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| Roll Call (CQ) | Coburn on Defense After Calling for Tornado Aid Offsets | 5/21/2013 2:52:00 PM | Sen. Tom Coburn is coming under fire on social media for saying he would seek to pay for any Oklahoma tornado disaster aid with cuts elsewhere. | 5/21/13 2:52 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/coburn_on_defense_after_calling_for_tornado_aid_offsets-225021-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Google CEO Gives to Republicans, Philadelphia 76ers CEO Gives to Democrats | 5/21/2013 2:48:00 PM | While both the Democratic and Republican senatorial campaign committees increased their cash on hand with very similar receipts during April, only the Democrats made a partial loan repayment to reduce their debt. | 5/21/13 2:48 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/google_ceo_gives_to_republicans_philadelphia_76ers_ceo_gives_to_democrats-225020-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Addressing Military's Sexual-Assault Issues Through Legislation | 5/21/2013 2:45:00 PM | At last count, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he had reviewed 10 separate bills addressing the problem of sexual assault in the military's ranks. Here is a rundown of some of the legislation lawmakers are pushing on Capitol Hill: | 5/21/13 2:45 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/addressing_militarys_sexual_assault_issues_through_legislation-225013-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Military Sexual Assault Tackled by Flurry of Legislation | 5/21/2013 2:37:00 PM | Lawmakers last year gave the military the benefit of the doubt that its leaders were working hard to stop the epidemic of sexual assault within their ranks, opting for a package of modest changes over far more controversial proposals that had drawn staunch opposition from the Pentagon. | 5/21/13 2:37 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/military_sexual_assault_tackled_by_flurry_of_legislation-225012-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Yep. That's Nats Pitching Coach Steve McCatty in 'Playgirl' | 5/21/2013 2:36:00 PM | Nationals Pitching Coach Steve McCatty posed for Playgirl back in the 1980s. | 5/21/13 2:36 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/yep_thats_nats_pitching_coach_steve_mccatty_in_playgirl-225019-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | IRS Scandal Spurs Overdue Debate on Agency's Regulations | Rules of the Game | 5/21/2013 2:33:00 PM | An obvious danger of the IRS political targeting scandal is that congressional and federal investigations will produce much heat but little light. | 5/21/13 2:33 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/irs_scandal_spurs_overdue_debate_on_agencys_regulations_rules_of_the_game-225011-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Congress Can't Seem to Win for Winning | Wolfensberger | 5/21/2013 2:31:00 PM | Bashing Congress has been a popular sport since the beginning of the republic. Ohio Republican Rep. Nicholas Longworth described this national pastime in his acceptance speech as speaker in 1925: "I have been a member of the House of Representatives ... twenty years. During the whole of that time we have been attacked, denounced, despised, hunted, harried, blamed, looked down upon, excoriated, and flayed. I refuse to take it personally." | 5/21/13 2:31 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/congress_cant_seem_to_win_for_winning_wolfensberger-225010-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Veteran National Security Staffer Gordon Lederman Mourned | 5/21/2013 2:28:00 PM | The national security community on Capitol Hill continues to mourn the recent passing of one of its steadiest hands. | 5/21/13 2:28 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/veteran_national_security_staffer_gordon_lederman_mourned-225009-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Bachmann Opponent on Terms Limits and Tipping Etiquette #MN06 | The Candidate | 5/21/2013 2:27:00 PM | Note: Every year, scores of congressional candidates visit the CQ Roll Call offices to meet with reporters and Contributing Writer Stuart Rothenberg. This new feature, "The Candidate," will ask these congressional hopefuls five questions about their campaigns. Responses have been edited and condensed. | 5/21/13 2:27 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/bachmann_opponent_on_terms_limits_and_tipping_etiquette_mn06_the_candidate-225018-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Go Fish! With These Senators and Wounded Vets | 5/21/2013 2:10:00 PM | As Memorial Day approaches, several media outlets are ramping up their coverage of veterans and particularly the effects of two recent long-running wars. National Geographic is set to air "American Heroes Fishing Challenge" on May 27, and folks on Capitol Hill can get a sneak peek of the documentary tonight at the Capitol Visitor Center's South Theater. | 5/21/13 2:10 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/go_fish_with_these_senators_and_wounded_vets-225017-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | From the Trail to the Hill: Does My Campaign Experience Mean Nothing? | 5/21/2013 1:57:00 PM | What's worse than working in a dysfunctional Capitol Hill office? Not having the opportunity to work in one at all. And for a number of wannabe staffers, the road to Capitol Hill is paved with obstacles. Today's question comes from a spirited campaign worker who wonders why his or her skills on the trail haven't earned a congressional ID badge. | 5/21/13 1:57 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/from_the_trail_to_the_hill_does_my_campaign_experience_mean_nothing-225016-1.html |
| Salon | Rand Paul: Congress should apologize to Apple, not the other way around | 5/21/2013 1:56:00 PM | At a Tuesday hearing on Apple's tax avoidance strategies, Paul chastised Congress and gushed about Apple | 5/21/13 1:56 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/rand_paul_congress_should_apologize_to_apple_not_the_other_way_around/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Apple Inc. Increased Lobbying At The Right Time - Before You Really Need It | 5/21/2013 1:50:00 PM | As Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook testifies today before a Congressional committee he may be somewhat comforted knowing his company's lobbying effort was given an extra boost in the first three months of 2013. | 5/21/13 1:50 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/apple_inc_increased_lobbying_at_the_right_time_before_you_really_need_it-225014-1.html |
| ABC Politics | Group Files First Suit Against IRS | 5/21/2013 1:38:24 PM | The first group that claims they were unfairly scrutinized by the Internal Revenue Service filed suit today against the agency in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking damages and the granting of their long-delayed tax-exempt status application. True the Vote, a Houston-based voter watchdog group, filed... | 5/21/13 1:38 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c380771/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cfirst0Econservative0Egroup0Efiles0Esuit0Eagainst0Eirs0C/story01.htm |
| Fox News | Officials: Senators reach deal on high-tech visas | 5/21/2013 1:30:59 PM | Leading senators working on immigration legislation reached a compromise Tuesday on the details of an expanded high-tech visa program, officials said as the Senate Judiciary Committee neared completion of its work on the measure. | 5/21/13 1:30 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/eMNmGy-178k/ |
| Reuters | IRS officials deny misleading Congress on targeting | 5/21/2013 1:30:32 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Internal Revenue Service officials told Congress on Tuesday they were unaware of the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny until recently and did not deliberately mislead lawmakers last year when they did not reveal the practice. | 5/21/13 1:30 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/8kigdKo6l-k/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | Okla. Sens. Grapple With Disaster Aid Opposition | 5/21/2013 1:18:57 PM | Oklahoma's Senators both opposed disaster aid after Superstorm Sandy. | 5/21/13 1:18 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c378522/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cdevastating0Etornado0Eoklahoma0Esenators0Egrapple0Esandy0Eaid0Evotes0Cstory0Did0F19226182/story01.htm |
| Fox News | Federal court strikes down Arizona's 20-week abortion ban | 5/21/2013 1:17:59 PM | A federal court in San Francisco Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. | 5/21/13 1:17 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/jsomA977L-M/ |
| Associated Press | White House: Reporters shouldn't be prosecuted | 5/21/2013 1:14:11 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama believes journalists shouldn't be prosecuted for doing their jobs.... | 5/21/13 1:14 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_LEAK_PROBE?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Salon | Who is Toronto Mayor Rob Ford? | 5/21/2013 1:04:00 PM | Before he allegedly smoked crack on camera, Ford was known for being one of Canada's most obnoxious politicians | 5/21/13 1:04 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/who_is_toronto_mayor_rob_ford_partner/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Former IRS Commissioner 'Dismayed' by Targeting of Conservative Groups | 5/21/2013 12:58:00 PM | Former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman said Tuesday he was "dismayed and saddened" that the IRS had scrutinized conservative groups in a way that hurt its reputation as a nonpartisan agency. | 5/21/13 12:58 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/former_irs_commissioner_dismayed_by_targeting_of_conservative_groups-225015-1.html |
| Politico | Burnett picked for Twain honor | 5/21/2013 12:57:15 PM | The award recognizes "people who have had an impact on American society in ways similar" to Twain. | 5/21/13 12:57 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=5110e11e5ffb3e08a185cfe96262864f |
| Politico | Hoyer: Dems push action on Okla. | 5/21/2013 12:53:58 PM | Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) added that Democrats want to move quickly and predicted "overwhelming support" for such funding, similar to last year's Hurricane Sandy. | 5/21/13 12:53 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=dbd19323ce2de5b7561bf7fd9888729b |
| Politico | Dem: Benghazi turns 'witch hunt' | 5/21/2013 12:39:37 PM | Smith says Republicans are reaching for scandal by focusing on the attack instead of other issues. | 5/21/13 12:39 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=3cf08d9465711b73e12d082d0712e4ba |
| CNN | IRS: New details emerge | 5/21/2013 12:38:27 PM | The man who headed the Internal Revenue Service when it targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status offers his first public explanation of what happened Tuesday in an appearance before the Senate Finance Committee. | 5/21/13 12:38 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/_uqYU-_cuIY/index.html |
| ABC Politics | Obama Offers Support to Okla. Victims | 5/21/2013 12:27:18 PM | Obama offers federal aid to victims of Oklahoma tornado victims. | 5/21/13 12:27 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c3630a8/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cobama0Eoffers0Esupport0Efederal0Eaid0Eoklahoma0Etornado0Evictims0Cstory0Did0F19224966/story01.htm |
| Politico | IG to conduct new IRS probe | 5/21/2013 12:24:32 PM | It's accused of being both too tough and too lax. | 5/21/13 12:24 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=ef7314b793be3c4ddc1c0539d19b87e6 |
| CNN | WH chief of staff knew of IRS report before its release | 5/21/2013 12:17:46 PM | New details emerged of what the White House knew about the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups, with spokesman Jay Carney disclosing Chief of Staff Denis McDonough was among the top officials made aware of the matter late last month. | 5/21/13 12:17 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/l9OLeU5NHVY/index.html |
| CNN | Former IRS chief: I didn't know details | 5/21/2013 12:17:18 PM | The man who headed the Internal Revenue Service when it targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status offers his first public explanation of what happened Tuesday in an appearance before the Senate Finance Committee. | 5/21/13 12:17 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/_uqYU-_cuIY/index.html |
| Reuters | Senators reach deal to ease high-tech rules in immigration bill | 5/21/2013 12:09:27 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate negotiators have reached a tentative deal with tech companies to ease restrictions on hiring foreigners for high-skilled jobs as part of a sweeping immigration bill, congressional and industry sources said on Tuesday. | 5/21/13 12:09 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/gnsWtJt4ysE/story01.htm |
| The Washington Times | Immigration bill backers say not all back-taxes will be paid | 5/21/2013 12:08:00 PM | The Senate immigration bill's authors acknowledged Tuesday that their legislation does not require illegal immigrants to pay all back taxes, saying it would be too difficult to make them ante up everything they might owe. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, the New York Democrat who is chief sponsor of the bill, ... | 5/21/13 12:08 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/21/immigration-bill-backers-not-all-back-taxes-paid/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Politico | Tech leaders on Twitter and politics | 5/21/2013 12:00:01 PM | At the POLITICO tech event, leaders offer analysis on how social media has shaped recent elections. | 5/21/13 12:00 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=cc5932c29faece0a682329f8ae12238c |
| Associated Press | Officials: Senators reach deal on high-tech visas | 5/21/2013 11:56:36 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Leading senators working on immigration legislation reached a compromise Tuesday on the details of an expanded high-tech visa program, officials said as the Senate Judiciary Committee neared completion of its work on the measure.... | 5/21/13 11:56 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IMMIGRATION?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Politico | Return of the king: Dimon survives | 5/21/2013 11:55:56 AM | He beats back an effort to force him to give up his role as chairman of the nation's largest bank. | 5/21/13 11:55 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=715de2167aa9e02f00efc18462e02d5d |
| Fox News | Apple's CEO faces Senate questions on taxes | 5/21/2013 11:53:25 AM | Apple's CEO is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates. | 5/21/13 11:53 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/zE-fSoQLSnY/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Inhofe, Coburn Caution Against Extra Spending in Tornado Aid | 5/21/2013 11:52:00 AM | Oklahoma's two Republican senators are pledging any assistance needed for areas devastated by the tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., on Monday, but they're maintaining their conservative views on federal spending. | 5/21/13 11:52 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/inhofe_coburn_caution_against_extra_spending_in_tornado_aid-225007-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Oklahoma's Clout Tested by Tornado Aid Divide | 5/21/2013 11:52:00 AM | Nothing tests a state's congressional delegation -- its cohesion as well as its influence -- like the response to a natural disaster back home. | 5/21/13 11:52 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/oklahomas_clout_tested_by_tornado_aid_divide-225008-1.html |
| Fox News | Peace Corps to accept same-sex couples | 5/21/2013 11:45:36 AM | The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas. | 5/21/13 11:45 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/tJNPAYN6lO8/ |
| Salon | Colorado judge rules Abercrombie parent company violates Disabilities Act | 5/21/2013 11:44:00 AM | The SoCal-themed retailer Hollister was sued for failing to make its stores wheelchair-accessible | 5/21/13 11:44 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/colorado_judge_abercrombie_brand_hollister_violates_disabilities_act_partner/ |
| ABC Politics | Obama Offers Support and Federal Aid to Tornado Victims | 5/21/2013 11:42:56 AM | Obama offers federal aid to victims of Oklahoma tornado victims. | 5/21/13 11:42 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c3630a8/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cobama0Eoffers0Esupport0Efederal0Eaid0Eoklahoma0Etornado0Evictims0Cstory0Did0F19224966/story01.htm |
| Associated Press | Los Angeles picking mayor after low-drama campaign | 5/21/2013 11:41:48 AM | LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Citizens of Los Angeles are choosing a new mayor.... | 5/21/13 11:41 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LA_MAYOR?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Roll Call (CQ) | KISS or Dead Presidents -- Decisions, Decisions | 5/21/2013 11:38:00 AM | Would you rather decapitate the Founding Fathers ... | 5/21/13 11:38 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/kiss_or_dead_presidents_decisions_decisions-225006-1.html |
| Salon | When America became a third-world country | 5/21/2013 11:33:00 AM | Public investment has been a key to U.S. prosperity for the past century. Sequestration will undo all that | 5/21/13 11:33 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/when_america_became_a_third_world_country_partner/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | IRS, Obamacare Enter Farm Bill Debate | 5/21/2013 11:32:00 AM | | 5/21/13 11:32 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/irs_obamacare_enter_farm_bill_debate-225005-1.html |
| CNN | IRS chief says he lacked details | 5/21/2013 11:31:00 AM | The man who headed the Internal Revenue Service when it targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status offers his first public explanation of what happened Tuesday in an appearance before the Senate Finance Committee. | 5/21/13 11:31 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/_uqYU-_cuIY/index.html |
| The Washington Times | Court: U.S. can keep bin Laden photos under wraps | 5/21/2013 11:28:59 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for ... | 5/21/13 11:28 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/21/court-us-can-keep-bin-laden-photos-under-wraps/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Associated Press | Peace Corps to accept same-sex couples | 5/21/2013 11:28:22 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas.... | 5/21/13 11:28 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PEACE_CORPS_SAME_SEX_COUPLES?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| CNN | Former IRS chief says he lacked details, acted properly on targeting | 5/21/2013 11:24:52 AM | The man who headed the Internal Revenue Service when it targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status offers his first public explanation of what happened Tuesday in an appearance before the Senate Finance Committee. | 5/21/13 11:24 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/_uqYU-_cuIY/index.html |
| Politico | Hoyer: No consensus on House bill | 5/21/2013 11:24:15 AM | "The Senate is far ahead of us," he says. | 5/21/13 11:24 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=b7766d63e29cead55479555b2da71e24 |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Boehner: Oklahoma Tornado Victims Will Get Relief | 5/21/2013 11:16:00 AM | Speaker John A. Boehner is vowing that Oklahoma tornado victims will get relief -- but he demurred on when and how the House might act on a bill, and whether his conference would support it. | 5/21/13 11:16 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/boehner_oklahoma_tornado_victims_will_get_relief-225003-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Feeling Daft? BIG? Anti? Head to U Street | 5/21/2013 11:16:00 AM | U Street has quite the intriguing musical selection for Tuesday night. | 5/21/13 11:16 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/feeling_daft_big_anti_head_to_u_street-225004-1.html |
| Reuters | Senators reach deal to ease high tech rules in U.S. immigration bill | 5/21/2013 11:15:21 AM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators reached a tentative deal with tech companies to ease restrictions on hiring foreigners for high-skilled jobs in the Senate's sweeping immigration bill, sources familiar with the talks said on Tuesday. | 5/21/13 11:15 AM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/N_Ld8suPzWo/story01.htm |
| Associated Press | Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter | 5/21/2013 11:14:09 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on Facebook.... | 5/21/13 11:14 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SOCIAL_MEDIA_TEENS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Salon | Inhofe and Coburn: Red state hypocrites | 5/21/2013 11:09:00 AM | Apparently we have deserving and undeserving disasters, Oklahoma senators James Inhofe and Tom Coburn explain | 5/21/13 11:09 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/inhofe_and_coburn_red_state_hypocrites/ |
| ABC Politics | This Week in History | 5/21/2013 10:50:06 AM | This week in history holds some incredible events, such as the founding of the Red Cross and the Great Emigration west to Oregon. From the revolutionary war onward, check out what happened this week in history. | 5/21/13 10:50 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c365b15/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cweek0Ehistory0Cstory0Did0F19224557/story01.htm |
| Reuters | IRS officials tell Congress they were unaware of targeting | 5/21/2013 10:48:41 AM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Internal Revenue Service officials told Congress on Tuesday they were unaware of the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny until recently and were not deliberately misleading lawmakers last year when they did not reveal the practice. | 5/21/13 10:48 AM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/8kigdKo6l-k/story01.htm |
| Salon | It’s Whitewater all over again | 5/21/2013 10:37:00 AM | Obama's "scandals" are not like Nixon's. They're a fishing expedition to stop his agenda and find something bigger | 5/21/13 10:37 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/recent_scandals_are_whitewater_redux_not_watergate/ |
| Salon | Teen activist to meet with Abercrombie CEO | 5/21/2013 10:36:00 AM | Benjamin O’Keefe is petitioning A&F to expand its sizes, and is now set to discuss the matter with Mike Jeffries | 5/21/13 10:36 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/teen_activist_to_meet_with_abercrombie_ceo/ |
| Reuters | Former IRS chief tells lawmakers "dismayed" by targeting | 5/21/2013 10:32:07 AM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former head of the Internal Revenue Service told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday he was "dismayed" to learn that the tax agency had subjected conservative groups to extra scrutiny under his watch. | 5/21/13 10:32 AM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/ccV8QexFoXc/story01.htm |
| Associated Press | AP Sources: Obama ok punting gay immigration idea | 5/21/2013 10:31:54 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over gay marriage until a bill goes before the full Senate.... | 5/21/13 10:31 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IMMIGRATION_GAY_RIGHTS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Politico | 'Daily Show' co-creator sorry for joke | 5/21/2013 10:19:21 AM | Lizz Winstead apologizes for a tweet about the tornado that has ravaged parts of Oklahoma. | 5/21/13 10:19 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=bb172b342e3fc51817f0b558c46a1682 |
| CNN | Opinion: Obama can still build legacy | 5/21/2013 10:15:39 AM | Joseph Nye says history shows that external events can shape the plans of presidents in a final term, even when scandal intervenes | 5/21/13 10:15 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/Rc0PKNO8iYg/index.html |
| Fox News | Federal appeals court says government can keep Bin Laden photos under wraps | 5/21/2013 10:12:51 AM | A federal appeals court is backing the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Usama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. | 5/21/13 10:12 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/u3qWzyiVbkw/ |
| Salon | Oklahoma senator: Tornado aid “totally different” from Sandy aid | 5/21/2013 10:12:00 AM | Sen. James Inhofe, a Republican, voted against federal funding for Hurricane Sandy victims | 5/21/13 10:12 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/oklahoma_senator_tornado_aid_totally_different_from_sandy_aid/ |
| Politico | NOAA says it gave ample warning | 5/21/2013 10:08:38 AM | The agency says it issued a tornado warning 16 minutes before Monday's twister developed. | 5/21/13 10:08 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=eb5ce3269000f6cb22d2bdb357177431 |
| Associated Press | Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps | 5/21/2013 9:50:10 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court is backing the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos.... | 5/21/13 9:50 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BIN_LADEN_PHOTOS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened | 5/21/2013 9:50:08 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The former chief of the Internal Revenue Service is telling Congress he doesn't know why his agency targeted tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax exempt status.... | 5/21/13 9:50 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_POLITICAL_GROUPS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Okla. Senator says tornado aid should be paid for | 5/21/2013 9:46:13 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn says that any additional federal aid to help tornado victims and to rebuild devastated areas of his state should be financed with cuts to other programs in the government's $3.6 trillion budget.... | 5/21/13 9:46 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OKLAHOMA_TORNADO_COBURN?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Senators agree to expansion of high-tech visas | 5/21/2013 9:42:49 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Officials say leading senators trying to resolve a key issue on immigration legislation have agreed to a compromise covering expansion of a high-tech visa program.... | 5/21/13 9:42 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IMMIGRATION?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Fox News | Obama Must Protect Government Unions in IRS Scandal | 5/21/2013 9:42:08 AM | The White House has changed its story about who knew what and when as it relates to the targeting of President Obama’s political enemies by the IRS. | 5/21/13 9:42 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/o8Uud502-fI/ |
| Salon | Obama: Moore “needs to get everything it needs right away” | 5/21/2013 9:42:00 AM | The president pledges his support to the Oklahoma town as it recovers from a devastating tornado | 5/21/13 9:42 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/obama_moore_needs_to_get_everything_it_needs_right_away_ap/ |
| Fox News | Obama assures assistance, offers prayers to Oklahoma tornado victims | 5/21/2013 9:38:01 AM | President Obama on Tuesday sought to reassure Oklahoma residents devastated by a massive, deadly tornado that the federal government will help them recover in every way. | 5/21/13 9:38 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/Pa3NSaIEErE/ |
| ABC Politics | Watch: President Obama: Tornado Victims 'Will Have Support' | 5/21/2013 9:34:42 AM | The president discusses relief efforts in Oklahoma for those devastated by tornadoes. | 5/21/13 9:34 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c35f1ff/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cvideo0Cpresident0Eobama0Esays0Etornado0Evictims0Ewill0Ehave0Esupport0E19224722/story01.htm |
| Associated Press | Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town | 5/21/2013 9:32:56 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.... | 5/21/13 9:32 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OKLAHOMA_TORNADO_OBAMA?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| The Washington Times | Parties divide over IRS scandal fallout | 5/21/2013 9:28:00 AM | Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee said Tuesday the IRS, while engaging in "unacceptable" targeting of conservative groups, may have been set up for failure by campaign finance law ambiguities that allowed tax-exempt groups to engage in partisan politics without disclosing their donors. In the Senate's first hearing on ... | 5/21/13 9:28 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/21/senators-hit-irs-failure-disclose-tea-party-target/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Baucus: IRS targeting of conservatives 'unacceptable' | 5/21/2013 9:28:00 AM | Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus opened a high-profile hearing on the IRS's targeting of conservative groups by lambasting the agency's actions as "unacceptable" while suggesting that ambiguities in campaign finance laws may have led to the debacle. "This was all secret money," the Montana Democrat told the packed hearing room, ... | 5/21/13 9:28 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/21/senators-hit-irs-failure-disclose-tea-party-target/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| CNN | Senate panel looks at IRS targeting | 5/21/2013 9:27:38 AM | The man who headed the Internal Revenue Service when it targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status offers his first public explanation of what happened Tuesday in an appearance before the Senate Finance Committee. | 5/21/13 9:27 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/_uqYU-_cuIY/index.html |
| Fox News | IRS official calls decision to use planted question on scandal 'incredibly bad idea' | 5/21/2013 9:25:32 AM | The outgoing IRS commissioner expressed regret Tuesday for a decision to use a planted question to go public with the agency's practice of targeting conservative groups, calling the move "an incredibly bad idea." | 5/21/13 9:25 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/0Ecq4k_UoAc/ |
| Fox News | Senate lawmakers grill IRS officials over Tea Party targeting | 5/21/2013 9:25:32 AM | Senate lawmakers took their turn Tuesday grilling IRS officials over the agency's targeting of conservative groups, as they called them to account for a "scandal" they say has undermined the public's trust in government. | 5/21/13 9:25 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/0Ecq4k_UoAc/ |
| The Washington Times | Boehner: Obama administration will get what it needs for Oklahoma | 5/21/2013 9:25:00 AM | House Speaker John A. Boehner said repeatedly on Tuesday that he will work with the Obama administration to make sure that it has the resources it needs to support Oklahoma in the wake of the deadly tornado that swept through the state Monday. "Our hearts and our prayers go out ... | 5/21/13 9:25 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/21/boehner-administration-will-get-what-it-needs-okla/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Fox News | State Department official says he was scapegoated by bosses over Benghazi | 5/21/2013 9:11:49 AM | A mid-level State Department official sidelined in the aftermath of the Benghazi terror attack is speaking out, publicly accusing his bosses of scapegoating him for the security lapses in eastern Libya. | 5/21/13 9:11 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/7NbBnNVgh3s/ |
| Politico | Ai Weiwei 'disappointed' in Pelosi | 5/21/2013 9:10:45 AM | The Chinese artist and political dissident says the lawmaker "used to be a human-rights defender." | 5/21/13 9:10 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=626160528b2ab7c99935183eec457150 |
| Fox News | California Tea Party group files lawsuit against the IRS | 5/21/2013 9:08:12 AM | A northern California-based Tea Party group claiming it was targeted by the Internal Revenue Service filed the first of what is expected to be many lawsuits against the government for allegedly singling out conservative organizations.
