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5:40 PM ET, May 17, 2013

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Yahoo! News:
IRS asked anti-abortion group about content of public prayers  —  While applying with the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status in 2009, an Iowa-based anti-abortion group was asked to provide information about its members' prayer meetings, documents sent by an IRS official to the organization reveal.
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Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
There Was No Surge in IRS Tax-Exempt Applications in 2010  —  Fewer groups sought recognition as 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations that year than in 2009, according to the Treasury Department.  —  A number of people have sought to explain the IRS targeting of Tea Party, patriot …
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Question that revealed IRS scandal was planted, chief admits
Discussion: The Week and Riehl World News
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
IRS: ‘Please Detail the Content of Your Members’ Prayers.'
Discussion: Yahoo! News and The PJ Tatler
Major Garrett / CBS News:
WH Benghazi emails have different quotes than earlier reported  —  (CBS News) WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called Thursday for tighter security for U.S. diplomatic facilities to prevent an attack like the one in Benghazi, Libya, last year that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans' Attention to IRS, Benghazi Stories Below Average  —  Most Americans, however, say both deserve continuing investigation  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Slim majorities of Americans are very or somewhat closely following the situations involving the Internal Revenue Service (54%) …
Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
GOP Sources Altered Benghazi E-Mails To Suggest A Cover-Up, Reporter Confirms
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Woodward: IRS scandal ‘a big mess’ but ‘not yet’ Watergate
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Alex Pareene / Salon:
Kinsley loves austerity because it is “spinach”  —  The liberal pundit supports a worthless international initiative  —  So the other day Paul Krugman had a long, very good piece in the New York Review of Books on the arguments and flawed research used to justify austerity measures …
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Michael Kinsley / New Republic:
LGBT PC  —  Being against marriage equality doesn't make you a monster
Discussion: Shakesville
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:   Did Michael Kinsley Invent the Concept of Same-Sex Marriage?
Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Officials on Benghazi: “We made mistakes, but without malice”  —  Obama administration officials who were in key positions on Sept. 11, 2012 acknowledge that a range of mistakes were made the night of the attacks on the U.S. missions in Benghazi, and in messaging to Congress and the public in the aftermath.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Harry Reid eyeing July for the ‘nuclear option’  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is increasingly focused on the month of July as the time to exercise the so-called “nuclear option” and revisit filibuster reform, and he has privately told top advisers that he's all but certain to take action …
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Rep. Issa subpoenas Benghazi auditor Thomas Pickering  —  The lawmaker leading the charge to investigate the Benghazi terror attack on Friday subpoenaed the co-author of a report that slammed the State Department but didn't interview Hillary Clinton.  —  House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa …
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Elizabeth Warren Slams ‘Dangerous’ Legislation That Would Weaken Wall Street Reform  —  A week after a bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee overwhelmingly approved a rollback of certain financial reforms contained in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:   Warren opposes derivatives bills with House traction
Toronto Star:
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal  —  A video that appears to show Toronto's mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade. … This photo shows Toronto Mayor Rob Ford with a man who, according to a source, is fatal gunshot victim Anthony Smith.
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics:
Even Obama's umbrellas are a scandal now  —  Even President Obama's use of umbrellas has become a scandal in the eyes of some Republicans.  —  On Thursday, during a joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, Obama signaled to two Marines and asked them to protect him and his guest from the rain.
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Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
BREAKING: The Scandals are Falling Apart!  —  So says Ezra Klein, who may turn out to be one of the stupidest people ever to be given column inches in a printed medium of any variety.  —  After reading Klein's desperate attempt to map onto reality his own desires, written in the form …
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Stevens: Rationale for Bush v. Gore was “unacceptable”  —  The former Supreme Court justice speaks out on John Roberts and the case that decided the 2000 election  —  Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said Thursday night that he's come to the realization that the rationale behind …
Discussion: Addicting Info
Marketplace.org:
Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld  —  To view this content, Javascript must be enabled and Adobe Flash Player must be installed.  — Subscribe to podcast - Download audio - Embed player - Audio player assistance - Pop-Up  —  Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld published his memoir, “Known and Unknown” in 2011.
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Reporter Turned White House Spokesman Enjoys the Hot Seat  —  WASHINGTON — For the better part of a decade, Jay Carney sat slumped in his tiny chair in the White House briefing room, parsing, challenging and at times pillorying the words of an array of press secretaries.
Kyle Trygstad / Roll Call:
Karen Handel Enters Georgia Senate Race  —  Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel announced her campaign for Senate on Friday morning, as the state's Republican convention was set to kick off in Athens.  —  “States, especially those with Republican governors, are doing a good job …
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Karen Handel announces for U.S. Senate
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Ballot Box
 
 
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Tsarnaev's lawyer loses photo bid
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Homeland Security guidelines advise deference to pro-Shariah Muslim supremacists
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Obama: We can't get distracted
Discussion: Politico and BuzzFeed
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
NRCC raises $5.1 million in April
Discussion: Post Politics and Roll Call
Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Rewriting History: GOP Senator Pretends He Voted For Expanded Background Checks
Ed Fischer / CBS Philly:
Center City Job Fair For Ex-Offenders Is Canceled After 3,000 Show Up
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
‘Bloodbath’ Day at Village Voice: Musto, Sietsema, Feingold Out
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
New Jersey Hospital Is the Costliest in the Nation
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Justin Green / david-frum:
Jimmy Carter Endorses SAM, Opposes Marijuana Legalization
Discussion: Politico, Hit & Run and The Daily Beast
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Ohio Republicans Push Law To Penalize Colleges For Helping Students Vote
Discussion: The Raw Story
Max Fisher / WorldViews:
North Korea condemns media freedom but praises two U.S. reporters
Lanny J. Davis / The Hill:
White House counsel should resign if she knew about IRS abuses
Discussion: Hot Air