy solution’  —  Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) is highly critical of a proposal by Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) for mass arrests of 18,000 Gangster Disciples, telling the Sun-Times on Wednesday that Kirk's approach is …

EXCLUSIVE: LERNER INTRIGUE GOES BACK TO '96 DURBIN/SALVI U.S. SENATE RACE  —  CHICAGO - The IRS scandal may have its roots in Illinois politics.  Specifically, the 1996 U.S. Senate race between Democrat Congressman Dick Durbin and conservative Republican State Rep. Al Salvi.

IRS's Shulman had more public White House visits than any cabinet member  —  Publicly released records show that embattled former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman visited the White House at least 157 times during the Obama administration, more recorded visits than even the most trusted members of the president's Cabinet.

Fox's Erick Erickson: It's ‘Anti-Science’ To Not Believe Men Should ‘Dominate’ Women  —  Appearing on a Fox Business panel Wednesday evening, Fox contributor Erick Erickson suggested it is “anti-science” to reject the biological claim that men should be in the “dominant” role in the nuclear family.

Tea Party Conference Call Features Threat To Assassinate U.S. Senator Because She Supports Immigration Reform  —  In a Tea Party-sponsored conference call held on Wednesday night, a participant called for the assassination of Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) over her support for immigration reform.

McCain Wasn't Posing With Rebel Kidnapper, Spokesman Says  —  “Regrettable” if true, McCain spokesman says.  —  Via: Handout/Reuter / Reuters  —  WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain's office is pushing back against reports that while visiting Syria this week he posed in a photo with rebels who kidnapped 11 Lebanese Shi'ite pilgrims.

Why Did the FBI Kill an Unarmed Man and Clam Up?  —  Law enforcement can't get its story straight in the worrisome case of Ibragim Todashev.  —  What led an FBI agent, or some other law enforcement official, to shoot and kill an unarmed man in Orlando, Florida?

MSNBC Lands In Fourth Place In May; Maddow Hits Ratings Lows  —  MSNBC got some very tough ratings news on Wednesday.  —  Another month of big crime and disaster news saw the network struggle to keep up with rivals CNN, HLN and Fox News.  MSNBC was presumably expecting some dropoff from its 2012 numbers …

Rob Ford video scandal: Mayor Ford said he knew where video was, sources say  —  The mayor cited “our contacts” as the source of his information, according to insiders familiar with an unusual May 17 session in his office. … Toronto Mayor Rob Ford speaks during a press conference at City Hall …

Republican Red Flags All Over in Bellwether States  —  The GOP's recruitment struggles in Virginia and Colorado don't bode well for the party's long-term health.  —  For all the lip service given by Republicans to the party's efforts to modernize its image, a quick look at the GOP's standing …

Conservative Icon Calls GOP's Need To Court Hispanics A ‘Great Myth’  —  Phyllis Schlafly of the pro-family group Eagle Forum called the GOP's need to reach out to Hispanic voters a “great myth” during a conservative radio program Wednesday.  —  “The Hispanics who have come …

Meet The Most Powerful Man In The White House You've Never Heard Of  —  Deputy White House Chief Of Staff Mark Childress, the man with all the plans.  —  With the Obama administration coping with a whole new sort of challenge — a wave of scandals and allegations that threaten to disrupt …

One Way Obamacare May Already Be Working  —  There was a time when all anyone in Washington wanted to talk about was “bending the health-care cost curve.”  Forget covering the uninsured — the ultimate test of the Affordable Care Act would be the trajectory of health-care costs.

Third Letter Sent to President Obama, Similar to NY Mayor Ricin Letters: Officials  —  Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his anti-gun group received threatening letters sent from Shreveport, La.  —  A threatening letter was mailed to President Obama that is similar to two letters containing poisonous ricin sent …

The Lois Lerner state  —  It is appropriate that the worst scandal of the Obama administration— the IRS targeting of conservatives — is a scandal of administrators and bureaucrats, of otherwise faceless people endowed with immense power over their fellow citizens and running free of serious oversight from elected officials.

Tea Partying Strip Club Mogul: The IRS Targeted Me, Too  —  Meet Selim “Sam” Zherka.  New York City strip club proprietor.  Westchester county newspaper owner.  And the self-described “loudest voice” for the Tea Party in New York state.  —  In the weeks since the revelation …

Will El Salvador's Anti-Choice Government Let a Pregnant Woman Die?  —  Protesters rally outside the Supreme Court in San Salvador in support of Beatriz and her family.  (Reuters/Ulises Rodriguez)  —  Yesterday, after a long delay, El Salvador's Supreme Court voted 4-1 to deny a young woman the abortion she needs to save her life.

Universities bolster MOOCs for online learning  —  Public universities and systems in nine states say they'll join a push to greatly expand and improve online learning.  —  Coursera, a Silicon Valley-based company, is announcing today that it will partner with university systems in Colorado …

Vote for nuclear option in Senate would be extremely close  —  If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) triggers the nuclear option to break the logjam of President Obama's nominees, it would be a very close vote.  —  At the start of the year, Reid did not have the votes to implement …

The Biggest Supreme Court Ruling You Haven't Heard Of  —  The Supreme Court has yet to decide this year's attention-grabbing cases on same-sex marriage, affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act.  But last week, a divided court decided Arlington v. FCC, an important victory …