| 5/21/13 9:08 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/zbnyQsdWPCA/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Letter Carriers Deliver to Congress | 5/21/2013 8:56:00 AM | New reports show the big movers of PAC contributions in April were those in interest groups that have pending legislative issues before the 113th Congress. These include groups such as postal workers, defense firms, sugar farmers, communications companies, insurance/financial firms and labor unions. | 5/21/13 8:56 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/letter_carriers_deliver_to_congress-225002-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Letter Carriers Deliver To Congress | 5/21/2013 8:56:00 AM | New reports show the big movers of PAC contributions in April were those in interest groups that have pending legislative issues before the 113th Congress. These include groups, such as, postal workers, defense firms, sugar farmers, communications companies, insurance/financial firms, and labor unions. | 5/21/13 8:56 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/letter_carriers_deliver_to_congress-225002-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Top Firm Hires Ex-NRSC Spokesman | Shop Talk | 5/21/2013 8:49:00 AM | Former National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Brian Walsh has joined Singer Bonjean Strategies, the public affairs firm announced on Tuesday. | 5/21/13 8:49 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/top_firm_hires_ex_nrsc_spokesman_shop_talk-225001-1.html |
| CNN | Rep. Cole: 'It's devastating' | 5/21/2013 8:44:09 AM | Erin Burnett talks to Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole about a tornado that devastated a town outside of Oklahoma city. | 5/21/13 8:44 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/_cF4rP1LYho/exp-erin-intv-congressman-cole-oklahoma-tornado.cnn.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Tea Party Express Backs Special Election Candidate | 5/21/2013 8:33:00 AM | Missouri Speaker Pro Tem Jason Smith picked up the endorsement of the Tea Party Express on Tuesday, less than three weeks before the special election in the Show Me State's 8th District. | 5/21/13 8:33 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/tea_party_express_backs_special_election_candidate-225000-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Tea Party Express Backs Special Election Candidate #MO08 | 5/21/2013 8:33:00 AM | Missouri Speaker Pro Tem Jason Smith picked up the endorsement of the Tea Party Express on Tuesday, less than three weeks before the special election in the Show Me State's 8th District. | 5/21/13 8:33 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/tea_party_express_backs_special_election_candidate_mo08-225000-1.html |
| Fox News | Remember the debt ceiling? Scandals threaten to stall DC to-do list | 5/21/2013 8:29:25 AM | With the furor on the Hill over Washington's favorite past-time -- scandal -- it's easy to forget that lawmakers have some important business to confront. | 5/21/13 8:29 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/aoGPBRHf2JM/ |
| Salon | California Tea Party group files first IRS lawsuit | 5/21/2013 8:27:00 AM | The NorCal Tea Party Patriots accused the IRS of violating its constitutional rights | 5/21/13 8:27 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/california_tea_party_group_files_first_irs_lawsuit/ |
| Salon | Still no polling backlash for Obama | 5/21/2013 8:17:00 AM | But the Tea Party has gotten a boost from the ongoing IRS and Benghazi controversies | 5/21/13 8:17 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/still_no_polling_backlash_for_obama/ |
| Salon | Oklahoma senator wants to offset tornado aid with other cuts | 5/21/2013 8:04:00 AM | Both Republican Oklahoma senators voted against federal relief for Hurricane Sandy victims | 5/21/13 8:04 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/oklahoma_senator_wants_to_offset_tornado_aid_with_other_cuts/ |
| ABC Politics | Obama Floats Above The Fray - For Now | 5/21/2013 7:55:54 AM | By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES STEADY AS HE GOES: Americans, in a new ABC News-Washington Post poll out today, sharply reject special scrutiny of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service, suspect an administration cover-up of the Benghazi incident and express substantial distrust of the federal... | 5/21/13 7:55 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c345ca1/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cobama0Efloats0Eabove0Ethe0Efray0Efor0Enow0Ethe0Enote0C/story01.htm |
| Salon | Former IRS commissioner to testify on Capitol Hill | 5/21/2013 7:34:00 AM | The Senate Finance Committee has launched an investigation into the improper targeting of Tea Party groups | 5/21/13 7:34 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/former_irs_commissioner_to_testify_on_capitol_hill_ap/ |
| Salon | Aloof, shifty Obama: Nixon times ten thousand! | 5/21/2013 7:15:00 AM | Our evil President managed to both mastermind the IRS flap, and be such a bad boss that no one told him about it | 5/21/13 7:15 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/aloof_shifty_obama_nixon_times_ten_thousand/ |
| Politico | Oklahoma governor: We need prayers | 5/21/2013 6:52:19 AM | "We're resilient, strong, courageous people," Mary Fallin says. | 5/21/13 6:52 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=12bf771c697cbce3ea2f0886c1ff4243 |
| Politico | Okla. Gov.: We need prayers | 5/21/2013 6:52:19 AM | "We're resilient, strong, courageous people," Mary Fallin says. | 5/21/13 6:52 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=12bf771c697cbce3ea2f0886c1ff4243 |
| Associated Press | Apple's Cook to face Senate questions on taxes | 5/21/2013 6:50:28 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes, but the world's most valuable company says it is complying with the laws and pays "an extraordinary amount" in taxes to the U.S. government.... | 5/21/13 6:50 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_APPLE_UNTAXED_PROFITS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Salon | Anyone regret slashing National Weather Service budget now? | 5/21/2013 6:45:00 AM | With GOP-backed cuts to forecasting agency, experts warn future storms will go undetected and more lives lost | 5/21/13 6:45 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/how_are_we_cutting_the_weather_service_now/ |
| The Washington Times | Sen. Chuck Schumer pressed to include gay rights in immigration reform | 5/21/2013 6:26:45 AM | Sen. Chuck Schumer is facing increasing pressure from members of the gay community to make sure any immigration reform he puts his stamp on includes rights for same-sex couples. In a recent meeting described by attendees as heated, Mr. Schumer reached out to prominent New York gay politicians and activists ... | 5/21/13 6:26 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/21/sen-chuck-schumer-pressed-include-gay-rights-immig/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Fox News | Senate to debate crop insurance cuts in farm bill | 5/21/2013 6:24:47 AM | The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week. | 5/21/13 6:24 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/24-AoLzAN9g/ |
| Reuters | Los Angeles mayoral race between two former allies nears climax | 5/21/2013 6:05:52 AM | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose between two longtime fixtures of Los Angeles politics in a mayoral election shaped by the dire financial outlook of America's second-largest city and the political clout of its public employee unions. | 5/21/13 6:05 AM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/D2uI2bvpmfk/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Sponsors of Mental Health Bills Look for Way Forward | 5/21/2013 6:00:00 AM | The decision to tie mental health legislation to the Senate gun package that was pulled from the floor last month has left supporters of those provisions in limbo. | 5/21/13 6:00 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/sponsors_of_mental_health_bills_look_for_way_forward-224991-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Shulman, IRS Officials Heading to Congressional Firing Line This Week | 5/21/2013 6:00:00 AM | Current and former IRS officials will face a barrage of questions this week as they testify before Congress about the agency's scrutiny of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. | 5/21/13 6:00 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/shulman_irs_officials_heading_to_congressional_firing_line_this_week-224982-1.html |
| Fox News | President Obama to speak on Oklahoma disaster | 5/21/2013 5:57:07 AM | President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday. | 5/21/13 5:57 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/zHvMNgiI0NE/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Embroiled GOP Firm Hires Gingrich Operative | Shop Talk | 5/21/2013 5:57:00 AM | Strategy Group for Media CEO Rex Elsass will announce on Tuesday that he has hired Rick Tyler as his company's new president. | 5/21/13 5:57 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/embroiled_gop_firm_hires_gingrich_operative_shop_talk-224999-1.html |
| Associated Press | President Obama to speak on Oklahoma disaster | 5/21/2013 5:56:17 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday.... | 5/21/13 5:56 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OKLAHOMA_TORNADO_OBAMA?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| ABC Politics | Caution and Bombast: Two GOP Responses to Scandal | 5/21/2013 5:55:40 AM | As a trio of scandals are all combining to embarrass the Obama administration at the same time, a growing number of Republicans are worried their party will screw it up. For every cry of "impeachment," there's a louder cry from the GOP establishment not to get too far ahead of themselves, at least not yet. | 5/21/13 5:55 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c323ad2/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cpolitics0Escandal0Egop0Cstory0Did0F19220A10A9/story01.htm |
| The Washington Times | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse uses tornado devastation to push climate change | 5/21/2013 5:37:51 AM | Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse took Republicans to task on the Senate floor for failing to properly address climate change, referencing the ongoing tornado devastation in the Midwest as proof of that immediate action is needed. "So, you may have a question for me," the Rhode Island Democrat said, The Daily ... | 5/21/13 5:37 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/21/sen-sheldon-whitehouse-uses-tornado-push-climate-c/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Politico | First tea party lawsuit against IRS | 5/21/2013 5:34:18 AM | The NorCal Tea Party seeks class-action status in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati. | 5/21/13 5:34 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=4379447fb386e14e7b00169d9fd2a16f |
| Politico | Poll: IRS targeting was intentional | 5/21/2013 5:16:54 AM | Just 31 percent of those surveyed say they think the agency made an honest mistake. | 5/21/13 5:16 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=ed478301e35efa8cea974bd56057efd7 |
| Reuters | Democrats make last push in primary to be mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | 5/21/2013 5:04:21 AM | (Reuters) - The mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's cash-strapped capital, faces off on Tuesday against two fellow Democrats in a primary election that will likely determine who leads a city that has become a poster child for financial mismanagement. | 5/21/13 5:04 AM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/mDu_j7v0kG8/story01.htm |
| The Washington Times | PRUDEN: Mr. Obama and green persimmons | 5/21/2013 5:01:00 AM | ANALYSIS/OPINION: The Republicans who can't wait to talk impeachment should sit down, shut up, and be patient. President Obama may yet deserve impeachment, but we're not there yet. Patience, as anyone old enough to remember Watergate knows, is how this game is played. Republicans tempted to reach too far too ... | 5/21/13 5:01 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/21/pruden-mr-obama-and-green-persimmons/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Associated Press | China's Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected | 5/21/2013 4:53:29 AM | BEIJING (AP) -- China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than expected, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea.... | 5/21/13 4:53 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_US?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Politico | Defending lower blood-alcohol levels | 5/21/2013 4:14:36 AM | The NTSB's Debbie Hersman says she just wants to reduce fatalities. | 5/21/13 4:14 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=a48c9b8b0531d2a6b7a7e3d8f117de97 |
| Politico | Alaska pushes D.C. on drilling | 5/21/2013 4:13:31 AM | "Alaska is willing to help complete the work the federal government seems unwilling to do." | 5/21/13 4:13 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=2a7f7581321f831f33a6dfd9328095b3 |
| Politico | Walking tall after the Boston bombing | 5/21/2013 4:11:44 AM | Simon says: Those shattered by the terrorist attack will run again. | 5/21/13 4:11 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=a5439cf1e3d20d80e11946374197b716 |
| Politico | Report: More seniors live in poverty | 5/21/2013 4:06:34 AM | A Kaiser study notes that under some Medicare proposals, the levels will continue to rise. | 5/21/13 4:06 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=78daf2f5c4e932f63c2b70a93fe5f61c |
| Politico | How not to handle a scandal | 5/21/2013 4:03:42 AM | The IRS took a highly unusual route to get the word out about their controversial targeting. | 5/21/13 4:03 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=4330c1c0e16fdd817657c7b1b5ca212b |
| Politico | Primary colliders: Axe vs. the Clintons | 5/21/2013 4:02:08 AM | Bill Clinton and strategist David Axelrod pick Calif. candidates in direct opposition. | 5/21/13 4:02 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=ece1c62ff28762ba4a87ca6e219f27b9 |
| Reuters | Analysis: Some Republicans see new scandal in Sebelius fundraising | 5/21/2013 3:06:13 AM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the White House already reeling from three major controversies, some Republican lawmakers are zeroing in on what they perceive is another possible scandal tied to President Barack Obama's landmark health reform law just as it nears implementation. | 5/21/13 3:06 AM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/wi0ziFIYM1U/story01.htm |
| Associated Press | Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal | 5/21/2013 2:39:05 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups.... | 5/21/13 2:39 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_POLITICAL_GROUPS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Policy, discretion guide media sources probes | 5/21/2013 2:32:22 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier.... | 5/21/13 2:32 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AP_PHONE_RECORDS_LEGAL_LANDSCAPE?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | O'Malley using agenda, fundraising to explore 2016 | 5/21/2013 2:10:58 AM | ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base. He's been a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama. And he's ramping up his travel to help fellow Democrats around the country.... | 5/21/13 2:10 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OMALLEY_2016?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | After a decade, global AIDS program looks ahead | 5/21/2013 2:09:14 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads. The dream of future generations freed from epidemic is running up against an era of economic recovery and harsh budget cuts.... | 5/21/13 2:09 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GLOBAL_AIDS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Committee nears final big immigration decisions | 5/21/2013 1:59:53 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-tech visas and may punt a controversy over gay marriage to the full Senate as it makes final drafting decisions on immigration legislation that grants a shot at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.... | 5/21/13 1:59 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IMMIGRATION?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Senate to debate crop insurance in farm bill | 5/21/2013 1:58:49 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week.... | 5/21/13 1:58 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FARM_BILL?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Reuters | IRS officials back on Capitol Hill hot seat over targeting | 5/21/2013 12:03:29 AM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and former officials of the Internal Revenue Service about the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they sought tax-exempt status. | 5/21/13 12:03 AM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/8kigdKo6l-k/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Today at a Glance: May 21, 2013 | 5/20/2013 11:27:00 PM | The Senate resumes consideration of a five-year farm bill with talk that amendments may be offered that would extend current rates on federal student loans and address the IRS targeting issue. | 5/20/13 11:27 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/today_at_a_glance_may_21_2013-224998-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Today at a Glance: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | 5/20/2013 11:27:00 PM | The Senate resumes consideration of a five-year farm policy bill (S 954). A Senate committee will hold a hearing on 501(c)(4) applications and the IRS. | 5/20/13 11:27 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/today_at_a_glance_tuesday_may_21_2013-224998-1.html |
| Fox News | Ex-IRS chief heads to Hill as Carney says White House senior staff told of probe findings | 5/20/2013 11:15:46 PM | The timeline for when senior White House officials knew about the IRS scandal seems to be shifting. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday that the president’s counsel was told on April 24 about the preliminary findings of an IRS audit that showed tax officials unfairly targeted Tea Party groups applying for tax exempt status. | 5/20/13 11:15 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/K4JlEME-i5I/ |
| ABC Politics | Public Sharply Critical on IRS, Benghazi | 5/20/2013 11:02:53 PM | Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll sharply reject special scrutiny of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service, suspect an administration cover-up of the Benghazi incident and express substantial distrust of the federal government more generally. Yet the national survey also finds no backlash... | 5/20/13 11:02 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c2e4b39/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cpublic0Esharply0Ecritical0Eon0Eirs0Ebenghazi0Ebut0Eeconomy0Ecuts0Eobama0Esome0Eslack0C/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | Rand Paul Calls IRS Scandal Un-American | 5/20/2013 10:36:24 PM | Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul made another stop in an early voting state Monday evening, continuing to feed the speculation that he will possibly run for president in 2016. Just 10 days after stopping in the first caucus state of Iowa, he visited the first primary state of... | 5/20/13 10:36 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c2e46b2/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Crand0Epaul0Emakes0Eanother0Eearly0Estate0Estop0Ecalls0Eirs0Escandal0Eun0Eamerican0C/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Apple Avoided Billions in Taxes, Senate Panel Says | 5/20/2013 10:09:00 PM | The CEO of tech giant Apple Inc. is likely to face an explosive hearing Tuesday, as a Senate report released Monday night indicates the company has used offshore tax havens to avoid billions in taxes while the company itself claims to pay one-sixth of the government's corporate taxes. | 5/20/13 10:09 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/apple_avoided_billions_in_taxes_senate_panel_says-224997-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Coburn Wants Tornado Disaster Aid to Be Offset | 5/20/2013 9:40:00 PM | The tornado damage near Oklahoma City is still being assessed and the death toll is expected to rise, but already Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says he will insist that any federal disaster aid be paid for with cuts elsewhere. | 5/20/13 9:40 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/coburn_wants_tornado_disaster_aid_to_be_offset-224996-1.html |
| Reuters | White House counsel kept IRS probe results from Obama | 5/20/2013 9:39:13 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior White House aides knew weeks ago that a probe of the Internal Revenue Service had found that the U.S. tax agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, but did not tell President Barack Obama, a White House spokesman said on Monday. | 5/20/13 9:39 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/8kigdKo6l-k/story01.htm |
| The Washington Times | Evangelical weakness in gay Boy Scouts debate could hurt GOP | 5/20/2013 9:18:05 PM | Signs of waning evangelical power in the nation's culture wars and in Republican policy — and some unexpected challenges for GOP candidates — loom as the 103-year-old Boy Scouts of America gears up for a definitive vote this week on whether to welcome openly gay youths into the organization's ranks. ... | 5/20/13 9:18 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/evangelical-weakness-in-gay-boy-scouts-debate-coul/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Politico | U.S. women's soccer stars to Brazil | 5/20/2013 9:14:16 PM | The sports mission is conceived as promoting gender equality. | 5/20/13 9:14 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=6dcfce1df9ec19c4c7185c2829bcd0f2 |
| The Washington Times | Rand Paul tries to bind N.H. GOP, libertarians; can learn tough lessons from father | 5/20/2013 9:02:06 PM | CONCORD, N.H. — With its "Live Free or Die" motto, New Hampshire would seem to be tailor-made for the libertarian-flavored presidential campaign that Sen. Rand Paul is taking for a trial run. But, as his father, former Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, learned in 2012, translating the typical New Hampshire voter's ... | 5/20/13 9:02 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/rand-paul-tries-to-bind-nh-gop-libertarianscan-lea/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Senate panel OKs tax-welfare benefits for newly legal immigrants | 5/20/2013 8:56:06 PM | The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Monday to allow illegal immigrants who get legal status to begin collecting tax-welfare payments, as the panel spent a fourth day working through amendments to the massive immigration bill and party-line splits began to emerge. In one major change, the committee voted 17-1 to make ... | 5/20/13 8:56 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/senate-panel-oks-tax-welfare-benefits-for-newly-le/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Group fighting voter fraud among those waiting on IRS; reams of documents still not enough | 5/20/2013 8:54:04 PM | A Texas group dedicated to combatting voter fraud applied for tax-exempt status in 2010 and has suffered three years of delays, been through four different IRS agents, undergone six FBI inquiries and submitted thousands of pages of documentation — and its still hasn't been approved. True the Vote is just ... | 5/20/13 8:54 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/group-fighting-voter-fraud-among-those-waiting-on-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Group fighting voter fraud among those waiting on IRSReams of documents still not enough for tax rev | 5/20/2013 8:54:04 PM | A Texas group dedicated to combatting voter fraud applied for tax-exempt status in 2010 and has suffered three years of delays, been through four different IRS agents, undergone six FBI inquiries and submitted thousands of pages of documentation — and its still hasn't been approved. True the Vote is just ... | 5/20/13 8:54 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/group-fighting-voter-fraud-among-those-waiting-on-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Former IRS chief faces bipartisan ire on Capitol Hill | 5/20/2013 8:51:07 PM | As the IRS scandal gains traction and a bipartisan chorus on Capitol Hill demands more answers, the man who headed the agency at the time it was targeting conservative groups will be on the hot seat twice this week. Former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman, a George W. ... | 5/20/13 8:51 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/former-irs-chief-faces-bipartisan-ire-on-capitol-h/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Inside the Beltway: The Big Brew | 5/20/2013 8:49:04 PM | Delicious irony, perhaps: the tea party has been reinvigorated and reinvented following revelations that its groups' nonprofit status had been singled out and investigated by the IRS. Though a critical news media has tried to purge the conservative, liberty-minded grass-roots movement from the public radar, the tea partyers still push ... | 5/20/13 8:49 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/inside-the-beltway-the-big-brew/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Politico | Deadliest U.S. tornadoes: A list | 5/20/2013 8:44:55 PM | A list of the 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States since 1900. | 5/20/13 8:44 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=5981f4347a998fca038a3bfeaaf46bf5 |
| CNN | What about Obama's promise? | 5/20/2013 8:43:17 PM | The president has not delivered on promises to change Washington, says Julian Zelizer. | 5/20/13 8:43 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/SGpPAVsHnyo/index.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | DCCC Raises $5.4 Million, NRCC $5.1 Million | 5/20/2013 8:41:00 PM | During April the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised more than the NRCC, spent less than the NRCC, had more cash on hand than the NRCC, and had debts of $4.13 million compared to $6.25 million in debts owed by the NRCC. | 5/20/13 8:41 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/dccc_raises_54_million_nrcc_51_million-224995-1.html |
| CNN | Three controversies at the White House | 5/20/2013 8:31:51 PM | CNN's John King talks about the White House's current reaction to the IRS, Benghazi and hacking controversies. | 5/20/13 8:31 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/qRs7FpA8_-A/exp-king-obama-scandals.cnn.html |
