BREAKING: Emails Show Lois Lerner Fed True the Vote Tax Information to Democrat Elijah Cummings … New IRS emails released by the House Oversight Committee show staff working for Democratic Ranking Member Elijah Cummings communicated with the IRS multiple times between 2012 and 2013 about voter fraud prevention group True the Vote.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Speaks  —  Ayaan Hirsi Ali has just released this statement in response to Brandeis University's decision to rescind her invitation to receive an honorary degree:  —  “Yesterday Brandeis University decided to withdraw an honorary degree they were to confer upon me next month during their Commencement exercises.

Jim DeMint Asserts The Federal Government Played No Role In Freeing The Slaves  —  Heritage Foundation head Jim DeMint appeared on Vocal Point with Jerry Newcombe of Truth In Action Ministries last week, where he insisted that “no liberal is going to win a debate that big government freed the slaves.”

Huckabee: Men Hunt Together, Women Go To The Restroom Together  —  Mike Huckabee played up gender stereotypes in a speech delivered Tuesday night in Iowa.  —  As she live-tweeted the former Arkansas governor's speech at a fundraiser for Iowa's Faith and Freedom Coalition on Tuesday in Waukee …

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Is Naked on the New Cover of Rolling Stone  —  RS follows the First Lady of Comedy's journey from ‘Seinfeld’ to ‘Veep’ in our new issue  —  Julia Louis-Dreyfus is wearing absolutely nothing but the immortal words of America's founding fathers on the cover of the next issue …

Iowa Senate Candidate Will Use His Glock ‘To Blow Your Balls Off’ (VIDEO)  —  Iowa Independent Senate candidate Bob Quast has a new ad out in which he waves around a Glock gun and threatens to “blow your balls off.”  —  The ad, tuned to cheery music, is called “#GotBalls Vote for Bob Quast” …

McAllister: 'Duck Dynasty's' Willie Robertson says work things out privately  —  U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister, whose candidacy was bolstered by the endorsements of the “Duck Dynasty” stars, said Willie Robertson told him to focus on his family following this week's scandal in which the married …

McConnell correction goes viral  —  When the New York Times issues a correction, the New York Times issues a correction.  The text attached to this Tuesday story by New York Times reporter Jonathan Weisman is unequivocal.  A mistake had occurred, it reported, in characterizing some quotes by Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

40 years later, Hank Aaron's grace a beauty to behold  —  Hank Aaron has the letters tucked away in his attic, preserved these last 40 years.  He's not ready to let them go.  —  He almost has them memorized by now, but still he carefully opens them up and reads every word, as if he wants to feel the pain.

Iowa Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Strong and GOP Field Scattered in Advance of Caucuses  —  With the January 2016 Iowa presidential caucuses on the horizon, Hillary Clinton is the far-and-away favorite among self-described Democratic caucus-goers, according to a Suffolk University statewide Iowa poll.

This 32-Year-Old Florida Woman Is Dead Because Her State Refused To Expand Medicaid  —  Charlene Dill, a 32-year-old mother of three, collapsed and died on a stranger's floor at the end of March.  She was at an appointment to try to sell a vacuum cleaner, one of the three part-time jobs …

24-Injured In Stabbing At Franklin Regional High School  —  MURRYSVILLE (KDKA/AP) - At least 20-people have been injured in a stabbing at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville.  —  The attack occurred in crowded hallways just minutes before the start of school.

House Defeats Bipartisan Fix to ‘Obamacare’  —  The House on Wednesday rejected a bipartisan fix to the Affordable Care Act that would exempt U.S. health plans sold to expatriate workers from having to comply with the law's mandates.  —  The legislation was aimed at helping U.S. insurance companies …

White House pay gap twice as large as pay gap in the District of Columbia  —  While the White House has argued that the wage gap between men and women in the White House is better than the national average, it is far worst than the average in the District of Columbia.

Senate Republicans Block Bill on Equal Pay  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation meant to close the pay gap between men and women, framing an election-year fight between the parties over whose policies are friendlier to women.

Sliver of Medicare Doctors Get Big Share of Payouts  —  A tiny fraction of the 880,000 doctors and other health care providers who take Medicare accounted for nearly a quarter of the roughly $77 billion paid out to them under the federal program, receiving millions of dollars each in some cases …