| CNN | White House chief of staff knew of IRS report before its release | 5/20/2013 8:21:07 PM | New details emerged of what the White House knew about the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups, with spokesman Jay Carney disclosing Chief of Staff Denis McDonough was among the top officials made aware of the matter late last month. | 5/20/13 8:21 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/l9OLeU5NHVY/index.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | RNC Raises $7.2 Million, DNC $6.3 Million | 5/20/2013 8:05:00 PM | The Republican National Committee raised more than the Democratic National Committee, spent less than the DNC, has more cash on hand than the DNC, and has no debts compared to $20.6 million the DNC owes. | 5/20/13 8:05 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/rnc_raises_72_million_dnc_63_million-224994-1.html |
| Associated Press | Penn urges US to pressure Bolivia to free US man | 5/20/2013 7:38:49 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Actor Sean Penn on Monday urged the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman detained without charge since 2011 in a case that has drawn accusations he was the victim of corrupt local prosecutors.... | 5/20/13 7:38 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_BOLIVIA_JAILED_AMERICAN?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Reuters | Attention shifts to White House in IRS probe | 5/20/2013 7:32:33 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior aides to President Barack Obama knew weeks ago about a watchdog report on the U.S. Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups, a spokesman said on Monday, shifting the focus to the White House in a fast-moving controversy. | 5/20/13 7:32 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/8kigdKo6l-k/story01.htm |
| CNN | Report says prosecutor behind 'Fast and Furious' leak | 5/20/2013 7:30:11 PM | A former top Justice Department official in Arizona leaked an internal memo from a federal agent who had criticized the politically charged "Fast and Furious" gun trafficking operation, a government report found. | 5/20/13 7:30 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/asuu4uCFABg/index.html |
| Reuters | Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims | 5/20/2013 7:25:31 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to halt violence against a Muslim minority but praised economic and political reforms in the formerly pariah nation that is emerging as a U.S. ally in China's backyard. | 5/20/13 7:25 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/Jwv2wheFArE/story01.htm |
| Reuters | U.S. panel votes to speed up airport fingerprinting of immigrants | 5/20/2013 7:23:44 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - High-tech systems for tracking the movements of immigrants and other foreigners when leaving the United States would be installed at major U.S. airports under a plan approved by a congressional panel on Monday. | 5/20/13 7:23 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/gnsWtJt4ysE/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Tracking the Immigration Bill, by the Numbers | 5/20/2013 7:20:00 PM | With the Senate Judiciary Committee working into the night on a rewrite of the nation's immigration laws, here's a look at the markup so far. | 5/20/13 7:20 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/tracking_the_immigration_bill_by_the_numbers-224992-1.html |
| ABC Politics | Apple Moved 'Golden Goose Offshore' | 5/20/2013 7:01:23 PM | WASHINGTON — Apple has avoided paying tens of billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by creating a complex web of subsidiary companies, particularly three in Ireland, a new Senate investigation has found. The company is not accused of breaking the law, but senators said Apple... | 5/20/13 7:01 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c2d5042/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Capple0Etransferred0Ethe0Egolden0Egoose0Eoffshore0Esenator0Esays0C/story01.htm |
| CNN | We're pointing a gun at our democracy | 5/20/2013 6:57:11 PM | Donna Brazile says we're endangering our democracy with extremism, as shown by the IRS and Justice Department witch hunts. | 5/20/13 6:57 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/dON1IpS1YH0/index.html |
| ABC Politics | Watch: Misconduct at the IRS: Who Knew What When? | 5/20/2013 6:56:11 PM | White House says president responded quickly after published Inspector General report. | 5/20/13 6:56 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c2d1ca6/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cvideo0Cmisconduct0Eirs0Ewho0Eknew0Ewhat0Ewhen0E19220A0A0A5/story01.htm |
| Associated Press | Obama vows US support as Myanmar leader visits | 5/20/2013 6:48:35 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar's president during a long-awaited White House meeting that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country on its sometimes difficult path to democracy and assured him of U.S. support.... | 5/20/13 6:48 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_MYANMAR?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Obama Kept in Dark by Staff on IRS Targeting | 5/20/2013 6:47:00 PM | Top White House staff, including Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, knew that a potentially damaging inspector general's report on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of tea party groups was looming but decided not to inform President Barack Obama. | 5/20/13 6:47 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/obama_kept_in_dark_by_staff_on_irs_targeting-224985-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Late-Term Abortion Ban a Test for GOP | 5/20/2013 6:32:00 PM | House Republican leadership will soon have to decide how hard to push a controversial ban on late-term abortions sought by the party's base in the wake of Pennsylvania abortion provider Kermit Gosnell's three murder convictions. | 5/20/13 6:32 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/late_term_abortion_ban_a_test_for_gop-224990-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | House Defense Bill Aims to Implement Lessons From Benghazi Attack | 5/20/2013 6:21:00 PM | The inquiry led by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee into the slaying of four Americans at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year has been attention-grabbing, but some senior GOP aides are worried that the partisan overtones are diverting Congress from identifying and addressing the real lessons learned from the attack. | 5/20/13 6:21 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/house_defense_bill_aims_to_implement_lessons_from_benghazi_attack-224984-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | NRA PAC Loads $1.3 Million Into War Chest Now Holding $6.7 Million | 5/20/2013 6:20:00 PM | The National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund reported today it raised $1,290,539 during April, spent only $27,318, and had $6,730,272 cash on hand as of April 30. | 5/20/13 6:20 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/nra_pac_loads_13_million_into_war_chest_now_holding_67_million-224989-1.html |
| Politico | Clintons to stay out of N.Y.C. race | 5/20/2013 6:19:33 PM | Their pair of stay-on-the-sidelines statements come as Weiner is set to declare his candidacy. | 5/20/13 6:19 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=2c3ec89e026aac1570e51e3bc11735f2 |
| Roll Call (CQ) | IRS 'Scandal' Touches More Nerves as Sign of Incompetence | 5/20/2013 6:14:00 PM | The second congressional hearing on the IRS scandal, scheduled for Tuesday morning in the Senate Finance Committee, may offer solid clues about which of two possible ways the Republicans plan to play the imbroglio. | 5/20/13 6:14 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/irs_scandal_touches_more_nerves_as_sign_of_incompetence-224988-1.html |
| Associated Press | House passes bill on lying about military medals | 5/20/2013 6:12:53 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face up to a year in jail under legislation that easily passed the House Monday.... | 5/20/13 6:12 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CONGRESS_STOLEN_VALOR?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Reuters | White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill | 5/20/2013 6:11:34 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion a year before it passes the new farm bill, the White House said on Monday. | 5/20/13 6:11 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/xK5BwSEg57Q/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Largest PAC Raises $6 Million and Gives Out $5.2 Million in April | 5/20/2013 6:01:00 PM | ActBlue, the largest federal PAC, specializes in collecting contributions via the Internet from individuals who have specifically earmarked their contribution for a particular Democratic candidate or committee. In April it reported it had raised $5,906,805 and passed on $5,240,501 to candidates and committees. | 5/20/13 6:01 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/largest_pac_raises_6_million_and_gives_out_52_million_in_april-224987-1.html |
| Politico | Bolling: Va. pick's remarks 'indefensible' | 5/20/2013 5:58:18 PM | Says comments reinforce negative views of GOP. | 5/20/13 5:58 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=b35d085975e112f9a3dec54b3c7256db |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Looks Like We Have an Early Vendetta | 5/20/2013 5:53:00 PM | Vendetta Bocce Bar and Italian Restaurant is opening tonight, accepting walk-ins, according to Eater DC. | 5/20/13 5:53 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/looks_like_we_have_an_early_vendetta-224986-1.html |
| Associated Press | More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told | 5/20/2013 5:50:54 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama's spokesman disclosed Monday, expanding the circle of top officials who knew of the audit beyond those named earlier.... | 5/20/13 5:50 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_POLITICAL_GROUPS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| ABC Politics | Watch: Misconduct at the IRS: Who Knew What When? | 5/20/2013 5:48:52 PM | White House says president responded quickly after published Inspector General report. | 5/20/13 5:48 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c2cdbbd/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cvideo0Cmisconduct0Eirs0Eknew0E19220A0A0A5/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | Watch: DOJ vs. Fox News Reporter James Rosen | 5/20/2013 5:48:51 PM | White House responds to questions about the seizing of correspondent's phone records, emails. | 5/20/13 5:48 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c2cdbb9/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cvideo0Cdoj0Efox0Enews0Ereporter0Ejames0Erosen0E19220A0A70A/story01.htm |
| Associated Press | GOP leaders say impeachment talk premature | 5/20/2013 5:48:40 PM | CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment altogether as new details emerged about the White House's role in the developing scandal at the Internal Revenue Service.... | 5/20/13 5:48 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RAND_PAUL_NH?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Gov't presses ahead on another leak case | 5/20/2013 5:43:15 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory - by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information.... | 5/20/13 5:43 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LEAK_PROBE_FOX_JOURNALIST?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| ABC Politics | DOJ Goes After Fox News Reporter | 5/20/2013 5:39:23 PM | WASHINGTON — In yet another Justice Department leak investigation of journalists, DOJ reportedly seized emails and phone records of Fox News correspondent James Rosen, and even tracked his comings and goings into the State Department by tracking when he scanned his ID at the building’s... | 5/20/13 5:39 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c2cb8e4/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cdoj0Evs0Efox0Enews0Ereporter0Ejames0Erosen0C/story01.htm |
| Associated Press | Panel: Apple uses firms outside US to avoid taxes | 5/20/2013 5:35:03 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Apple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found.... | 5/20/13 5:35 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_APPLE_UNTAXED_PROFITS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Top GOP Media Firm's Split Heads to Court | Shop Talk | 5/20/2013 5:31:00 PM | A top GOP ad firm's split took a litigious turn earlier this month, when Rex Elsass, the CEO and founder of The Strategy Group for Media, filed suit against his company's former president, Nick Everhart. | 5/20/13 5:31 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/top_gop_media_firms_split_heads_to_court_shop_talk-224975-1.html |
| Reuters | US names envoy to combat anti-Semitism, warns of rising incidents | 5/20/2013 5:26:42 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new State Department report warned about incidents in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. | 5/20/13 5:26 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/3NgwJ5NSrUE/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Remainders: And Then There Was Nunn | 5/20/2013 5:21:00 PM | Here's what you may have missed "At the Races" on Monday ... | 5/20/13 5:21 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/remainders_and_then_there_was_nunn-224983-1.html |
| Politico | Senate debates farm bill | 5/20/2013 5:19:20 PM | Obama calls for more savings from the crop insurance program before the bill reaches his desk. | 5/20/13 5:19 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=62786e101ff55cf3e78aea55c539c3a0 |
| Roll Call (CQ) | IRS Having Difficulty Correctly Displaying Section 527 Disclosure Reports | 5/20/2013 5:14:00 PM | The IRS appears to be having difficulty correctly displaying on the IRS website the public disclosure reports of at least two Section 527 organizations, the Republican State Leadership Committee and GOPAC Inc. | 5/20/13 5:14 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/irs_having_difficulty_correctly_displaying_section_527_disclosure_reports-224981-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | 'Nuclear' Summer for the Senate? | 5/20/2013 5:08:00 PM | With more chatter that Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., may move forward with changing the Senate's rules regarding nominations, there's quite a conversation among Senate process experts about the "nuclear option." | 5/20/13 5:08 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/nuclear_summer_for_the_senate-224980-1.html |
| Politico | Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51 | 5/20/2013 4:59:08 PM | A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. | 5/20/13 4:59 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=e40173bf60a7472da9e4fb05e389fa37 |
| Politico | Massive tornado pulverizes Oklahoma City suburb | 5/20/2013 4:59:08 PM | A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. | 5/20/13 4:59 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=e40173bf60a7472da9e4fb05e389fa37 |
| Politico | Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb | 5/20/2013 4:59:08 PM | A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. | 5/20/13 4:59 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=e40173bf60a7472da9e4fb05e389fa37 |
| Reuters | White House to brief Democrats on economy on Tuesday | 5/20/2013 4:58:25 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic lawmakers has been invited to the White House on Tuesday for a briefing about economic issues from two top advisers to President Barack Obama on Tuesday. | 5/20/13 4:58 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/B_7GJ39YwM0/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | The Thrilla in Northwest D.C. | 5/20/2013 4:52:00 PM | LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ... | 5/20/13 4:52 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/the_thrilla_in_northwest_dc-224979-1.html |
| ABC Politics | WH Chief of Staff Knew About IRS Probe in April | 5/20/2013 4:51:53 PM | WASHINGTON — The White House answer to “who knew what and when?” shifted again today as White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters that Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and “other members of the senior staff” knew about the investigation into the IRS’s targeting... | 5/20/13 4:51 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c2c601e/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cwhite0Ehouse0Echief0Eof0Estaff0Eknew0Eabout0Eirs0Einvestigation0Elast0Emonth0C/story01.htm |
| Fox News | Indiana attorney general probing privacy breach of ‘Obamaphone’ users | 5/20/2013 4:50:44 PM | The Indiana attorney general’s office confirmed Monday it is investigating a security breach in which Social Security numbers and other personal information were posted online for roughly 44,000 low-income Americans who applied for a federal program that provides discount Internet and phone service. | 5/20/13 4:50 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/8a9dJoFu3vw/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Down, Down, Down | Capitol Lens | 5/20/2013 4:49:00 PM | Staffers take the stairs Monday in this vertigo-inducing shot inside the stairwell of the Hart Senate Office Building. | 5/20/13 4:49 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/Hart-Senate-Office-Building-Staircase-Capitol-Lens-224978-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Aloha, Mr. Smith: Sean Penn Goes to the House | 5/20/2013 4:42:00 PM | Human rights activist and actor Sean Pean greets Rep. Christopher H. Smith, R-N.J., at the top of Monday's House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations hearing on the plight of Jacob Ostreicher, a Brooklyn native being detained abroad in Bolivia. | 5/20/13 4:42 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/aloha_mr_smith_sean_penn_goes_to_the_house-224977-1.html |
| Politico | Senate investigators: Apple hid $44B from taxes | 5/20/2013 4:39:20 PM | A Senate report alleges the company took advantage of numerous tax loopholes. | 5/20/13 4:39 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=676e7003283f9bd00efbf6c5d2edb482 |
| Politico | Senate investigators: Apple avoided $44 billion in taxes | 5/20/2013 4:39:20 PM | A Senate report alleges the company took advantage of numerous tax loopholes. | 5/20/13 4:39 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=676e7003283f9bd00efbf6c5d2edb482 |
| Associated Press | Sally Ride to get posthumous Medal of Freedom | 5/20/2013 4:35:35 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will bestow the Medal of Freedom posthumously on Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space.... | 5/20/13 4:35 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_SALLY_RIDE?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Salon | Limbaugh: No one willing to impeach the first black president | 5/20/2013 4:24:00 PM | Rush announced on Monday that Obama is not in "any jeopardy" of impeachment -- but only because he is black | 5/20/13 4:24 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/limbaugh_no_one_willing_to_impeach_the_first_black_president/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Yes, 'Mad Men' Was Freaking Out | 5/20/2013 4:22:00 PM | It wasn't your imagination: Sunday night's episode of "Mad Men," aptly titled "The Crash," was pretty freaking weird. | 5/20/13 4:22 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/yes_mad_men_was_freaking_out-224974-1.html |
| ABC Politics | Apple Avoids Billions in Taxes: Senate | 5/20/2013 4:18:53 PM | A new Senate investigation has found that Apple Inc. has used a complex web of offshore companies – particularly three in Ireland – to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes. Apple executives will visit Capitol Hill on Tuesday to respond to the... | 5/20/13 4:18 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c2c5a2e/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Csenate0Eprobe0Efinds0Eapple0Eavoids0Ebillions0Ein0Etaxes0C/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | GW Athletics: Only the House Side of the Capitol Matters | 5/20/2013 4:14:00 PM | | 5/20/13 4:14 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/gw_athletics_only_the_house_side_of_the_capitol_matters-224973-1.html |
| Fox News | Watchdog report says DOJ official retaliated against ‘Furious’ whistle-blower, lied about it | 5/20/2013 4:07:43 PM | The former U.S. Attorney for Arizona could be disbarred, after an investigation found he lied to the Justice Department about his role in trying to discredit the federal whistle-blower who exposed the botched gun-running scheme known as Fast and Furious. | 5/20/13 4:07 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/VtfoArtu5Uk/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | In Massachusetts Senate PPP Poll, Read the Numbers -- Not the Memo | 5/20/2013 4:03:00 PM | Another public poll, this one from Public Policy Polling, shows a tight race for Senate in Massachusetts. But more interesting is what the Democratic firm does not discuss in its very brief memo about the June 25 special election. | 5/20/13 4:03 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/in_massachusetts_senate_ppp_poll_read_the_numbers_not_the_memo-224972-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Highway Trust Fund Already Feeling Effects of Declines in Driving | 5/20/2013 3:59:00 PM | The decline in driving by Americans may already be hastening the demise of the Highway Trust Fund. | 5/20/13 3:59 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/highway_trust_fund_already_feeling_effects_of_declines_in_driving-224962-1.html |
| Reuters | Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims | 5/20/2013 3:56:23 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to take steps to halt violence against Muslims in his country and move ahead with economic and political reforms. | 5/20/13 3:56 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/_a3vZS7i1cA/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Take Five: Sen. Christopher S. Murphy | 5/20/2013 3:55:00 PM | It's time again for Take Five, HOH's opportunity to get to know a member of Congress better through five fun questions. This week, Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., discusses Senate hazing rituals, pizza and memories of Tom Petty. | 5/20/13 3:55 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/take_five_sen_christopher_s_murphy-224971-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Bob Kasten Works Internationally in D.C. | Life After Congress | 5/20/2013 3:52:00 PM | Years after leaving Congress, former Sen. Bob Kasten, R-Wis., has kept his eye on the issues he focused on while he was a member. | 5/20/13 3:52 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/bob_kasten_works_internationally_in_dc_life_after_congress-224965-1.html |
| Salon | Top White House aides knew about IRS probe but didn’t tell Obama | 5/20/2013 3:51:00 PM | Chief of Staff Dennis McDonough and other senior White House aides knew about the report last month | 5/20/13 3:51 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/top_white_house_aides_knew_about_irs_probe_but_didnt_tell_obama/ |
| Associated Press | Obama cites Myanmar reforms during leader's visit | 5/20/2013 3:49:15 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a long-awaited White House visit, President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar's president that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country in "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to follow" toward democracy.... | 5/20/13 3:49 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_MYANMAR?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Boehner Asks Obama to Push Putin on Russian Adoption | 5/20/2013 3:49:00 PM | Speaker John A. Boehner wants President Barack Obama to help Ohioans adopt Russian children. | 5/20/13 3:49 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/boehner_asks_obama_to_push_putin_on_russian_adoption-224970-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Why the IRS Mess Bares Big Campaign Finance Problems | 5/20/2013 3:48:00 PM | To many on Capitol Hill, the burgeoning scandal dogging the IRS looks like a simple case of partisan political targeting by an overbearing federal agency. | 5/20/13 3:48 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/why_the_irs_mess_bares_big_campaign_finance_problems-224969-1.html |
| Fox News | Obama to visit South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania | 5/20/2013 3:45:44 PM | President Obama will visit three African nations this summer. | 5/20/13 3:45 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/BNjWoVTPKuo/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Tea Partyers to IRS: Prepare to Be Flash-Mobbed | 5/20/2013 3:45:00 PM | In the wake of revelations that IRS officials unduly targeted right-leaning groups, a number of tea party supporters plan to publicly shame the tax man by amassing outside the agency's headquarters on Tuesday for a lightning-fast gripefest. | 5/20/13 3:45 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/tea_partyers_to_irs_prepare_to_be_flash_mobbed-224968-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Declines in Driving Complicate Vehicle Tax Changes | 5/20/2013 3:44:00 PM | A new study suggests the driving habits of Americans may be changing faster than lawmakers can figure out how to tax them. | 5/20/13 3:44 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/declines_in_driving_complicate_vehicle_tax_changes-224964-1.html |
| Salon | Gohmert: IRS would’ve “probably shot the Boston Tea Party participants” | 5/20/2013 3:33:00 PM | "They would have killed off over half of the signers of the Declaration of Independence," he added | 5/20/13 3:33 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/gohmert_irs_wouldve_probably_shot_the_boston_tea_party_participants/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Lauten Makes Decisions Based on Fincher's District | Hill Climber | 5/20/2013 3:33:00 PM | Elizabeth Lauten tried on a couple of majors before leaving East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., with a degree in classics. | 5/20/13 3:33 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/lauten_makes_decisions_based_on_finchers_district_hill_climber-224963-1.html |
| Reuters | Attention shifts to White House in IRS probe | 5/20/2013 3:30:47 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior aides to President Barack Obama knew weeks ago about a watchdog report on the U.S. Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups, a spokesman said on Monday, shifting the focus to the White House in a fast-moving controversy. | 5/20/13 3:30 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/UAV1_g0sP8w/story01.htm |
| Salon | Oregon senator proposes appeal to Monsanto Protection Act | 5/20/2013 3:26:00 PM | Following outcry, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced that he would put forward an amendment to Senate farm bill | 5/20/13 3:26 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/oregon_senator_proposes_appeal_to_monsanto_protection_act/ |
| Salon | Supreme Court to rule on prayer at government meetings | 5/20/2013 3:22:00 PM | The justices agreed to determine if Christian prayer at a town council meeting violated the Establishment Clause | 5/20/13 3:22 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/supreme_court_to_rule_on_prayer_at_government_meetings/ |
| ABC Politics | NYC, LA May Get Women Mayors | 5/20/2013 3:19:53 PM | Neither of the nation’s two largest cities, New York and Los Angeles, have ever had female mayors, but that could change big time this year, as both cities have strong female candidates with a chance of becoming mayor, in races where the incumbents are term-limited.... | 5/20/13 3:19 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c2bc2b3/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cher0Ehonor0Ewomen0Ecould0Ebecome0Emayors0Eof0Elos0Eangeles0Enew0Eyork0C/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Michelle Nunn Senate Announcement Coming Soon | 5/20/2013 3:13:00 PM | After appearing at a weekend fundraiser for Senate Democrats, party leaders expect Michelle Nunn to make a final decision on the Georgia Senate race within weeks. | 5/20/13 3:13 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/michelle_nunn_senate_announcement_coming_soon-224967-1.html |
| Associated Press | NYPD messages to Muslim informant: 'Get pictures' | 5/20/2013 3:03:15 PM | NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York Police Department detective told a federal judge that he's seen no evidence that one of his informants brought up the subject of jihad as a way to bait Muslims into making incriminating remarks. But text messages obtained by The Associated Press show otherwise.... | 5/20/13 3:03 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NYPD_INTELLIGENCE?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Roll Call (CQ) | A New Kind of Block Party, Courtesy of 3 Stars | 5/20/2013 3:03:00 PM | The folks at 3 Stars Brewing know how to party. | 5/20/13 3:03 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/a_new_kind_of_block_party_courtesy_of_3_stars-224966-1.html |
| Salon | Beltway scandal machine breaks, knows nothing about America | 5/20/2013 3:02:00 PM | While DC fixates on whether Obama is worse than Nixon, polls show the public likes the president more and more | 5/20/13 3:02 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/beltway_scandal_machine_breaks_knows_nothing_about_america/ |
| Salon | Top GOP official: “Sometimes our party does not value” women “as much” | 5/20/2013 3:01:00 PM | “It’s not hard to recruit women to run; they are running,” said the Republican State Leadership Committee president | 5/20/13 3:01 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/top_gop_official_sometimes_our_party_does_not_value_women_as_much/ |
| Salon | Colorado Dems fight back against GOP’s Voter ID measures | 5/20/2013 2:58:00 PM | State Democrats passed legislation to allow voter registration up until Election Day | 5/20/13 2:58 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/colorado_dems_fight_back_against_gops_voter_id_measures/ |
| The Washington Times | Carney: White House aides insulated Obama from IRS scandal | 5/20/2013 2:50:00 PM | Top White House aides first learned of a draft report detailing IRS abuses in targeting conservative groups in late April, but they chose to insulate President Obama by not informing him until it exploded in the press, the president's spokesman said Monday. White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters ... | 5/20/13 2:50 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/carney-wh-aides-insulated-obama-irs-scandal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Roll Call (CQ) | A 5-Year Farm Bill Should Strengthen Conservation | Commentary | 5/20/2013 2:20:00 PM | As the Agriculture committees in the House and Senate turn their attention to considering and reporting out a five-year farm bill this month, it's important to consider how many Americans have felt the negative effects of not having a comprehensive bill. | 5/20/13 2:20 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/a_5_year_farm_bill_should_strengthen_conservation_commentary-224957-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Will Republicans Screw Up Again? Some Are Already Overreaching | 5/20/2013 2:17:00 PM | Some Republicans are so excited at the thought of multiple controversies dogging the White House over the next few months (or longer) that they are already foaming at the mouth. | 5/20/13 2:17 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/will_republicans_screw_up_again_some_are_already_overreaching-224961-1.html |
| Politico | Cuomo aide reveals reporter's email | 5/20/2013 2:15:49 PM | The reporter alleged in his column that Cuomo's office had leaked his exclusive to another outlet. | 5/20/13 2:15 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=10e7cfd1fe09eb50456658eb8218f2da |
| Salon | Watchdogs: ABC “in danger of losing a lot of credibility” on Benghazi saga | 5/20/2013 2:15:00 PM | After inaccurate reporting transformed the trajectory of the story, the network doubles down and denies culpability | 5/20/13 2:15 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/ethics_watchdogs_chide_abcs_benghazi_coverage/ |
| Fox News | Carney acknowledges White House senior staff told of IRS probe findings | 5/20/2013 2:09:46 PM | The timeline for when senior White House officials knew about the IRS scandal seems to be shifting. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday that the president’s counsel was told on April 24 about the preliminary findings of an IRS audit that showed tax officials unfairly targeted Tea Party groups applying for tax exempt status. | 5/20/13 2:09 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/6qRK-RHZjck/ |
| ABC Politics | Sec. Kerry Promises Foreign Service Officers They Will Be Protected | 5/20/2013 2:07:53 PM | ARLINGTON, Va. — Secretary of State John Kerry gave new Foreign Service officers a final pep talk today before they are deployed overseas, many to what are termed “high-threat” posts, like Afghanistan and Libya, where there have been recent fatal attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions.... | 5/20/13 2:07 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c2b4e78/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Csec0Ekerry0Epromises0Eforeign0Eservice0Eofficers0Ethey0Ewill0Ebe0Eprotected0C/story01.htm |
| Salon | Father of gay high school student arrested for dating classmate speaks out | 5/20/2013 2:04:00 PM | An 18-year-old high school senior is facing felony charges for a consensual, same-sex relationship with a classmate | 5/20/13 2:04 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/father_of_gay_high_school_student_arrested_for_dating_classmate_speaks_out/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Preserve the Index to Promote Global Private Enterprise | Commentary | 5/20/2013 2:04:00 PM | The debate has been settled. The question is no longer whether private business can be mentioned in the same breath as global development. Instead, it's how can poor countries take better advantage of the transformative nature of private enterprise? | 5/20/13 2:04 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/preserve_the_index_to_promote_global_private_enterprise_commentary-224954-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Schumer Pushed on Gays, Immigration | 5/20/2013 1:57:00 PM | Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is coming under increased pressure to include gay couples in the "gang of eight" immigration bill, and a recent meeting with elected officials from the Empire State underscores the depth of his dilemma. | 5/20/13 1:57 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/schumer_pushed_on_gays_immigration-224960-1.html |
| Salon | IRS meltdown was long overdue | 5/20/2013 1:55:00 PM | Its Exempt Organizations division has been horribly dysfunctional since the agency was restructured in 1998 | 5/20/13 1:55 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/irs_meltdown_long_overdue_partner/ |
| Associated Press | Education Department gives 3 more states waivers | 5/20/2013 1:54:50 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three more states have received permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind education law.... | 5/20/13 1:54 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NO_CHILD_LEFT_BEHIND?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Carney: Senior White House staff knew of IRS probe | 5/20/2013 1:51:59 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups on April 24 and that she notified senior staff, including Denis McDonough, the chief of staff to President Barack Obama. White House press secretary Jay Carney says Ruemmler "appropriately" decided not to tell Obama at the time because the audit was ongoing.... | 5/20/13 1:51 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_IRS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Politico | Baucus and Hatch expand IRS probe | 5/20/2013 1:48:39 PM | They are seeking details on how the agency reviewed applications for a wide range of tax exemptions. | 5/20/13 1:48 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=d621a170778ee7c015f12b3f980249cf |
| Reuters | Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit | 5/20/2013 1:44:53 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights on Monday when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 years. | 5/20/13 1:44 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/_a3vZS7i1cA/story01.htm |
| Reuters | Pressure builds on officials to take heat for IRS scandal | 5/20/2013 1:40:06 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pressure was building on Monday for the Obama administration to fire more people linked to the Internal Revenue Service's extra scrutiny of conservative groups, possibly including another top IRS official. | 5/20/13 1:40 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/UAV1_g0sP8w/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Sean Penn Speaks Up for Jacob Ostreicher | 5/20/2013 1:39:00 PM | House lawmakers will dive back into the ongoing saga of unlawfully detained American businessman Jacob Ostreicher at this afternoon's meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. | 5/20/13 1:39 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/sean_penn_speaks_up_for_jacob_ostreicher-224959-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Centennial Event Brings Books to Kids | 5/20/2013 1:32:00 PM | Kids, you can go anywhere! Take a look! It's in a book -- being provided by the fine folks at the Junior League of Washington and their partner, Reading Is Fundamental. | 5/20/13 1:32 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/centennial_event_brings_books_to_kids-224958-1.html |
| The Washington Times | Obama takes security measures, but Benghazi questions still loom | 5/20/2013 1:30:00 PM | The Obama administration is trying to move beyond Benghazi, saying Monday that it has tightened security at diplomatic posts and created an official position to ensure "high-threat" missions are properly protected — but House Republicans are pressing on with investigations into the Sept. 11 attack. Investigators for the House Oversight ... | 5/20/13 1:30 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/state-dept-outlines-responses-benghazi-attack/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | State Department outlines responses to Benghazi attack, review board recommendations | 5/20/2013 1:30:00 PM | The State Department on Monday cited a host of actions it says it has taken since the September 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks to improve security at its diplomatic posts worldwide, including the creation of a new deputy assistant secretary of state position to ensure security at "high threat posts" is ... | 5/20/13 1:30 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/state-dept-outlines-responses-benghazi-attack/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Associated Press | US urges Egypt gov't to defend political speech | 5/20/2013 1:23:21 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is calling on the Egyptian government to rein in prosecutions of political expression amid what it called a "growing trend" of efforts to punish and deter people from speaking their mind.... | 5/20/13 1:23 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_EGYPT?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Salon | Can a liberal wonk save the Senate? | 5/20/2013 1:17:00 PM | Ron Wyden believes sequestration is a blessing in disguise, giving Congress a chance to reevaluate its priorities | 5/20/13 1:17 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/can_this_wonk_save_the_senate_from_itself_partner/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Baucus, Hatch Seek Answers From the IRS | 5/20/2013 1:17:00 PM | In advance of a hearing Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee's leaders have fired off a letter to the IRS seeking answers to 41 questions and requesting documents about the criteria used for targeting tea party and other groups. | 5/20/13 1:17 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/baucus_hatch_seek_answers_from_the_irs-224956-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Berkshire Hathaway's Weschler Helps Cantor Raise $717K in April | 5/20/2013 1:09:00 PM | House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., raised $717,931 through his PAC and joint fundraising committee during April. One of his major donors in April was Ted Weschler, a manager of investments at Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and former managing partner of hedge fund Pennisula Capital Advisors. | 5/20/13 1:09 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/berkshire_hathaways_weschler_helps_cantor_raise_717k_in_april-224955-1.html |
| The Washington Times | Military sex abuse has long-term impact for veterans | 5/20/2013 1:03:01 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) — New government figures underscore the staggering long-term consequences of military sexual assaults: More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness linked to the abuse, and 4,000 sought disability benefits. Accounting by the Department of Veterans Affairs, released in response to inquiries from The ... | 5/20/13 1:03 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/military-sex-abuse-has-long-term-impact-veterans/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| ABC Politics | Christie Stars in NJ Tourism Ads, Dems Cry Foul | 5/20/2013 12:50:38 PM | New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his family are starring in television commercials that are part of a publicly funded $25 million tourism campaign to encourage people to visit the Jersey Shore after Superstorm Sandy, but Democrats say they are simply taxpayer-funded campaign ads. The... | 5/20/13 12:50 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c2aa25b/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cchristie0Estars0Ein0Enj0Etourism0Eads0Edems0Ecry0Efoul0C/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | Va. Candidate Compares Planned Parenthood to KKK | 5/20/2013 12:45:29 PM | This weekend, Virginia Republicans found their candidate for lieutenant governor in E.W. Jackson, a Chesapeake, Va. pastor who has compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and also suggested that black Americans are being enslaved by the Democratic Party. “It is time to end... | 5/20/13 12:45 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c2af9a7/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cgop0Elieutenant0Egovernor0Ecandidate0Ein0Eva0Ecompares0Eplanned0Eparenthood0Eto0Ekkk0C/story01.htm |
| The Washington Times | Probes of journalists widen under Obama; reporter group calls it 'overreaching dragnet' | 5/20/2013 12:43:00 PM | Maybe most surprising in the Justice Department's subpoenas of phone records from The Associated Press was how wide the Obama administration cast its net: 20 phone lines, used by up to 100 reporters. But fishing expeditions, it turns out, are how the Justice Department does a lot of its investigative ... | 5/20/13 12:43 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/obama-justice-department-probed-fox-news-reporter/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Investigations of journalists grow wider under Obama; reporter group calls it 'overreaching dragnet' | 5/20/2013 12:43:00 PM | Maybe most surprising in the Justice Department's subpoenas of phone records from The Associated Press was how wide the Obama administration cast its net: 20 phone lines, used by up to 100 reporters. But fishing expeditions, it turns out, are how the Justice Department does a lot of its investigative ... | 5/20/13 12:43 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/obama-justice-department-probed-fox-news-reporter/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Obama Justice Department also investigated Fox News reporter | 5/20/2013 12:43:00 PM | The Justice Department's practice of seizing journalists' records went beyond the Associated Press and also extended to a trove of information about a Fox News correspondent's conversations and meetings at the State Department. The revelation in The Washington Post that Justice obtained private work, as well as personal emails, from ... | 5/20/13 12:43 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/obama-justice-department-probed-fox-news-reporter/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Fox News | Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports | 5/20/2013 12:39:31 PM | Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill. | 5/20/13 12:39 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/gfAq8d6hwzA/ |
| Salon | Arkansas treasurer charged with extortion | 5/20/2013 12:26:00 PM | Martha Shoffner is accused of taking at least $36,000 from a broker who invested state money | 5/20/13 12:26 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/arkansas_treasurer_charged_with_extortion/ |
| Politico | 'Alpha House' picked up for season | 5/20/2013 12:21:30 PM | The D.C. comedy features four Republican senators living as roommates. | 5/20/13 12:21 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=7b602e25559451da66cd4f6c8021997b |
| Associated Press | IG: ex-US Attorney retaliated in Fast and Furious | 5/20/2013 12:15:31 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department's inspector general says the U.S. Attorney in Arizona violated department policy by providing Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who helped reveal the botched arms-trafficking probe called Operation Fast and Furious.... | 5/20/13 12:15 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FAST_AND_FURIOUS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures | 5/20/2013 12:14:10 PM | DENVER (AP) -- In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots.... | 5/20/13 12:14 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEMOCRATS_VOTING?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Salon | Corporate greed is poisoning America — literally | 5/20/2013 12:04:00 PM | Thank lax regulations for increased levels of arsenic in our chicken and unsafe conditions in our plants | 5/20/13 12:04 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/corporate_greed_is_poisoning_america_literally_partner/ |
| Salon | The new geography of poverty | 5/20/2013 12:01:00 PM | A recent analysis of census data reveals that suburban poverty is growing faster than ever | 5/20/13 12:01 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/the_new_geography_of_poverty/ |
| Salon | Barack Obama: Incidental black man? | 5/20/2013 11:58:00 AM | The president gets personal at Morehouse College, as hard questions loom for black men and his presidency | 5/20/13 11:58 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/barack_obama_incidental_black_man/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Budget Wars Coming to Early Showdown -- and Stalemate | 5/20/2013 11:53:00 AM | A routine committee meeting tomorrow will formally lock down this reality about the congressional budget engine: it has totally seized up, and as early as ever -- fully 20 weeks before it's supposed to finish spitting out thousands of line-item decisions about discretionary government spending for next year. | 5/20/13 11:53 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/budget_wars_coming_to_early_showdown_and_stalemate-224953-1.html |
| Associated Press | State Dept: Reports of anti-Semitism increase | 5/20/2013 11:50:09 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department has appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.... | 5/20/13 11:50 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RELIGIOUS_FREEDOM?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports | 5/20/2013 11:47:00 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senators working on a bipartisan immigration bill have agreed to require fingerprinting when foreigners leave the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports.... | 5/20/13 11:47 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IMMIGRATION?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Democratic Fundraiser Mulls Run for Melvin Watt Seat | 5/20/2013 11:43:00 AM | Scott Dworkin, a Democratic fundraiser, is considering a run for North Carolina's 12th District, he confirmed to CQ Roll Call Monday morning. | 5/20/13 11:43 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/democratic_fundraiser_mulls_run_for_melvin_watt_seat-224952-1.html |
| The Washington Times | GOP generational divide could sink Web sales tax bill: Study | 5/20/2013 11:38:00 AM | Critics of Internet sales tax say that rising resistance from newer GOP lawmakers could sink a bill now before the Republican-controlled House to require online retailers such as eBay to start collecting sales taxes for the states. The Heritage Action, a fierce opponent of the Marketplace Fairness Act that passed ... | 5/20/13 11:38 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/gop-generation-gap-could-sink-web-sales-tax-bill/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Salon | Obama to all-male university graduates: Be the best husband to “your boyfriend or partner” | 5/20/2013 11:36:00 AM | The president's inclusive remarks were about "setting an example for what it means to be a man," Obama said | 5/20/13 11:36 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/obama_to_all_male_university_graduates_be_the_best_husband_to_your_boyfriend_or_partner/ |
| Fox News | Arkansas treasurer accused of taking cash from broker | 5/20/2013 11:30:52 AM | An affidavit filed Monday in federal court alleges that Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner repeatedly took cash payments, sometimes rolled up and hidden inside a pie box, from a broker who invested state money. | 5/20/13 11:30 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/3LVX5Ebn_Xo/ |
| Associated Press | Military sex abuse has long-term impact for vets | 5/20/2013 11:29:08 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- New government figures underscore the staggering long-term consequences of military sexual assaults: More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness linked to the abuse, and 4,000 sought disability benefits.... | 5/20/13 11:29 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VETERANS_MILITARY_SEXUAL_TRAUMA?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Sweet-Toothed Senators Push Back on Sugar Supports | 5/20/2013 11:24:00 AM | The Senate's candy desk sits in the back row of the Republican side of the chamber, and it is filled with all sorts of sugary confections from Illinois, the home state of its occupant, Republican Mark S. Kirk. | 5/20/13 11:24 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/sweet_toothed_senators_push_back_on_sugar_supports-224951-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Don't Look For Preakness BYOB Anytime Soon | 5/20/2013 11:23:00 AM | For anyone hoping that the Maryland Jockey Club would reconsider its policy banning BYOB from the Pimlico infield party at the Preakness Stakes, forget it. | 5/20/13 11:23 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/dont_look_for_preakness_byob_anytime_soon-224950-1.html |
| Salon | Big Soda SNAP-ing up billions off government programs | 5/20/2013 11:15:00 AM | Federal aid like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is proving to be a sweet deal for softdrink groups | 5/20/13 11:15 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/big_soda_snap_ing_up_billions_off_government_programs_partner/ |
| Associated Press | Kerry challenges Congress on diplomats' security | 5/20/2013 11:10:32 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry challenged Congress on Monday to go beyond its investigations of embassy security and help ensure that U.S. embassies and consulates abroad have the resources they need for appropriate security. His comments come as the Republicans continue to press for answers about the Obama administration's handling of last year's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya.... | 5/20/13 11:10 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_EMBASSY_SECURITY?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Salon | The truth in Kanye’s anti-prison rap | 5/20/2013 11:10:00 AM | The rapper's incendiary SNL performance delivered condemnations of the prison industrial complex worth unpacking | 5/20/13 11:10 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/the_truth_in_kanyes_anti_prison_rap/ |
| Fox News | Local Tea Party founder claims she was targeted by several federal agencies | 5/20/2013 11:07:22 AM | Catherine Engelbrecht has been telling people for years she’s been targeted and harassed by the federal government. Not many people listened. But her case is receiving new attention after her congressman, Republican Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, recounted her ordeal during a high-profile House committee hearing on the IRS practice of singling out conservative groups. | 5/20/13 11:07 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/TM9botS0Wt0/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Virginia GOP to Nominate Mark Warner Challenger via Convention | 5/20/2013 11:06:00 AM | Virginia Republicans voted on May 17 to hold a nominating convention next year -- rather than a primary -- to select a challenger to Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, the Virginian-Pilot reported. | 5/20/13 11:06 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/virginia_gop_to_nominate_mark_warner_challenger_via_convention-224949-1.html |
| Politico | Senate works on legalization measures | 5/20/2013 11:03:12 AM | The group edges closer to the end of markup. | 5/20/13 11:03 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=f41158ccc34e17ce2435795e765dfeb4 |
| Politico | Judiciary approves visa exit system | 5/20/2013 11:03:12 AM | The Democrat-majority panel approved the measure in a move aimed at appeasing Marco Rubio. | 5/20/13 11:03 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=f41158ccc34e17ce2435795e765dfeb4 |
| Salon | Tea Party Patriots push nationwide anti-IRS rallies | 5/20/2013 11:03:00 AM | On Tuesday, tea partiers are planning "to protest the IRS’ complete abuse of power" | 5/20/13 11:03 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/tea_party_patriots_push_nationwide_anti_irs_rallies/ |
| Politico | Kerry vows better security at U.S. posts | 5/20/2013 10:40:40 AM | The secretary of state says that the administration will spare no expense to protect diplomats overseas. | 5/20/13 10:40 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=6020686c590d90641e7c420e939c9523 |
| The Washington Times | Ron Paul: Fix IRS by shutting it 'once and for all' | 5/20/2013 10:36:00 AM | Former Rep. Ron Paul of Texas called the recent IRS fiasco troubling — but writes that the only way Congress can protect the freedoms of Americans from a long pattern of suspected IRS abuse is to "shutter the doors" of the agency "once and for all." The longtime GOP congressman ... | 5/20/13 10:36 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/ron-paul-fix-irs-shutting-it-once-and-all/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Roll Call (CQ) | NRCC Gave $164,000 to South Carolina Republicans Before Sanford Win | 5/20/2013 10:36:00 AM | The South Carolina Republican Party Federal Campaign Committee disclosed today it had received $164,000 from the National Republican Congressional Committee on April 15th, three weeks before the South Carolina 1st District Special Election won by Mark Sanford. | 5/20/13 10:36 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/nrcc_gave_164000_to_south_carolina_republicans_before_sanford_win-224948-1.html |
| Salon | GOP attorney general candidate tried to force women to report miscarriages to police | 5/20/2013 10:24:00 AM | Virginia state Sen. Mark Obenshain wants to send women to jail who don't report their miscarriages to the police | 5/20/13 10:24 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/gop_attorney_general_candidate_tried_to_force_women_to_report_miscarriages_to_police/ |
| Associated Press | Court won't get involved in Miss. redistricting | 5/20/2013 10:00:26 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state's redistricting.... | 5/20/13 10:00 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPREME_COURT_MISSISSIPPI_REDISTRICTING?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Fox News | Move on to What? | 5/20/2013 9:44:08 AM | How does an administration move on from scandals that are still unfolding? The answer: Not very effectively. | 5/20/13 9:44 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/eYw2IJ_shXw/ |
| Fox News | Fact check rips IRS official over Tea Party targeting claims | 5/20/2013 9:40:40 AM | A detailed fact-check published Monday tore into an IRS official's claim that the agency's scrutiny of conservative groups started in response to an influx of nonprofit applications, showing the practice started well before the forms started flooding in. | 5/20/13 9:40 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/kbFz-dnWZvA/ |
| Associated Press | High court uphold FCC power in cell tower disputes | 5/20/2013 9:39:30 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers.... | 5/20/13 9:39 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPREME_COURT_CELL_TOWERS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Court: woman can seek lawyer fees in vaccine case | 5/20/2013 9:21:23 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court says a woman can seek lawyers' fees from the government even though her lawsuit over damage she said was caused by a vaccine was ruled untimely.... | 5/20/13 9:21 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPREME_COURT_VACCINE_LAWSUIT?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Fox News | Justice Department affidavit labels Fox News journalist as possible ‘co-conspirator’ | 5/20/2013 9:08:06 AM | A Fox News correspondent was accused in a Justice Department affidavit of being a possible criminal "co-conspirator" for his alleged role in publishing sensitive security information -- in a leak case that takes the highly unusual step of claiming a journalist broke the law. | 5/20/13 9:08 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/HF-jRuuk13Y/ |
| Fox News | Justice Department obtained records of Fox News journalist | 5/20/2013 9:08:06 AM | The Justice Department obtained a portfolio of information about a Fox News correspondent's conversations and visits as part of an investigation into a possible leak, The Washington Post reported Monday -- in the latest example of the government seizing records of journalists. | 5/20/13 9:08 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/HF-jRuuk13Y/ |
| CNN | Benghazi: GOP digs in for long haul | 5/20/2013 9:05:04 AM | Five separate House committees are investigating facets of the attack and its aftermath, and the five chairmen compared notes on Thursday at a meeting organized by House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor. | 5/20/13 9:05 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/s7Jv5TDi2Ww/index.html |
| Salon | Marijuana opponents’ new plan: Kill First Amendment | 5/20/2013 9:00:00 AM | After failing to stop Colorado from legalizing it, pot foes now want to criminalize drug images and media content | 5/20/13 9:00 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/marijuana_opponents_new_plan_kill_first_amendment/ |
| Politico | SCOTUS to review prayer case | 5/20/2013 8:54:12 AM | The justices say they'll look at lower court ruling that held a town's activities unconstitutional. | 5/20/13 8:54 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=71d77f6fe1d5bfe420954a8fd0beb5ad |
| Politico | SCOTUS to weigh in on legislative prayers | 5/20/2013 8:54:12 AM | The Supreme Court is taking a new case on the intersection of religion and government. | 5/20/13 8:54 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=71d77f6fe1d5bfe420954a8fd0beb5ad |
| ABC Politics | 3 Names to Know in the IRS Scandal | 5/20/2013 8:53:39 AM | Last week might have seemed for the Internal Revenue Service, but this one isn't looking much better, with another congressional hearing scheduled to probe the agency's targeting of tea party groups. Here are three names you're likely to hear more about this week. | 5/20/13 8:53 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c3346eb/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cirs0Escandal0Enames0Ehear0Eweek0Cstory0Did0F1920A40A79/story01.htm |
| Associated Press | High court to weigh in on legislative prayers | 5/20/2013 8:53:20 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings.... | 5/20/13 8:53 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPREME_COURT_TOWN_BOARD_PRAYER?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Corporation Formalizes Political Contributions Operation | 5/20/2013 8:44:00 AM | The State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company formally registered a federal political action committee after years of not having a federal PAC but having very active officers and employees give contributions. State Farm had been one of only nine in the top Fortune 75 companies without a federal PAC. The mutual insurance firm is a group of insurance and financial services companies. | 5/20/13 8:44 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/corporation_formalizes_political_contributions_operation-224947-1.html |
| Politico | Yahoo buys Tumblr in $1.1B deal | 5/20/2013 8:30:12 AM | The deal represents CEO Marissa Mayer's boldest move since arriving at Yahoo. | 5/20/13 8:30 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=3895bbb46a73ac04b0c9b670a70be618 |
| Salon | Poll shows Bachmann trailing in 2014 reelection race | 5/20/2013 8:27:00 AM | A new PPP poll shows her Dem challenger with a slight lead | 5/20/13 8:27 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/poll_shows_bachmann_trailing_in_2014_reelection_race/ |
| Salon | White House lawyer reportedly knew of IRS findings in April | 5/20/2013 8:20:00 AM | Weeks before an audit went public, the chief attorney knew about conservative targeting by the agency | 5/20/13 8:20 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/white_house_lawyer_reportedly_knew_of_irs_findings_in_april/ |
| Salon | There’s hope for progressivism yet | 5/20/2013 8:00:00 AM | Ten years after America invaded Iraq, we're finally emerging from the dark shadow cast by the neocon movement | 5/20/13 8:00 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/theres_hope_for_progressivism_yet_partner/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Planned Floor Action on Cordray Will Highlight Senate Impasse | 5/20/2013 8:00:00 AM | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada plans to press for a vote the week of May 20 on the nomination of Richard Cordray as permanent director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in a move that is sure to divide the parties. | 5/20/13 8:00 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/planned_floor_action_on_cordray_will_highlight_senate_impasse-224932-1.html |
| ABC Politics | The Note: A Scandal's Second Wind | 5/20/2013 7:58:53 AM | By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES PFEIFFER CALLS IRS ACTIVITY ‘INEXCUSABLE’: White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer told ABC’s GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS yesterday that the legality surrounding the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service is “irrelevant,” but called the behavior “outrageous and inexcusable.” “I... | 5/20/13 7:58 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c281bca/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Ca0Escandals0Esecond0Ewind0Ethe0Enote0C/story01.htm |
| Salon | McConnell: Obamacare will dominate 2014 midterms | 5/20/2013 7:57:00 AM | “I think it’s coming back big-time," he said | 5/20/13 7:57 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/mcconnell_obamacare_will_dominate_2014_midterms/ |
| Salon | Georgian police slow to react to mob violence at gay rights march | 5/20/2013 7:55:00 AM | No arrests have been made in a Friday attack that saw thousands hurl rocks and assault participants at a gay rally | 5/20/13 7:55 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/georgian_police_slow_to_react_to_mob_violence_at_gay_rights_march/ |
| Salon | Xenophobia only benefits the 1 percent | 5/20/2013 7:48:00 AM | "Giant corporations are holding governments and citizens up for ransom" as they squabble with each other | 5/20/13 7:48 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/xenophobia_only_benefits_the_1_percent_partner/ |
| The Washington Times | White House knew of damaging IRS audit weeks before it became public: report | 5/20/2013 7:47:39 AM | The White House counsel’s office knew that a Treasury Department inspector general’s report about the IRS targeting conservative groups had been completed in April — weeks before the matter became public. The New York Times reported the revelation as news as White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer launched a vigorous ... | 5/20/13 7:47 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/white-house-knew-damaging-irs-audit-weeks-it-becam/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Salon | Three scandals, Beltway style | 5/20/2013 7:40:00 AM | Sorry, AP phone logs. In DC's game of scandal, you lose to the IRS and Benghazi! | 5/20/13 7:40 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/beltway_plays_scandal_grills_dan_pfeiffer_on_the_word_irrelevant/ |
| Salon | Beltway plays scandal, grills Dan Pfeiffer on super-important things | 5/20/2013 7:40:00 AM | Sorry, AP phone logs. In DC's game of scandal, you lose to the IRS and Benghazi! | 5/20/13 7:40 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/beltway_plays_scandal_grills_dan_pfeiffer_on_the_word_irrelevant/ |
| ABC Politics | Watch: GOP Calling for Full Investigation of IRS Scandal | 5/20/2013 7:25:45 AM | White House says it had nothing to do with the IRS targeting of conservatives. | 5/20/13 7:25 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c27de03/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CGMA0Cvideo0Cirs0Etea0Eparty0Escandal0Egop0Ecalling0Efull0Einvestigation0E19214854/story01.htm |
| CNN | Obama to grads: 'No time for excuses' | 5/20/2013 7:18:35 AM | Past, present and future came together on a thunderstorm-filled Sunday, as President Barack Obama received an honorary doctorate and gave the commencement speech at historically black Morehouse College, where the Rev. Martin Luther King and many other prominent African-Americans spent their formative years. | 5/20/13 7:18 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/Y41O7sMN2fk/index.html |
| CNN | 'No time for excuses' | 5/20/2013 7:14:43 AM | Past, present and future came together on a thunderstorm-filled Sunday, as President Barack Obama received an honorary doctorate and gave the commencement speech at historically black Morehouse College, where the Rev. Martin Luther King and many other prominent African-Americans spent their formative years. | 5/20/13 7:14 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/Y41O7sMN2fk/index.html |
| CNN | Zelizer: What about Obama's promise? | 5/20/2013 7:10:56 AM | Julian Zelizer says that Obama, like many before him, chose to work within the system to get things done rather than lead transformative change. | 5/20/13 7:10 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/SGpPAVsHnyo/index.html |
| Salon | Meet GOP’s fringy new star, E. W. Jackson | 5/20/2013 7:00:00 AM | 10 deep, crazy thoughts from the minister -- and Virginia Lt. Gov. nominee -- who has lots to say on gays and KKK | 5/20/13 7:00 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/deep_thoughts_with_virginias_new_lg_candidate/ |
| Salon | 10 deep thoughts from GOP’s fringy new star, E. W. Jackson | 5/20/2013 7:00:00 AM | Meet the conservative minister who just won Virginia's Lt. Gov. nomination -- and has lots to say on gay people | 5/20/13 7:00 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/deep_thoughts_with_virginias_new_lg_candidate/ |
| CNN | 'SNL' pokes fun at Obama, IRS | 5/20/2013 6:56:19 AM | "Saturday Night Live" pressed the hot topic issues from this controversial week for President Obama and the IRS. | 5/20/13 6:56 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/-PhfPxrI2N8/cnn-weekend-snl-rough-week-for-obama.cnn.html |
| Fox News | Burma leader making landmark White House visit | 5/20/2013 6:55:25 AM | Former general Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first Burma president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation after years of international isolation. | 5/20/13 6:55 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/LPeX9wOPN-c/ |
| Fox News | Kerry to Mideast to press Syria peace talks | 5/20/2013 6:50:05 AM | Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East this week to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia. | 5/20/13 6:50 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/CLDW_5-I-IE/ |
| Salon | Peggy Noonan hears a dog whistle | 5/20/2013 6:45:00 AM | How desperate is GOP? It now fantasizes that Obama’s campaign was a coded order to the IRS to target the Tea Party | 5/20/13 6:45 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/obamas_shocking_reverse_dog_whistle_politics/ |
| Politico | 2 FBI agents killed during training | 5/20/2013 5:34:13 AM | Members of the agency's elite Hostage Rescue Team were killed in a training accident in Virginia. | 5/20/13 5:34 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=c4c7caad32fc05ff1838abe9f1fd7f19 |
| Roll Call (CQ) | In AP Case, Little Evidence DOJ Broke the Law | 5/20/2013 5:00:00 AM | Did the Justice Department break the law when it secretly reviewed the phone records of more than 20 Associated Press reporters and editors? Many legal experts aren't ready to go that far. | 5/20/13 5:00 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/in_ap_case_little_evidence_doj_broke_the_law-224931-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Keep the Internet Free at Home and Abroad | Commentary | 5/20/2013 5:00:00 AM | We are at risk of an Internet "cold war" if the U.S. does not stand up to dangerous proposals from repressive regimes to control the Internet. As governments and members of civil society and industry gather in Geneva for the World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum, countries of the like continue to push efforts to give their governments new powers to suppress their citizens' unfettered access to the Internet. | 5/20/13 5:00 AM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/keep_the_internet_free_at_home_and_abroad_commentary-224922-1.html |
| The Washington Times | Labor union chief calls immigration bill dangerous, sees agency as 'approval machine' | 5/20/2013 4:21:06 AM | The Senate's immigration bill will raise national security risks and the Obama administration will do little more than "rubber-stamp" illegal immigrants into the program, endangering Americans, says the labor union representing the 12,000 employees who will have to approve the applications. Kenneth Palinkas, president of the American Federation of Government ... | 5/20/13 4:21 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/union-chief-immigration-bill-dangerous/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Politico | Arkansas abortion ban blocked | 5/20/2013 4:15:35 AM | A judge has temporarily halted the limits on abortions after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. | 5/20/13 4:15 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=520af5548abcb44aa3e1529bc50cc3f5 |
| Politico | GOP looks to Duke for FCC | 5/20/2013 4:15:02 AM | An economics professor is regarded as a strong candidate to win Republican blessings. | 5/20/13 4:15 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=a18d06b68c941e4bb02196f9d7ff4002 |
| Associated Press | Money tangle: The IRS and its tea party tempest | 5/20/2013 3:28:46 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the sort of heat that targeted taxpayers feel from the tax agency. It's the sense that a powerful someone is breathing down your neck.... | 5/20/13 3:28 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_POLITICAL_GROUPS_NEWS_GUIDE?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan | 5/20/2013 3:10:19 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East this week to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.... | 5/20/13 3:10 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SYRIA?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Senate committee moves toward vote on immigration | 5/20/2013 3:05:56 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor.... | 5/20/13 3:05 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IMMIGRATION?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Myanmar leader making landmark White House visit | 5/20/2013 3:03:05 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former general Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation after years of international isolation.... | 5/20/13 3:03 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_MYANMAR?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | AP CEO calls records seizure 'unconstitutional' | 5/20/2013 2:57:50 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Associated Press' president and chief executive says the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records has already had a chilling effect on newsgathering, a week after the subpoenas were revealed publicly.... | 5/20/13 2:57 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AP_PHONE_RECORDS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Column: Dustups have government's role in common | 5/20/2013 2:41:30 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- A big brother you can trust to keep you safe, give you a hand and do right by you? Or a big brother who snoops, lies and bullies you in all corners of your life?... | 5/20/13 2:41 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OUR_GOVERNMENTS_ROLE?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | AP IMPACT: Military sex abuse victims seek VA help | 5/20/2013 2:38:21 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering long-term impact of a crisis that has roiled the Pentagon and been condemned by President Barack Obama as ""shameful and disgraceful."... | 5/20/13 2:38 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VETERANS_MILITARY_SEXUAL_TRAUMA?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | GOP ponders how to capitalize on Obama's woes | 5/20/2013 2:29:31 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses. It's not clear, however, how Republicans can best capitalize on Democrats' woes, legislatively or politically.... | 5/20/13 2:29 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCANDALS_POLITICS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Reuters | Analysis: Shrinking deficit reduces pressure for budget deal | 5/20/2013 12:15:27 AM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chances of a deal between Democratic and Republican lawmakers that would overhaul the tax system, trim government spending and reform safety net spending programs appear to be fading. | 5/20/13 12:15 AM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/_x2yUjyQnDU/story01.htm |
| Fox News | AP president calls on Obama to 'rein in' DOJ probe into wire service's records | 5/19/2013 11:00:53 PM | Associated Press President Gary Pruitt said Sunday the Justice Department sent a strong – and negative- message to future sources that the government would go after them if they spoke to the press. It’s a move Pruitt called not only unconstitutional but said damaged the ideal of a free press in the country. | 5/19/13 11:00 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/KIPSWngeFVo/ |
| Fox News | AP president calls on Obama to 'reign in' DOJ probe into wire service's records | 5/19/2013 11:00:53 PM | Associated Press President Gary Pruitt said Sunday the Justice Department sent a strong – and negative- message to future sources that the government would go after them if they spoke to the press. It’s a move Pruitt called not only unconstitutional but said damaged the ideal of a free press in the country. | 5/19/13 11:00 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/KIPSWngeFVo/ |
| Fox News | Second immigration officer union comes out against Senate immigration bill | 5/19/2013 11:00:44 PM | The leader of a union representing 12,000 federal immigration officers said Monday his group is joining a growing list of similar organizations opposed to the sweeping immigration bill crafted by the Gang of Eight lawmakers and under consideration in Congress. | 5/19/13 11:00 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/LFXPG4EnXAk/ |
| Fox News | USCIS union says it opposes Senate immigration bill | 5/19/2013 11:00:44 PM | The leader of a union representing 12,000 federal immigration officers said Monday his group is joining a growing list of similar organizations opposed to the sweeping immigration bill crafted by the Gang of Eight lawmakers and under consideration in Congress. | 5/19/13 11:00 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/LFXPG4EnXAk/ |
| Reuters | Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech | 5/19/2013 9:53:36 PM | ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. | 5/19/13 9:53 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/cGiaV5LEvWg/story01.htm |
| The Washington Times | Voter fraud is easy with 13,000 in Maryland still on D.C. records | 5/19/2013 9:07:07 PM | Washington, D.C., has failed to remove from its voting rolls as many as 13,000 former residents who years ago moved to Prince George's County and cast ballots there, making fraud by voting in two jurisdictions as easy as going to the polls in their old neighborhoods, The Washington Times found ... | 5/19/13 9:07 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/vote-fraud-is-easy-with-13000-in-maryland-still-on/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Vote fraud is easy with 13,000 in Maryland still on D.C. records | 5/19/2013 9:07:07 PM | The District has failed to remove from its voting rolls as many as 13,000 former residents who years ago moved to Prince George's County and cast ballots there, making fraud by voting in two jurisdictions as easy as going to the polls in their old neighborhoods, The Washington Times found ... | 5/19/13 9:07 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/vote-fraud-is-easy-with-13000-in-maryland-still-on/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Inside the Beltway: The Culture Count | 5/19/2013 8:59:05 PM | Like a bad restaurant, the Obama administration attracts scathing reviews from Republicans and conservative critics who are tired of what's on the policy menu, and repelled by the signature "culture" of White House operations. The trio of scandals centered on Benghazi, the IRS and the Justice Department has ramped up ... | 5/19/13 8:59 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/inside-the-beltway-the-culture-count/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Seizure of AP phone records on Capitol Hill raises concerns about separation of powers | 5/19/2013 8:51:05 PM | News organizations are convinced that the Obama administration trampled on freedom of the press when the Justice Department seized Associated Press phone records in pursuit of a government source who leaked details of a thwarted terrorist plot last year. But some congressional analysts also are raising concerns that Justice violated ... | 5/19/13 8:51 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/seizure-of-ap-phone-records-on-capitol-hill-raises/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Republicans weigh risks, benefits of select committee on Benghazi | 5/19/2013 8:41:04 PM | The Benghazi terrorist attack has stormed back onto the front pages, and as the attention grows, so do calls from House Republicans who want their party leaders to name a special investigative committee to take control of the inquiry. More than 150 House Republicans have signed on to a resolution ... | 5/19/13 8:41 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/republicans-weigh-risks-benefits-of-select-committ/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Rand Paul gets an early start on 2016 in New Hampshire | 5/19/2013 8:39:06 PM | Stand with Rand in 2016? That's the question diehard Republicans will be mulling over Monday when Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul brings his presidential ambitions to New Hampshire, where he will be headlining a state GOP dinner. The son of former Rep. Ron Paul, a three-time presidential contender from Texas, the ... | 5/19/13 8:39 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/rand-paul-gets-an-early-start-on-2016-in-new-hamps/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Rethinking immigration rules for asylum after Boston | 5/19/2013 8:38:06 PM | The Boston Marathon bombing hasn't derailed the immigration debate, but it has sent lawmakers back to the drawing board on some key provisions, including changes to the asylum system that the two suspects in the bombing used to come to the U.S. Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were brought to the ... | 5/19/13 8:38 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/rethinking-immigration-rules-for-asylum/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Obama at Morehouse: Black men cannot use racism as a crutch | 5/19/2013 8:37:05 PM | Speaking at a historically black college, President Obama said Sunday that he sometimes blamed his youthful failings on racism and urged graduates to look up to black male role models such as filmmaker Spike Lee. Protected by a canopy in a steady rain at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Mr. Obama ... | 5/19/13 8:37 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/obama-at-morehouse-black-men-cannot-use-racism-as-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Mia Love Announces Utah Rematch | 5/19/2013 8:34:00 PM | Sarasota Springs Mayor Mia Love officially announced this weekend that she will challenge Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, again for the 4th District. | 5/19/13 8:34 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/mia_love_announces_utah_rematch-224946-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Capitol Quip: Let's Go On Tour | 5/19/2013 7:11:00 PM | Illustrator R.J. Matson's latest cartoon needs a caption. | 5/19/13 7:11 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/capitol_quip_lets_go_on_tour-224939-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Capitol Quip: Happy Trails! | 5/19/2013 7:01:00 PM | Thanks to the many readers who contributed captions for last week's Capitol Quip contest. Here's the winning entry as voted by readers of Heard on the Hill. Judging from the comments, we realize there were some strong feelings about the caption entries. We value your feedback, so please keep it coming. | 5/19/13 7:01 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/capitol_quip_happy_trails-224938-1.html |
| ABC Politics | Obama Optimistic Despite 'Shortage of Common Sense' in DC | 5/19/2013 5:23:23 PM | ATLANTA — President Obama said today he remains optimistic about the prospects for his second term agenda despite what he called a “shortage of common sense” in the nation’s capital. “We’ve got good, common-sense solutions that we can implement right now. The bad news is,... | 5/19/13 5:23 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c222323/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cobama0Eoptimistic0Edespite0Eshortage0Eof0Ecommon0Esense0Ein0Edc0C/story01.htm |
| The Washington Times | CURL: Benghazi is the only scandal that matters | 5/19/2013 4:38:05 PM | Analysis/Opinion: "What difference, at this point, does it make?" — Hillary Rodham Clinton, in House testimony on Benghazi "Well, I got a couple of thousand goddamn questions, you know. I want to speak to someone in charge." — Roy Neary, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" Spoiler alert: The IRS ... | 5/19/13 4:38 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/benghazi-is-the-only-scandal-that-matters/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Salon | Report: Obama to make big speech about drones, Guantanamo | 5/19/2013 3:44:00 PM | The President will reportedly address White House counterterrorism policy on Thursday | 5/19/13 3:44 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/report_obama_to_make_big_speech_about_drones_guantanamo/ |
| Politico | Charlotte recalls 1963 protests | 5/19/2013 3:09:05 PM | Civic leaders will discuss the city's race relations at a symbolic lunch event next week. | 5/19/13 3:09 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=aca4b049e66669d6e3a7423fe444b66e |
| Fox News | Top Obama adviser stakes out defiant defense on IRS, Benghazi, AP scandals | 5/19/2013 2:49:59 PM | A top White House adviser staked out a defiant defense Sunday on a series of scandals that have hit the Obama administration, going so far as to say it was an “irrelevant fact” where the president was the night of the Benghazi terror attacks and saying the Obama administration wouldn’t cooperate in “partisan fishing expeditions” over IRS officials targeting Tea Party groups. | 5/19/13 2:49 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/YBKddlINTBc/ |
| Reuters | Obama tries to bounce back after tough week | 5/19/2013 2:25:55 PM | ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama complained on Sunday that partisan battles in Washington are holding back stronger U.S. economic growth as he tried to recover from one of the most difficult weeks of his presidency. | 5/19/13 2:25 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/cLmpN_cInO0/story01.htm |
| Reuters | White House accuses Republicans of 'fishing expeditions' | 5/19/2013 2:23:40 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Sunday accused Republicans of conducting political "fishing expeditions," while Republican lawmakers showed no let up in attacking President Barack Obama's administration for a culture of what they called cover-up and "intimidation." | 5/19/13 2:23 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/lXjqHJAD-G4/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | 'Nation' Editor on Potential Anthony Weiner NYC Mayoral Bid: He 'Needs a Few More Years in the Wilderness' | 5/19/2013 2:23:22 PM | During an exclusive to web interview with “This Week,” Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of “The Nation,” addressed the possibility of a New York City mayoral bid by Anthony Weiner, saying the former New York congressman, who resigned in 2011, needed a “few more... | 5/19/13 2:23 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c213731/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cnation0Eeditor0Eon0Epotential0Eanthony0Eweiner0Enyc0Emayoral0Ebid0Ehe0Eneeds0Ea0Efew0Emore0Eyears0Ein0Ethe0Ewilderness0C/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | Obama Tells Grads 'I Might Have Been in Prison' | 5/19/2013 2:11:53 PM | ATLANTA — President Obama said today that he is motivated by the knowledge that “but for the grace of God … I might have been in prison,” in a commencement address at historically black Morehouse College, where he spoke frankly about race and young men’s... | 5/19/13 2:11 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c21356e/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cobama0Estrikes0Epersonal0Etone0Ein0Ecommencement0Espeech0Eon0Erace0Emanhood0C/story01.htm |
| Associated Press | Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates | 5/19/2013 2:10:50 PM | ATLANTA (AP) -- President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.... | 5/19/13 2:10 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Corporation Formalizes Political Contributions Operation | 5/19/2013 2:09:00 PM | The State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company formally registered a federal political action committee after years of not having a federal PAC but having very active officers and employees give contributions. State Farm had been one of only nine in the top Fortune 75 companies without a federal PAC. The mutual insurance firm is a group of insurance and financial services companies. | 5/19/13 2:09 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/corporation_formalizes_political_contributions_operation-224937-1.html |
| Salon | Paul Krugman’s right: Austerity kills | 5/19/2013 1:45:00 PM | Austerity kills -- radical cuts destroy economies and lives, and the honest numbers and economics keep proving it | 5/19/13 1:45 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/paul_krugmans_right_austerity_kills/ |
| Fox News | Georgia Gov. Deal orders Bibles returned to state-owned park | 5/19/2013 1:31:34 PM | When Ed Buckner and his family went to a north Georgia state park to celebrate his son's birthday, he was surprised and concerned to find Bibles in the state-owned cabin he had rented. | 5/19/13 1:31 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/wo74sMC1v8s/ |
| The Washington Times | Obama to black graduates: Don't use racism as an excuse | 5/19/2013 1:24:12 PM | President Obama, speaking Sunday at a historically black college, said he sometimes blamed his youthful failings on racism and urged graduates to look up to black male role models such as filmmaker Spike Lee. Protected by a canopy in a steady rain at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Mr. Obama told ... | 5/19/13 1:24 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/obama-black-graduates-dont-use-racism-excuse/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Salon | Poll: Obama approval at 53 percent amid IRS, Benghazi controversies | 5/19/2013 1:14:00 PM | The same poll showed Obama's approval at 51 percent in early April | 5/19/13 1:14 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/poll_obama_approval_at_53_percent_amid_irs_benghazi_controversies/ |
| Associated Press | What do we eat? New food map will tell us | 5/19/2013 1:05:13 PM | CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought.... | 5/19/13 1:05 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WHAT_DO_WE_EAT?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| The Washington Times | AP CEO calls Justice Department's records seizure unconstitutional | 5/19/2013 12:51:59 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering. Gary Pruitt of the AP said the Justice Department's secret subpoena of reporters' phone records has made sources less ... | 5/19/13 12:51 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/ap-ceo-calls-justice-departments-records-seizure-u/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Politico | Va. pick bemoaned 'slavish devotion' | 5/19/2013 12:47:47 PM | GOP lieutenant gov choice has fiery YouTube past. | 5/19/13 12:47 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=686efdcb6b965011ae30621451eabfd5 |
| Politico | Jackson bemoans 'slavish devotion' | 5/19/2013 12:47:47 PM | Virginia's Lt. Gov. pick has a fiery YouTube past. | 5/19/13 12:47 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=686efdcb6b965011ae30621451eabfd5 |
| Politico | Va. pick compared Planned Parenthood, KKK | 5/19/2013 12:47:47 PM | E.W. Jackson's statements are likely to inflame the culture-war politics of the state's 2013 elections. | 5/19/13 12:47 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=686efdcb6b965011ae30621451eabfd5 |
| ABC Politics | George Will: Impeachment Talk Is 'Silly' | 5/19/2013 12:43:23 PM | Below you can find some of the notable comments made Sunday on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” Appearing on today’s show was Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. Plus, our... | 5/19/13 12:43 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c20bffa/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cgeorge0Ewill0Eimpeachment0Etalk0Eis0Esilly0C/story01.htm |
| Reuters | AP chief says phone probe makes news sources reluctant to talk | 5/19/2013 12:37:34 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department's seizure of phone records for journalists at the Associated Press is hurting the agency's ability to gather news, the wire service's Chief Executive and President Gary Pruitt said on Sunday. | 5/19/13 12:37 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/8fA-dVQnlgg/story01.htm |
| Fox News | Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates | 5/19/2013 12:33:13 PM | President Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, told graduates of Morehouse College Sunday to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives. | 5/19/13 12:33 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/1X4vRSwSG5g/ |
| Salon | Sunday shows round-up: All about the IRS and Benghazi | 5/19/2013 12:16:00 PM | This week's Sunday shows were unsurprisingly dominated by the IRS and Benghazi controversies | 5/19/13 12:16 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/sunday_shows_round_up_all_about_the_irs_and_benghazi/ |
| Salon | Colin Quinn’s “Unconstitutional” history lesson | 5/19/2013 12:00:00 PM | In his new off-Broadway show, the SNL alumnus schools audiences with his irreverent take on the Founding Fathers | 5/19/13 12:00 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/colin_quinns_unconstitutional_an_unconventional_history_lesson_partner/ |
| Associated Press | AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional | 5/19/2013 11:54:19 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering.... | 5/19/13 11:54 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AP_PHONE_RECORDS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| The Washington Times | Obama to speak on legality of drone program | 5/19/2013 11:53:25 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said. Mr. Obama's speech will be an attempt to fulfill his State of the Union pledge to be more "transparent" with the public ... | 5/19/13 11:53 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/obama-speak-legality-drone-program/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Salon | Paul Ryan: “I don’t know” if there was a Benghazi cover-up | 5/19/2013 11:37:00 AM | "We just need to investigate this for the sake of good government," he added | 5/19/13 11:37 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/paul_ryan_i_dont_know_if_there_was_a_benghazi_cover_up/ |
| Associated Press | Tea party looks to take advantage of moment | 5/19/2013 11:34:02 AM | DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.... | 5/19/13 11:34 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_TEA_PARTY_POLITICS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Fox News | DOJ subpoenas are 'unconstitutional,' hurt press, AP president says | 5/19/2013 11:31:53 AM | Associated Press President Gary Pruitt said Sunday the Justice Department sent a strong – and negative- message to future sources that the government would go after them if they spoke to the press. It’s a move Pruitt called not only unconstitutional but said damaged the ideal of a free press in the country. | 5/19/13 11:31 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/JtvyDqb9XEc/ |
| Fox News | Illinois Senate approves bill to legalize medical marijuana | 5/19/2013 11:27:26 AM | Illinois lawmakers agreed to legalize the use of medical marijuana on Friday under a plan that's being billed as the strictest in the nation among states that have authorized the drug's medicinal use, though it was unclear whether the Democratic governor plans to sign it. | 5/19/13 11:27 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/Zpgx7WVKRao/ |
| Fox News | Pipe dream: Skip college, become a plumber, NYC Mayor Bloomberg says | 5/19/2013 11:21:33 AM | The heck with Harvard, says New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Most high school grads should learn a trade . . . like plumbing. | 5/19/13 11:21 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/NUfaOjfZLxc/ |
| Associated Press | Obama to speak on legality of drone program | 5/19/2013 11:10:14 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said.... | 5/19/13 11:10 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_DRONES?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Salon | Jon Karl makes things worse | 5/19/2013 11:04:00 AM | He regrets “inaccurate” Benghazi email but says his story based on it “still entirely stands.” Really. ABC News? | 5/19/13 11:04 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/jon_karl_makes_things_worse/ |
| ABC Politics | 'This Week' Transcript: White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer | 5/19/2013 10:47:59 AM | Dan Pfeiffer is interviewed on 'This Week' | 5/19/13 10:47 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c1f1238/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cweek0Etranscript0Ewhite0Ehouse0Esenior0Eadviser0Edan0Epfeiffer0Cstory0Did0F1920A4852/story01.htm |
| Reuters | Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech | 5/19/2013 10:47:05 AM | ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. | 5/19/13 10:47 AM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/LcLm7xVmGJQ/story01.htm |
| Fox News | Republicans owe Rice an apology on Benghazi, Obama adviser says | 5/19/2013 10:44:06 AM | White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday Republicans owe Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, an apology for alleging she played a part in formulating the White House’s response to the attacks in Benghazi, Libya last year that killed four Americans. | 5/19/13 10:44 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/ptcoYV8F36k/ |
| Associated Press | White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS | 5/19/2013 10:24:47 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers.... | 5/19/13 10:24 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_POLITICAL_GROUPS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| The Washington Times | Sen. John Cornyn: 'Past time' for Eric Holder to go | 5/19/2013 10:17:41 AM | The American people have lost faith in U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., and he must be replaced, a top GOP senator said Sunday. "I lost confidence in the attorney general a long time ago over his cover-up of the Fast and Furious investigation," said Sen. John Cornyn, Texas ... | 5/19/13 10:17 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/sen-john-cornyn-past-time-eric-holder-go/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Salon | FBI reportedly joins Bachmann campaign finance probe | 5/19/2013 10:09:00 AM | The agency is investigating alleged violations by Bachmann's 2012 presidential campaign | 5/19/13 10:09 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/fbi_reportedly_joins_bachmann_campaign_finance_probe/ |
| Salon | How Guantanamo affects China: Our human rights hypocrisies | 5/19/2013 10:00:00 AM | The U.S. uses the ideology of human rights as a political tool, embracing -- or ignoring -- it when convenient | 5/19/13 10:00 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/how_guantanamo_affects_china_our_human_rights_hypocrisies/ |
| Salon | Jindal: IRS officials should “go to jail” for targeting | 5/19/2013 9:46:00 AM | "You cannot take the freedom of law-abiding Americans...and keep your own freedom" | 5/19/13 9:46 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/jindal_irs_officials_should_go_to_jail_for_targeting/ |
| Fox News | Texas Republican Sen. Cruz eligible to be president should he decide to run | 5/19/2013 9:35:39 AM | Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz was born in Canada but is qualified to become president should he mount a campaign in 2016 or beyond.
Cruz was born in Calgary, and his father is from Cuba. But the Republican senator’s mother is from the first state of Delaware, which appears to settles the issue. | 5/19/13 9:35 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/CQswlVKS1fg/ |
| Reuters | Ghosts of incinerator bond deal haunt Harrisburg election | 5/19/2013 9:30:31 AM | (Reuters) - In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's cash-hungry capital city, local political battles are waged much as they are across the United States: with big personalities and bare-knuckled verbal brawls. | 5/19/13 9:30 AM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/bclKcDu7IEc/story01.htm |
| Salon | Dem Congressman slams GOP for “doctored” Benghazi emails | 5/19/2013 9:20:00 AM | Rep. Adam Schiff also called for answers as to who allegedly leaked and altered the emails | 5/19/13 9:20 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/dem_congressman_slams_gop_for_doctored_benghazi_emails/ |
| Associated Press | Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic | 5/19/2013 9:07:24 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an effort to weaken him.... | 5/19/13 9:07 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_ECONOMY?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| The Washington Times | White House aide: 'Nothing that suggests' IRS official at center of scandal 'did anything wrong' | 5/19/2013 8:59:07 AM | The White House is standing behind the woman who led the Internal Revenue Service's tax-exempt division while it targeted conservative groups — the same official who now runs the part of the agency charged with implementing "Obamacare." "No one has suggested that she did anything wrong yet," said White House ... | 5/19/13 8:59 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/white-house-adviser-nothing-suggests-irs-official-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| ABC Politics | Pfeiffer: IRS Behavior 'Inexcusable' Whether or Not Illegal | 5/19/2013 8:39:21 AM | This morning on “This Week,” White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” that the legality surrounding the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue service is “irrelevant,” but called the behavior “inexcusable.” “I can’t speak to the law... | 5/19/13 8:39 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c1f27cd/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cdan0Epfeiffer0Elegality0Eof0Eirs0Etargeting0Eof0Econservative0Egroups0Eirrelevant0C/story01.htm |
| Salon | Must-see morning clip: Amy Poehler returns to SNL | 5/19/2013 8:24:00 AM | On Weekend Update, she and Seth Meyers had just one reaction to the IRS scandal: "Really!?!" | 5/19/13 8:24 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/must_see_morning_clip_amy_poehler_returns_to_snl/ |
| The Washington Times | Chesapeake bishop surprises, wins Va. GOP lieutenant governor nomination | 5/19/2013 8:08:20 AM | RICHMOND — After Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II formally accepted his party's nomination for governor and Virginia GOP scion Mark Obenshain secured the same for attorney general, it was a political neophyte who stole the show Saturday with multiple helpings of 11th-hour drama. Chesapeake Bishop E.W. Jackson, who ... | 5/19/13 8:08 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/chesapeake-bishop-surprises-wins-va-gop-lieutenant/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Fox News | President Obama learned about IRS scandal via media, senior adviser tells 'Fox News Sunday' | 5/19/2013 8:05:05 AM | Senior White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer told Fox News Sunday that President Obama learned about the Internal Revenue Service targeting tea party groups applying for tax exempt status only after it had come out in the media. | 5/19/13 8:05 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/O6WmxK6-zM8/ |
| Salon | Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Nailing a dictator | 5/19/2013 8:00:00 AM | From Guatemalan tyrants to Syrian dissidents, a look at the finest documentaries YouTube has to offer | 5/19/13 8:00 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/top_5_investigative_videos_of_the_week_nailing_a_dictator_partner/ |
| ABC Politics | GOP Told of IRS Investigation in '12 | 5/19/2013 7:51:52 AM | Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year’s the Presidential election. Republicans who requested the investigation were also told about it... | 5/19/13 7:51 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c1f0f90/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Crepublicans0Einformed0Eof0Eirs0Einvestigation0Elast0Eyear0C/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | Republicans Informed of IRS Investigation Last Year | 5/19/2013 7:51:52 AM | Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year’s the Presidential election. Republicans who requested the investigation were also told about it... | 5/19/13 7:51 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c1f0f90/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Crepublicans0Einformed0Eof0Eirs0Einvestigation0Elast0Eyear0C/story01.htm |
| Fox News | IRS flagged small tea party groups, ignored big-budget organizations | 5/19/2013 7:28:57 AM | There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. | 5/19/13 7:28 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/LQFEUbgH0zo/ |
| Salon | Doug Henwood: Capitalism thrives on class exploitation | 5/19/2013 7:00:00 AM | The publisher of "Left Business Observer" talks print media, left regroupment and electoral politics | 5/19/13 7:00 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/doug_henwood_on_the_decline_of_the_left_partner/ |
| Salon | Growing, lurking threat: “Paper terrorism” | 5/19/2013 6:00:00 AM | Massive financial schemes by anti-government zealots and sovereign citizens have states scrambling for protection | 5/19/13 6:00 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/19/why_you_should_fear_paper_terrorism/ |
| Fox News | FBI searches apartment after ricin letters discovered in Washington state | 5/19/2013 3:45:41 AM | Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. | 5/19/13 3:45 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/LIep-7iLLFo/ |
| Fox News | Federal report documents inmate sex abuse at US facilities | 5/19/2013 3:41:48 AM | Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at U.S. jails and prisons. | 5/19/13 3:41 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/-W4PuAvkiGs/ |
| Fox News | Lawmakers eye regulating domestic surveillance drones | 5/19/2013 1:59:58 AM | The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it. | 5/19/13 1:59 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/asMt8EFn_Ig/ |
| Fox News | Illinois lawmakers crack down on social media 'flash mobs' | 5/18/2013 11:00:30 PM | Seeking to keep pace with changing technology, Illinois toughened penalties Saturday for those who use social media and text messaging to organize violent "flash mobs" like those that have occurred on Chicago's Michigan Avenue and in other tourist areas. | 5/18/13 11:00 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/slk3-DpbsPM/ |
| Reuters | Los Angeles mayoral race narrows, latest opinion poll shows | 5/18/2013 7:38:55 PM | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - City Councilman Eric Garcetti leads City Controller Wendy Greuel by 7 percentage points in a tightening race for mayor of Los Angeles, according to the latest opinion poll, but the survey's director said Greuel could still stage an upset in Tuesday's election. | 5/18/13 7:38 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/IXekmyQFaZI/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | Michelle Obama Makes Light of President's Failures | 5/18/2013 7:31:51 PM | Delivering her only speech at a high school graduation this year, first lady Michelle Obama joked about the failures her husband, President Obama, has encountered in life as she told a graduating class of high school seniors in Nashville, Tenn. today that in order to... | 5/18/13 7:31 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c1b77bc/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cmichelle0Eobama0Emakes0Elight0Eof0Epresidents0Efailures0Ein0Egraduation0Espeech0C/story01.htm |
| Salon | How right-wingers use semantic tricks to kill government | 5/18/2013 4:30:00 PM | Loaded terminology like "entitlements" and "welfare" skews the debate and alters America. Here's how it works | 5/18/13 4:30 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/18/how_right_wingers_use_semantic_tricks_to_kill_government/ |
| Fox News | Immigration bill, Heritage study spark debate about so-called cost of 'doing nothing' | 5/18/2013 4:16:09 PM | A recent-cost study on the Senate immigration-reform bill has sparked debate in Washington about whether the United States would be better off economically by allowing its roughly 11 million illegal immigrants to remain in the country under their non-legal status instead of giving them the opportunity to become citizens. | 5/18/13 4:16 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/JHn6Hc3c5iQ/ |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Will Obama Controversies Affect Democratic Recruitment? | 5/18/2013 4:04:00 PM | There is no doubt that the three major controversies on which President Barack Obama finds his administration on the defensive -- Benghazi, the IRS targeting of conservatives and the seizure of AP phone records -- have changed the political narrative of the day. Instead of mobilizing all of his resources to promote his agenda, the president and administration officials are having to spend time and energy answering and rebutting Republican charges. | 5/18/13 4:04 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/will_obama_controversies_affect_democratic_recruitment-224936-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Will Obama Administration Controversies Affect Democratic Recruitment? | 5/18/2013 4:04:00 PM | There is no doubt that the three major controversies on which President Obama finds his administration on the defensive - Benghazi, the IRS targeting of conservatives and the subpoenaing of AP phone records - have changed the political narrative of the day. Instead of mobilizing all of his resources to promote his agenda, the president and administration officials are having to spent time and energy answering and rebutting Republican charges. | 5/18/13 4:04 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/will_obama_administration_controversies_affect_democratic_recruitment-224936-1.html |
| Fox News | State Sen. Mark Obenshain nominated for Virginia attorney general by GOP | 5/18/2013 3:53:44 PM | State Sen. Mark Obenshain has won the Republican nomination for attorney general in Virginia 35 years after his father won the party's U.S. Senate nomination. | 5/18/13 3:53 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/GjMk5YofqF8/ |
| Associated Press | First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams | 5/18/2013 3:32:40 PM | NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.... | 5/18/13 3:32 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MICHELLE_OBAMA_COMMENCEMENT?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf | 5/18/2013 3:13:16 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf - in the rain.... | 5/18/13 3:13 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_CABINET_GOLF?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles | 5/18/2013 2:48:35 PM | ATLANTA (AP) -- Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.... | 5/18/13 2:48 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SENATE_DEMOCRATIC_STRUGGLES?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Associated Press | Obama agenda marches on despite controversies | 5/18/2013 2:47:17 PM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.... | 5/18/13 2:47 PM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_CONGRESS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Rep. Peters Reports $2 Million to $7 Million in Stock Transactions | 5/18/2013 2:34:00 PM | Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., reported this week more than $2 million in stock transactions in April. He reported his spouse sold $1,965,008 to $7,150,000 of Astronics Corproation between April 3 and April 10. She had earlier sold $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 of Astronics Corporation on Jan. 31. His spouse also purchased $102,001 to $280,000 in Tortoise Energy Capital on April 24. | 5/18/13 2:34 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/rep_peters_reports_2_million_to_7_million_in_stock_transactions-224935-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Rep. Peters Reports Between $2 million and $7 million in Stock Transactions | 5/18/2013 2:34:00 PM | Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) reported this week over $2 million in stock transactions in April. He reported his spouse sold $1,965,008 to $7,150,000 of Astronics Corproation between 4/3 and 4/10. She had earlier sold $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 of Astronics Corporation on 1/31. His spouse also purchased $102,001 to $280,000 in Tortoise Energy Capital on 4/24. | 5/18/13 2:34 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/rep_peters_reports_between_2_million_and_7_million_in_stock_transactions-224935-1.html |
| Salon | The conservative case for raising the minimum wage | 5/18/2013 2:30:00 PM | A leading conservative argues that immigration reform and a boost in wages need to go hand in hand | 5/18/13 2:30 PM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/18/the_conservative_case_for_raising_the_minimum_wage/ |
| Fox News | Lawyer confirms she asked planted question that broke open IRS scandal | 5/18/2013 1:40:05 PM | The first revelation that the IRS was targeting Tea Party groups came in a planted question during a lawyers’ conference earlier this month, the attorney who asked the question confirmed Saturday with Fox News. | 5/18/13 1:40 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/BXxmsmS0TOk/ |
| ABC Politics | Obama Goes Golfing After Week of Political Scandals | 5/18/2013 12:35:21 PM | WASHINGTON — President Obama — despite dealing with a trio of political scandals that flared up this week — squeezed in some time on the golf course today, and included a woman in his foursome for the first time this year. The president played golf... | 5/18/13 12:35 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c194829/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cpresident0Eobama0Egolfs0Eafter0Eweek0Eof0Epolitical0Escandals0C/story01.htm |
| Fox News | Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles | 5/18/2013 12:30:07 PM | Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota -- showing that Republicans aren't the only ones with internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. | 5/18/13 12:30 PM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/TdmO49elPuA/ |
| CNN | From history to Hollywood, Los Angeles mayoral race offers it all | 5/18/2013 12:01:17 PM | Voters in the nation's second-largest city will elect a new mayor Tuesday in a race that will make history and offer a possible indicator on public sentiment toward unions representing municipal employees during a budget crisis. | 5/18/13 12:01 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/Dlc4Ds98Tqs/index.html |
| Salon | Alex Gibney: Julian Assange has become like “those he despises” | 5/18/2013 11:30:00 AM | An Oscar-winning filmmaker defends his Col. Kurtz-style portrait of the WikiLeaks founder in "We Steal Secrets" | 5/18/13 11:30 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/18/alex_gibney_julian_assange_has_become_like_those_he_despises/ |
| The Washington Times | Cuccinelli leads Va. slate that's strongly conservative | 5/18/2013 11:26:12 AM | Virginia Republicans will put up an unquestionably conservative ticket in the fall elections, a prospect delighting the party's base and presenting a crystal-clear contrast with Democrats in what is likely to be the marquee election of 2013. Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, E.W. Jackson of Chesapeake and state Sen. ... | 5/18/13 11:26 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/18/cuccinelli-accepts-gubernatorial-nomination-richmo/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Cuccinelli accepts Va. GOP gubernatorial nomination | 5/18/2013 11:26:12 AM | RICHMOND — Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli formally accepted the Republican nomination to be Virginia's next governor Saturday before a crowd of more than 8,000 gathered at the Richmond Coliseum, pledging to focus on the economy, education, and reining in government if elected this fall. "Working together, we can ... | 5/18/13 11:26 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/18/cuccinelli-accepts-gubernatorial-nomination-richmo/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Fox News | FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case | 5/18/2013 11:13:41 AM | Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. | 5/18/13 11:13 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/FvH_AORLmAI/ |
| Fox News | Republicans: IRS scandal shows agency 'rotten at the core,' needs major reform | 5/18/2013 11:01:27 AM | The IRS targeting Tea Party groups and other conservative-leaning political organizations has reignited calls for reform and the argument among Capitol Hill Republicans that the federal government has become too big and out of control. | 5/18/13 11:01 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/Sv-1RbwBm6M/ |
| The Washington Times | Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012 | 5/18/2013 10:49:07 AM | WASHINGTON — Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat ... | 5/18/13 10:49 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/18/treasury-officials-told-irs-probe-june-2012/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Associated Press | IRS probe ignored most influential groups | 5/18/2013 10:40:36 AM | WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.... | 5/18/13 10:40 AM | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME | http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_OUTSIDE_GROUPS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |
| Fox News | New Virginia GOP gov. nominee Cuccinelli is Tea Party favorite | 5/18/2013 10:16:45 AM | Virginia's activist conservative attorney general has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by acclamation. | 5/18/13 10:16 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/q_tHhZ4CCNU/ |
| Fox News | Parking fees at California state beaches heat up | 5/18/2013 10:14:44 AM | Sunbathers flocking to Southern California beaches are used to feeding the meter or paying a parking attendant. Not so along the less developed north coast where it's customary to ditch cars on the shoulder of Highway 1 to surf, swim or picnic. | 5/18/13 10:14 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/JkPOzom2lsk/ |
| The Washington Times | Virginia AG Cuccinelli wins GOP gov nomination | 5/18/2013 10:13:34 AM | RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's conservative attorney general has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by acclamation. At the GOP's statewide convention, thousands of conservatives and tea party followers who dominated the Richmond Coliseum on Saturday roared their unanimous support for Ken Cuccinelli. He was unopposed for the nomination and is ... | 5/18/13 10:13 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/18/ken-cuccinelli-wins-va-gop-gov-nomination/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Politico | Va. GOP launches tea party ticket | 5/18/2013 10:11:47 AM | A trio of candidates' fates will be closely watched as an indicator of the health of the party. | 5/18/13 10:11 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=7909d5b04246b7d8d94d78d5b7758817 |
| The Washington Times | Non-deportation rate drops — to 99.2 percent | 5/18/2013 9:44:15 AM | The Homeland Security Department has granted legal status to 99.2 percent of all illegal immigrants who have applied under President Obama's new non-deportation policy for young adults, according to the latest numbers released Friday. That's a slight drop from the 99.5 percent approval rate reported last month. The policy, known ... | 5/18/13 9:44 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/18/nondeportation-rate-drops-992-percent/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Salon | The week in 10 pics | 5/18/2013 8:00:00 AM | From the House Judiciary Committee hearings to #umbrellagate, a look at the week's most enduring images | 5/18/13 8:00 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/18/the_week_in_10_pics_13/ |
| ABC Politics | Obama Pivots to Jobs Tour | 5/18/2013 7:20:51 AM | After a week filled with political scandals, President Obama turned to promoting his jobs tour in his weekly address Saturday. “That’s why I like getting out of the Washington echo chamber whenever I can – because too often, our politics aren’t focused on the same... | 5/18/13 7:20 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c172962/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cobama0Epivots0Eto0Ejobs0Etour0Eat0Eend0Eof0Escandal0Efilled0Eweek0C/story01.htm |
| Salon | We’re living in an Ayn Rand economy | 5/18/2013 7:00:00 AM | Over the past 20 years, corporate profits have quadrupled while the corporate tax rate has dropped by half | 5/18/13 7:00 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/18/were_living_in_an_ayn_rand_economy_partner/ |
| Politico | Jindal: IRS officials deserve prison | 5/18/2013 6:01:58 AM | The Louisiana governor channels the right's fury over the scandal. | 5/18/13 6:01 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=45ea70a6ebd1cfb4474fe67cbe8bc9e5 |
| Salon | Obstruction will ruin GOP | 5/18/2013 6:00:00 AM | Playing politics and abusing the system can excite the extremes, but it's a recipe for long-term political disaster | 5/18/13 6:00 AM | http://www.salon.com/news/ | http://www.salon.com/2013/05/18/obstruction_will_ruin_gop/ |
| Politico | Bipartisanship follows the money | 5/18/2013 5:59:30 AM | Cash-rich interest groups get consultants in gridlocked D.C. to see the value of cooperation. | 5/18/13 5:59 AM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=65209ad868dd158a356d50d1248fc641 |
| Fox News | Georgia town sued over law requiring gun ownership | 5/18/2013 3:58:00 AM | A group that supports gun control filed suit Thursday against a north Georgia town that recently passed a law requiring gun ownership that it said is mostly symbolic. | 5/18/13 3:58 AM | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html | http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/5YD-JTCj2cs/ |
| Reuters | Tech, labor brandish dueling studies in immigration fight | 5/18/2013 12:01:00 AM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The technology industry and organized labor are locked in a fight that threatens to complicate the U.S. Senate's immigration bill. | 5/18/13 12:01 AM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/I0gYSbiMB2c/story01.htm |
| Reuters | Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent | 5/17/2013 9:03:50 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country. | 5/17/13 9:03 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/WMYivdN9LEI/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | NRSC Wins April Fundraising by a Nose | 5/17/2013 8:32:00 PM | The two Senate campaign committees turned in nearly even monthly fundraising hauls in April, marking the first month this cycle the National Republican Senatorial Committee finished ahead. | 5/17/13 8:32 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/nrsc_wins_april_fundraising_by_a_nose-224934-1.html |
| ABC Politics | Watch: Michele Bachmann: The IRS Targeting of Tea Party Groups Tied to Obama's Political Agenda | 5/17/2013 8:31:09 PM | Chair of the Tea Party Caucus discusses IRS scandal, health care, and possible presidential aspirations. | 5/17/13 8:31 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c13caec/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CGMA0Cvideo0Cmichele0Ebachmann0Eirs0Etargeting0Etea0Eparty0Egroups0Etied0E1920A5967/story01.htm |
| CNN | Benghazi: GOP digs in | 5/17/2013 8:06:53 PM | Five separate House committees are investigating facets of the attack and its aftermath, and the five chairmen compared notes on Thursday at a meeting organized by House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor. | 5/17/13 8:06 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/s7Jv5TDi2Ww/index.html |
| Reuters | IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandal | 5/17/2013 7:54:36 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. | 5/17/13 7:54 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/Em2EhzXoa9E/story01.htm |
| CNN | Opinion: Scandal about donors, not tax | 5/17/2013 7:53:30 PM | Roger Colinvaux says the IRS scandal is fundamentally about disclosure of donors, not tax-exempt status. | 5/17/13 7:53 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/TL38_b5oKuw/index.html |
| CNN | IRS official denies intentional political targeting | 5/17/2013 7:50:19 PM | Members of the House Ways and Means Committee will take their turn Friday questioning Internal Revenue Service officials over the targeting of conservative groups by the agency. | 5/17/13 7:50 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/Iveq_J2FVmQ/index.html |
| CNN | Conservative groups describe IRS scrutiny | 5/17/2013 7:40:40 PM | Tea party groups describe an arduous IRS application process for tax-exempt status with probing questions and long delays. | 5/17/13 7:40 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/6OpxMV3o84Q/index.html |
| CNN | Paul: IRS scandal needs more than a scapegoat | 5/17/2013 7:39:55 PM | The Internal Revenue Service has admitted that it targeted groups with "tea party" or "patriot" in their names. We've since learned that a wider array of groups concerned about spending, debt, high taxes, government growth, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights -- basically any conservative or libertarian issue you can name -- was targeted. | 5/17/13 7:39 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/zcXo8YXyP2c/index.html |
| CNN | Senators: SEC must get tough with credit rating agencies | 5/17/2013 7:38:40 PM | Sens. Al Franken and Roger Wicker say we need a strong SEC to make sure credit ratings fraud doesn't bring down the economy again. | 5/17/13 7:38 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/x4vo3QuUYl0/index.html |
| CNN | Obama's rough week | 5/17/2013 7:28:26 PM | Dogged by crises, President Obama is doing his best to change the subject. CNN's Jessica Yellin reports. | 5/17/13 7:28 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/4K26FXGU9tU/tsr-dnt-yellin-obamas-bad-week.cnn.html |
| CNN | Confronting military sexual assault | 5/17/2013 7:27:19 PM | CNN's Barbara Starr examines what's being done in Washington to eliminate sexual assault in the military. | 5/17/13 7:27 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/9IaxVUbw7c8/tsr-dnt-starr-military.cnn.html |
| CNN | Ryan: Are we getting straight answers? | 5/17/2013 7:17:33 PM | Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin says IRS is not giving Congress straight answers, said religious groups also targeted by IRS. | 5/17/13 7:17 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/nV9tgc4gvHA/exp-lead-paul-ryan-intv.cnn.html |
| CNN | Lawmakers grill ousted IRS boss | 5/17/2013 7:11:12 PM | An outgoing IRS official said the agency made "foolish mistakes" but not out of political bias. CNN's Dana Bash reports. | 5/17/13 7:11 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/B09OfVfju9w/exp-bash-irs-hearing.cnn.html |
| ABC Politics | General Sorry for 'Hook-up' Comments | 5/17/2013 6:59:50 PM | Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh apologized Friday for comments he made last week that a “hook-up mentality” among America’s youth might be responsible for some sexual assaults in the military. The comments were criticized by members of Congress and victims’ advocacy groups.... | 5/17/13 6:59 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c1389d1/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Ctop0Eair0Eforce0Egeneral0Eapologizes0Efor0Ehook0Eup0Ecomments0C/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Super PAC Picks Up $250,000 Contribution | 5/17/2013 6:17:00 PM | The Club for Growth Action, a Republican-aligned Super PAC, reported it received $250,000 on 4/9 from Robert Arnott, (chairman of Research Affiliates LLC) of Newport Beach, California. | 5/17/13 6:17 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/super_pac_picks_up_250000_contribution-224933-1.html |
| Politico | 5 fixes for the IRS | 5/17/2013 6:09:26 PM | One thing is certain: Big changes are ahead at the embattled agency. | 5/17/13 6:09 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=4d1b8c01714a71d6bd9526c161712cc0 |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Through a Lens, Darkly | Capitol Lens | 5/17/2013 5:57:00 PM | Media coverage of Friday's House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the IRS controversy was heavy, as evidenced by this bank of cameras at the ready. | 5/17/13 5:57 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/Through-a-Lens-Darkly-Capitol-Lens-224930-1.html |
| Reuters | IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandal | 5/17/2013 5:51:21 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. | 5/17/13 5:51 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/vQwI4GVeES4/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | IRS Planted Question About Tax Exempt Groups | 5/17/2013 5:49:20 PM | The Internal Revenue Service planted a question at an American Bar Association conference in order to reveal that it had inappropriately targeted conservative groups prior to the 2012 elections. But members of Congress are questioning why they weren’t told earlier. The question that prompted Lois... | 5/17/13 5:49 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c132fbd/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cirs0Eplanted0Equestion0Eabout0Etax0Eexempt0Egroups0C/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | First Timers Share Lamb Jam Strategies | 5/17/2013 5:28:00 PM | The third annual Lamb Jam, a gustatory carnival for unabashed carnivores, is happening Monday night at Eastern Market. And HOH has the skinny on how two of the competing chefs plan to woo even the most sheepish diners into their respective camps. | 5/17/13 5:28 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/first_timers_share_lamb_jam_strategies-224929-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Ensigns Pay $54,000 Civil Penalty for Campaign Finance Violations | 5/17/2013 5:27:00 PM | | 5/17/13 5:27 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/ensigns_pay_54000_civil_penalty_for_campaign_finance_violations-224928-1.html |
| Reuters | House bill to have more stringent immigrant controls: aides | 5/17/2013 5:22:05 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan plan brokered in the House of Representatives will be tougher on illegal immigrants living in the United States than a Senate counterpart, congressional aides said on Friday. | 5/17/13 5:22 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/QtaPP40vcn4/story01.htm |
| Reuters | After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobs | 5/17/2013 5:20:53 PM | BALTIMORE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday sought to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda back to his top priority - the economy - and announced he will try to cut in half the time it takes to get federal approval for large job-creating projects. | 5/17/13 5:20 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/dj_jYW-rU2k/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Senate Fish Fight | 5/17/2013 5:05:00 PM | Get ready for the Senate floor battle over ... catfish. | 5/17/13 5:05 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/senate_fish_fight-224927-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | The Big (Little) Beer Meeting | 5/17/2013 4:54:00 PM | Continuing #WGDB's coverage of the beer business, craft brewers from across the country met with 11 Senate Democrats this week, including Mark Begich of Alaska and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. | 5/17/13 4:54 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/the_big_little_beer_meeting-224926-1.html |
| ABC Politics | Treasury Secy Told of IRS Probe in March | 5/17/2013 4:52:50 PM | Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was first informed in March that there was an investigation into the IRS’ screening of nonprofit groups, but did not learn the details of that probe until last week, he said today. “In mid March, I had had a conversation, just... | 5/17/13 4:52 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c12bf15/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Ctreasury0Esecretary0Etold0Eof0Eirs0Eprobe0Ein0Emarch0Elearned0Edetails0Elast0Eweek0C/story01.htm |
| Politico | Lew learned of IRS probe in March | 5/17/2013 4:50:49 PM | He says he did not know details until later. | 5/17/13 4:50 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=f02db5532672e333a43c68a853e612cf |
| Politico | FEC fines Ensign family $54,000 | 5/17/2013 4:28:46 PM | The fine is for improper severance payments to a former aide who had an affair with the Republican. | 5/17/13 4:28 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=3827141ce2c7c91e3885ff5e30ca1202 |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Female Hill Staffers Fundraise for Senate Democrats | 5/17/2013 4:27:00 PM | Women on the Hill are making their presence known beyond the member ranks -- a group of female Senate chiefs of staff have organized a Monday evening fundraiser in support of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. | 5/17/13 4:27 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/female_hill_staffers_fundraise_for_senate_democrats-224924-1.html |
| Reuters | House panel demands deposition from Benghazi investigator | 5/17/2013 4:22:12 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican chairman of a congressional oversight committee on Friday ordered the leader of the investigation into the September 11, 2012, Benghazi attacks to sit for a private interview next week. | 5/17/13 4:22 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/0400QXixPW8/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | House Democrats Outraise Republicans in April | 5/17/2013 4:19:00 PM | House Democrats raised $300,000 more than their Republican counterparts in the month of April. | 5/17/13 4:19 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/house_democrats_outraise_republicans_in_april-224923-1.html |
| Politico | Immigration reform no sure bet | 5/17/2013 4:16:00 PM | There are still major hurdles before legislation can reach President Barack Obama's desk. | 5/17/13 4:16 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=b9accc25ace2898cadfbd9a9ba5d5143 |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Frederick Douglass Statue Moves One Step Closer to Capitol | Campus Notebook | 5/17/2013 4:13:00 PM | The District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue is one step closer to being unveiled in the Capitol now that the Senate has passed a resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the event. | 5/17/13 4:13 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/frederick_douglass_statue_moves_one_step_closer_to_capitol_campus_notebook-224919-1.html |
| Reuters | Treasury gears up to buy time under reimposed debt cap | 5/17/2013 4:05:15 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take a series of steps to free up about $260 billion so it can keep paying the nation's bills once a temporary suspension in the government's debt ceiling lapses this weekend. | 5/17/13 4:05 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/EBow93jrxCc/story01.htm |
| Reuters | Incoming IRS chief asked to conduct "thorough review" of agency | 5/17/2013 3:43:12 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incoming acting Internal Revenue Service chief Daniel Werfel has been asked to spearhead a "thorough review" of the scandal-plagued agency and report back to President Barack Obama in 30 days, a Treasury Department official said on Friday. | 5/17/13 3:43 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/GZpuz3YIWew/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | An Insourcing Sauce-Fest at Sonoma | 5/17/2013 3:24:00 PM | Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar made for a fine setting for the Organization for International Investment's annual Capitol Hill Insourcing Reception. | 5/17/13 3:24 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/an_insourcing_sauce_fest_at_sonoma-224921-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Overheard: A Lot of Questions | 5/17/2013 3:17:00 PM | "Sir, that was a lot of questions, sir." | 5/17/13 3:17 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/overheard_a_lot_of_questions-224920-1.html |
| ABC Politics | Watch: Miller: 'I Did Not Mislead Congress' | 5/17/2013 3:15:07 PM | IRS commissioner testifies on Capitol Hill following alleged targeting of conservative political groups. | 5/17/13 3:15 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c120c4f/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cvideo0Cirs0Echief0Esteve0Emiller0Emislead0Econgress0Eamerican0Epeople0E1920A3767/story01.htm |
| CNN | NRA pushes for recall of top legislator in Colorado | 5/17/2013 3:14:41 PM | The national battle over guns is headed to the states in a major way. | 5/17/13 3:14 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/E2ZzE3wN6ds/index.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Frederick Douglass Statute Moves One Step Closer to Capitol | Campus Notebook | 5/17/2013 3:13:00 PM | The District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue is one step closer to being unveiled in the Capitol now that the Senate has passed a resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the event. | 5/17/13 3:13 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/frederick_douglass_statute_moves_one_step_closer_to_capitol_campus_notebook-224919-1.html |
| Reuters | FCC nominee Wheeler will divest holdings if confirmed | 5/17/2013 3:11:31 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed. | 5/17/13 3:11 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/ezdzOKOBW1g/story01.htm |
| CNN | GOP using Benghazi to smear | 5/17/2013 3:11:30 PM | Donna Brazile says lack of transparency and due process at GOP-led hearings shows their true intent: To damage Clinton's presidential prospects, and Obama's credibility | 5/17/13 3:11 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/u-i6IRHaBdA/index.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Fictional Franchise: Who Represents Your Favorite Soap Character in Congress? | 5/17/2013 3:08:00 PM | For the latest installment of Fictional Franchise, our examination of the franchise rights of fictional characters and the real-life people who represent them in Congress, we tackle soap opera characters. | 5/17/13 3:08 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/fictional_franchise_who_represents_your_favorite_soap_character_in_congress-224918-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Most Intriguing Immigration Bill Developments ... So Far | 5/17/2013 3:02:00 PM | The Senate Judiciary Committee is gearing up for the grand finale in marking up a rewrite of immigration laws, with indications that work can be completed before the Senate departs for the Memorial Day break. | 5/17/13 3:02 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/most_intriguing_immigration_bill_developments_so_far-224917-1.html |
| Reuters | Two states say 2014 Obamacare insurance costs on low side | 5/17/2013 2:57:26 PM | (Reuters) - In a boost for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, two states in the Northwest said on Friday that insurance companies submitted applications to sell policies on the states' health insurance exchanges at rates well below what some insurance executives had predicted. | 5/17/13 2:57 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/MMefbi8yHBY/story01.htm |
| Politico | Sunday talk show tip sheet | 5/17/2013 2:55:21 PM | Mitch McConnell, Dan Pfeiffer and Rand Paul make the rounds. | 5/17/13 2:55 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=6a0d6ebd6768f297e9cd033e939c77ee |
| Reuters | House votes for more scrutiny of economic impact of SEC rules | 5/17/2013 2:44:13 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided House of Representatives on Friday passed a Republican-sponsored bill that would force federal securities regulators to conduct more economic analysis before adopting rules for Wall Street. | 5/17/13 2:44 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/9W497zfiDXE/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | 5 Takeaways From the Ways and Means IRS Hearing | 5/17/2013 2:44:00 PM | On a rare Friday of congressional action, the first hearing was held to examine the IRS scandal involving the extra, and in some cases unprecedented, scrutiny given to conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status over a two-year period covering 2010 to 2012. | 5/17/13 2:44 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/5_takeaways_from_the_ways_and_means_irs_hearing-224916-1.html |
| ABC Politics | Watch: Michelle Obama Inspires Bowie State Students at Commencement | 5/17/2013 2:41:43 PM | First lady of the United States receives a rousing ovation from graduates at Bowie State University. | 5/17/13 2:41 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c11ce7f/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cvideo0Ccommencement0Espeech0Eaddresses0E20A130Emichelle0Eobama0Ebowie0Estate0E1920A3266/story01.htm |
| Roll Call (CQ) | South Dakotans Want to Help Scratch Your Taco John's Itch | 5/17/2013 2:33:00 PM | Her interest piqued by the latest Noshtalgia column, Sioux Falls, S.D., native Heather Fluit reached out to HOH about her epicurean Everest. | 5/17/13 2:33 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/south_dakotans_want_to_help_scratch_your_taco_johns_itch-224915-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Lawmakers Considering User Fees For Animal Pharmaceutical Industry | 5/17/2013 2:25:00 PM | Last year, Congress reauthorized the Food and Drug Administration's user fee system for drugs and devices made to address human needs, and this year lawmakers are working on similar legislation for the growing industry of animal pharmaceuticals. | 5/17/13 2:25 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/lawmakers_considering_user_fees_for_animal_pharmaceutical_industry-224914-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | A Do-Nothing Congress Won't Surprise These Beltway Insiders | 5/17/2013 2:24:00 PM | Lawmakers will spend the coming week performing yet another chapter of Groundhog Day, returning to debates that generated ample heat but yielded no conclusion during the election year. | 5/17/13 2:24 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/a_do_nothing_congress_wont_surprise_these_beltway_insiders-224913-1.html |
| ABC Politics | President Obama Talks Jobs, Not 'Distracted by Chasing Every Fleeting Issue' | 5/17/2013 2:21:20 PM | Trying to change the subject after a week of political scandals, President Obama today said the nation’s “focus cannot drift” from rebuilding the economy and that lawmakers should focus their attention on putting Americans back to work. “I know it can seem frustrating sometimes when... | 5/17/13 2:21 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c1239b4/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cpresident0Eobama0Etalks0Ejobs0Enot0Edistracted0Eby0Echasing0Eevery0Efleeting0Eissue0C/story01.htm |
| Politico | Pickering subpoenaed for interview | 5/17/2013 2:12:59 PM | The former ambassador is called for a closed-door interview in a series of hearings on Benghazi. | 5/17/13 2:12 PM | http://www.politico.com/ | http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=e5cf6e90d3ebcac114db21207526d18c |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Weekend Update: Preakness's Freakness, and a 3 Stars Throwdown | 5/17/2013 2:12:00 PM | Everybody on board for the Freakness! | 5/17/13 2:12 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/weekend_update_preaknesss_freakness_and_a_3_stars_throwdown-224945-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Cory Booker Reports Half a Million Dollars in Lecture Fees | 5/17/2013 2:08:00 PM | New Jersey 2014 Senate Democratic candidate Cory Booker reported he received $497,410 in lecture fees in 2012 in addition to his $174,500 in salary (16 months) as the mayor of Newark. The disclosure was part of his personal financial disclosure report filed Thursday under the Ethics in Government Act. | 5/17/13 2:08 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/cory_booker_reports_half_a_million_dollars_in_lecture_fees-224912-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | National Parks Are Healthier When We Hold Government Accountable | Commentary | 5/17/2013 1:41:00 PM | When he visited the Grand Canyon 100 years ago this month, President Theodore Roosevelt admonished Americans to "leave it as it is. You can not improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it. What you can do is to keep it for your children, your children's children, and for all who come after you." | 5/17/13 1:41 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/national_parks_are_healthier_when_we_hold_government_accountable_commentary-224911-1.html |
| The Washington Times | Obama tries to talk economy amid din of scandal | 5/17/2013 1:40:00 PM | While much of Washington was riveted Friday on a Republican-led congressional hearing into abuse of power by the IRS, President Obama traveled to Baltimore to promote a jobs plan and decry lawmakers for "chasing every fleeting issue." Mr. Obama toured Ellicott Dredges, a firm that manufactures dredging equipment, and praised ... | 5/17/13 1:40 PM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/obama-tries-talk-economy-amid-din-scandal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| Roll Call (CQ) | An Answer to Unemployment: A Jobs-for-All Bill | Commentary | 5/17/2013 1:40:00 PM | It has been five years since the financial crisis struck, and progress in putting the unemployed back to work still lags, with no end in sight. | 5/17/13 1:40 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/an_answer_to_unemployment_a_jobs_for_all_bill_commentary-224909-1.html |
| Roll Call (CQ) | Sequester Withholding of FDA User Fees Irks Industry | 5/17/2013 1:40:00 PM | The Food and Drug Administration is able to do its work in part because of a symbiotic relationship with the industries it regulates. But recently that relationship has been knocked off balance. | 5/17/13 1:40 PM | http://www.rollcall.com/ | http://www.rollcall.com/news/sequester_withholding_of_fda_user_fees_irks_industry-224910-1.html |
| ABC Politics | Congress Grills IRS Commish | 5/17/2013 1:23:15 PM | Irate lawmakers today accused the acting IRS commissioner of misleading them about the agency's selective scrutiny of tea party-affiliated groups, demanding to know who was responsible and why no one told Congress about it. | 5/17/13 1:23 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c101ea1/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Clawmakers0Egrill0Eirs0Ecommissioner0Etea0Eparty0Etargeting0Cstory0Did0F1920A1324/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | IRS Defends Agency 'Obamacare' Official | 5/17/2013 1:11:19 PM | Despite her congressional testimony, the Internal Revenue Service today denied that the former commissioner of tax exempt and government entities – now running the agency’s health care office – was in charge of the unit’s day-to-day operations after Dec. 2010. Sarah Hall Ingram retained the title of... | 5/17/13 1:11 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c115e50/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cirs0Edefends0Eagency0Eobamacare0Eofficial0C/story01.htm |
| Reuters | Senator seeks probe into impact of alleged EU oil price manipulation | 5/17/2013 1:06:17 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Senate's energy committee asked the Justice Department on Friday to investigate whether alleged price manipulation by three oil companies in Europe has boosted fuel prices for U.S. consumers. | 5/17/13 1:06 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/i6eb4PvwBMY/story01.htm |
| Reuters | Virginia governor's race to test Tea Party Republicans' allure | 5/17/2013 12:48:43 PM | RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - The most nail-biting U.S. governor's race this year is centering on whether a Tea Party Republican can win Virginia, the southern state that has twice backed Democratic President Barack Obama. | 5/17/13 12:48 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/g5KDITdS25k/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | Coming Up on 'This Week': White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer | 5/17/2013 11:32:22 AM | As second-term scandals engulf the White House, Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer goes one-on-one with George Stephanopoulos, Sunday on “This Week.” Controversy consumed Washington this week, with bipartisan outrage over the revelation of the IRS’ scrutiny of conservative groups and the Justice Department obtaining AP... | 5/17/13 11:32 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c10b54c/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Ccoming0Eup0Eon0Ethis0Eweek0Ewhite0Ehouse0Esenior0Eadviser0Edan0Epfeiffer0C/story01.htm |
| CNN | IRS offical denies targeting | 5/17/2013 11:14:52 AM | Members of the House Ways and Means Committee will take their turn Friday questioning Internal Revenue Service officials over the targeting of conservative groups by the agency. | 5/17/13 11:14 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/Iveq_J2FVmQ/index.html |
| ABC Politics | Immigration Reform: Where we Stand | 5/17/2013 10:40:51 AM | Immigration reform is quietly moving ahead in Congress. | 5/17/13 10:40 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c101ea6/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cimmigration0Ereform0Estand0Cstory0Did0F1920A0A80A3/story01.htm |
| The Washington Times | GOP eager to link IRS scandal to 'Obamacare' takedown efforts | 5/17/2013 10:24:00 AM | An exasperated Rep. Pat Tiberi on Friday asked the former acting chief of the IRS to explain to Congress why he would move the leader of the division that targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status to a branch that is overseeing one of the most partisan issues of recent memory ... | 5/17/13 10:24 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/gop-eager-link-irs-scandal-obamacare-takedown-effo/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Collateral Damage: 'Heck no' the IRS mess 'doesn't help us' on gun control, Manchin says | 5/17/2013 10:18:21 AM | Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, has remained hopeful that he can re-introduce legislation to expand gun-purchase background checks after one he crafted with Sen. Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania Republican, failed in the Senate a month ago. But the ongoing scandal surrounding the IRS certainly doesn't help, he said on ... | 5/17/13 10:18 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/collateral-damage-heck-no-irs-mess-doesnt-help-us-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Congress seeks to regulate drone use, looks for bipartisan ground | 5/17/2013 10:07:00 AM | States already have begun to tackle the sticky issue of drones and their effect on personal privacy. Eventually, courts will step in and have their say on the matter, determining how the unmanned aircraft fit into existing expectation of privacy standards and limits on government surveillance. But members of Congress ... | 5/17/13 10:07 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/congress-seeks-regulate-drone-use/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Official at center of IRS scandal got promotion, now runs 'Obamacare' division | 5/17/2013 9:32:00 AM | The woman who ran the Internal Revenue Service's tax-exempt organizations division has been promoted, and now heads the agency's health care office, ABC news reported. Sarah Hall Ingram was commissioner of the embattled IRS office from 2009 to 2012, roughly the period that the agency is accused of singling out ... | 5/17/13 9:32 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/official-in-irs-scandal-to-run-obamacare-division/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Facing fire, ousted IRS chief apologizes for tea party targeting | 5/17/2013 9:21:00 AM | The ousted head of the IRS on Friday said he was sorry for his agency's targeting conservative and tea party groups for special scrutiny, while a Republican leader said blame could reach as high as the White House. Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller told the House Ways and Means Committee ... | 5/17/13 9:21 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/irs-head-apologizes-targeting-conservative-groups/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | Rep. Dave Camp accuses White House of 'cover-up' in IRS scandal | 5/17/2013 8:38:35 AM | The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday said the IRS scandal shows a "culture of cover-ups" and "political intimidation" within the Obama administration. Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican, while speaking at a hearing his panel held regarding the IRS's improper targeting of tea party and other ... | 5/17/13 8:38 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/rep-dave-camp-accuses-white-house-cover-irs-scanda/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| CNN | Opinion: Obama's woes not race related | 5/17/2013 8:17:00 AM | Alex Castellanos says Chris Matthews is wrong; Washington controversies stem from a govt that is too big to control | 5/17/13 8:17 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/EUKGhqNOL7Y/index.html |
| ABC Politics | Watch: White House Has a Plan to Tackle 3 Separate Scandals | 5/17/2013 8:07:24 AM | The Obama administration has a plan to contain damage from three recent scandals. | 5/17/13 8:07 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c0d74f4/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CGMA0Cvideo0Cirs0Etea0Eparty0Ebenghazi0Eap0Econtroversies0Ewhite0Ehouse0E1919980A7/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | Grilling Season Starts on Capitol Hill | 5/17/2013 7:45:21 AM | By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES THE PLOT THICKENS (AGAIN): The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted Tea Party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation, ABC’s JOHN PARKINSON and... | 5/17/13 7:45 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c0e4644/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cgrilling0Eseason0Estarts0Eearly0Eon0Ecapitol0Ehill0Ethe0Enote0C/story01.htm |
| The Washington Times | John Edwards re-emerges, begins public comeback | 5/17/2013 7:22:29 AM | Mark Sanford is now a member of Congress two years after he stepped down as governor of South Carolina following a highly publicized extramarital affair. Anthony Weiner appears poised to run for New York City mayor not even two years after scandalous photos of the ex-representative hit Twitter. Perhaps, then, ... | 5/17/13 7:22 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/john-edwards-re-emerges-begins-public-comeback/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| CNN | Obama: Military 'ashamed' of sexual assaults | 5/17/2013 7:08:02 AM | In light of two new cases this month involving sexual assault in the military -- allegedly by the service members tasked to prevent such crimes -- legislation was introduced Thursday that could ease victims' quest for justice. | 5/17/13 7:08 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/hyuaRPjvIMo/index.html |
| CNN | By the Numbers: IRS | 5/17/2013 6:53:17 AM | Friday's hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee caps a week of damaging revelations for the Internal Revenue Service and, ultimately, for President Obama. By the numbers, here's a look at the IRS. | 5/17/13 6:53 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/0GRslb4jg5c/index.html |
| Reuters | Budget crisis, union ties weigh heavily in Los Angeles mayor race | 5/17/2013 6:05:03 AM | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amid the mudslinging that has marked Los Angeles' mayoral race, the two candidates vying to lead America's second-largest city agree on this: its finances are terrible, and runaway wages and pensions paid to workers need to be reined in to avoid fiscal meltdown. | 5/17/13 6:05 AM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/qmpCMDZEeJo/story01.htm |
| CNN | Obama does damage control | 5/17/2013 6:03:20 AM | The president is counter-punching furiously in the midst of a series of controversies. | 5/17/13 6:03 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/z5tbrG7Xurg/index.html |
| The Washington Times | PETA accuses IRS of 'Nixon' and 'totalitarian' tactics | 5/17/2013 5:28:29 AM | Add to the list of IRS targets: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA said it's been targeted, too. Politico reported that Jeffrey Kerr, the general counsel for the animal rights group, sent a letter on Thursday to the Treasury Department alleging that PETA was unfairly audited on three ... | 5/17/13 5:28 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/peta-accuses-irs-nixon-and-totalitarian-tactics/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| The Washington Times | PRUDEN: Obama's indifference to incompetence regarding Benghazi | 5/17/2013 5:10:05 AM | ANALYSIS/OPINION: There's an immeasurably deep cleavage between left and right in America, illustrated vividly in the way Americans regard the Benghazi scandal and outrage. It's in the DNA. Democrats generally and liberals in particular can't understand what the noise from Benghazi is about, though they're willing to concede that the ... | 5/17/13 5:10 AM | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/politics/ | http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/pruden-obamas-indifference-to-incompetence-regardi/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
| ABC Politics | Watergate Hearings Televised 40 Years Ago | 5/17/2013 5:01:20 AM | Richard Milhous Nixon was “not a crook,” or so the 37th U.S. president would have us believe. But such denials at a Nov. 17, 1973, news conference meant little or nothing by then, six months to the day after North Carolina Sen. Sam Ervin opened... | 5/17/13 5:01 AM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c0c0332/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cwatergate0Ehearings0Etelevised0E40A0Eyears0Eago0E20C/story01.htm |
| Reuters | House lawmakers reach tentative deal to revamp immigration | 5/17/2013 1:04:38 AM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prospects for passage of a major immigration bill improved on Thursday when a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives declared they had reached a tentative deal, resolving disputes that had threatened to torpedo negotiations. | 5/17/13 1:04 AM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/bS4pzylG4cY/story01.htm |
| Reuters | Lawmakers blast Air Force moves on cancelled Northrop drone | 5/16/2013 10:18:03 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers urged Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to ensure that the Air Force complied with a law requiring the service to buy three high-altitude Global Hawk unmanned planes built by Northrop Grumman Corp that it had tried to cancel. | 5/16/13 10:18 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/FFJuU5UfU8E/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | Obama Names New Acting IRS Commish | 5/16/2013 9:58:10 PM | President Obama today appointed Office of Management and Budget official Danny Werfel to serve as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. | 5/16/13 9:58 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c05f5e0/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0CPolitics0Cobama0Enames0Eacting0Eirs0Ecommissioner0Cstory0Did0F1919470A9/story01.htm |
| ABC Politics | Ft. Campbell Assault Boss Arrested | 5/16/2013 9:54:50 PM | An Army lieutenant colonel in charge of the sexual-assault prevention office at Fort Campbell, Ky., has been removed from his job after his arrest for allegations that he violated a protection order filed by his former wife. It is the third high-profile incident in 10... | 5/16/13 9:54 PM | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ | http://feeds.abcnews.com/c/35229/f/654827/s/2c0855d4/l/0Labcnews0Bgo0N0Cblogs0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50Cfort0Ecampbell0Esexual0Eharassment0Emanager0Earrested0C/story01.htm |
| CNN | With IRS defanged, politics can run rampant | 5/16/2013 8:35:54 PM | Gloria Borger says after the IRS scandal, it's open season for political nonprofits. | 5/16/13 8:35 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/jJalHKiXPRw/index.html |
| Reuters | Amid damage control efforts, White House listens to outside advice | 5/16/2013 7:44:39 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior White House officials responsible for navigating the administration through a trio of scandals met on Thursday with outside Democratic strategists for advice on how to get past the controversies and back on track advancing the president's agenda. | 5/16/13 7:44 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/3YeqES7usCs/story01.htm |
| Reuters | Top U.S. general warns of sexual assault 'crisis,' meets Obama | 5/16/2013 7:35:01 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top general in the U.S. Armed Forces warned of a crisis of confidence in the growing ranks of women soldiers due to a rash of sexual assault cases that has prompted lawmakers to act. | 5/16/13 7:35 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/-8IPJDm3DT8/story01.htm |
| Reuters | U.S. House lawmakers in last-ditch bid to save immigration bill | 5/16/2013 7:25:56 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives trying to write an immigration bill met on Thursday in a last-ditch attempt to resolve their differences over a temporary worker program and healthcare benefits for illegal immigrants. | 5/16/13 7:25 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/Dtz__AovjHE/story01.htm |
| Reuters | Obama picks temporary IRS head as Tea Party decries scandal | 5/16/2013 6:48:32 PM | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday chose a White House budget official to lead the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service and vowed to ensure that the tax-collection agency will not single out any more groups based on their political beliefs. | 5/16/13 6:48 PM | http://www.reuters.com/news/politics | http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/nNlEKIco93c/story01.htm |
| CNN | Obama won't let media do its job | 5/15/2013 6:40:52 PM | Ruben Navarrette says the administration isn't delivering the transparency it promised and is obstructing journalists' work | 5/15/13 6:40 PM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/dGh8Tw3TPNw/index.html |
| CNN | Immigration report may be right | 5/14/2013 6:46:56 AM | The Heritage report on the costs of immigration holds reprehensible views, but reform will be very costly Frum says. | 5/14/13 6:46 AM | http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ | http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/1J-L-w5eTxg/index.html |
