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5:40 PM ET, May 19, 2013

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CNN:
CNN Poll: Controversies hurting Obama?  Has GOP overreacted?  —  Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama comes out of what was arguably the worst week of his presidency with his approval rating holding steady, according to a new national poll.  —  But a CNN/ORC International survey …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Mitch McConnell Backs Away From GOP Claims Of A Benghazi Cover Up  —  On Sunday, during an appearance on Meet The Press, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — the GOP leader in the senate — distanced himself from Republican efforts to portray the Obama administration's response to the attacks …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Poll: Obama at 53 percent approval after week of controversies  —  A new poll shows a majority approving of President Obama's job performance after a week where his administration faced a tough trio of controversies.  —  A CNN/ORC poll released Sunday morning shows 53 percent approve of the president, with 45 percent disapproving.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
Evidence emerges that Obama administration official knew of IRS targeting during 2012 campaign
Discussion: Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Zack Colman / The Hill:
Sen. Cornyn blasts White House for ‘culture of cover-ups and intimidation’
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Aide: ‘Irrelevant Fact’ Where President Was During Benghazi Attacks  —  Obama aide Dan Pfeiffer said it's an “irrelevant fact” where the president physically was during the Benghazi terror attack on September 11, 2012:  —  Host Chris Wallace reminds Pfeiffer that Obama didn't really talk …
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Benjamin Bell / ABCNEWS:
Dan Pfeiffer: IRS Behavior ‘Inexcusable’ Whether or Not Illegal
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Pfeiffer defends White House handling of IRS targeting scandal
NBC News:
May 19: Mitch McConnell, Dan Pfeiffer, Dave Camp, Xavier Becerra, Peggy Noonan, Bob Woodward, Donald Rumsfled  —  Below:  —  MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday, damage control by the White House on several fronts.  How much harm will it do to the president's second term agenda?
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
CNN:
ABC's Jonathan Karl to CNN: ‘I regret the email was quoted incorrectly’  —  (CNN) - Jonathan Karl, chief White House correspondent for ABC News, addressed criticism of his reporting on the Benghazi talking points controversy, saying in a statement to CNN that he regrets the inaccuracy of his report.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Matthew O'Brien / The Atlantic Online:
This Is the Biggest Mistake 60-Year Old Men Make About the Economy  —  I checked, and re-checked, and triple-checked, and I can confirm that it's not 1979 anymore.  —  Now, that shouldn't be too surprising — I'm not writing this on an Apple II, after all — but it is to a generation of men …
New York Times:
Climate Warnings, Growing Louder  —  The news that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, the most important global warming gas, have hit 400 parts per million for the first time in millions of years increases the pressure on President Obama to deliver on his pledges to limit this country's greenhouse gas emissions.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo to Buy Tumblr for $1.1 Billion  —  Yahoo Inc.'s board has approved a deal to acquire blogging startup Tumblr, people familiar with the matter said Sunday.  —  Yahoo has agreed to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the company, one of the people said.  Tumblr would continue to operate largely …
Mitch Ginsburg / The Times of Israel:
Government committee rejects not only the accusation that the IDF killed the 12-year-old Gaza boy in a gunfight, but that he died at all  —  Muhammad al-Dura, the Palestinian child who appeared to have been gruesomely killed at his father's feet in Gaza on September 30, 2000 …
The Sunday Times:
Google insider exposes ‘immoral’ tax scam  —  Former Google executive Barney Jones has a cache of 100,000 emails and documents (Paul Vicente)  —  A FORMER Google executive has blown the whistle on a massive and “immoral” tax avoidance scheme that has “cheated” British taxpayers out of hundreds …
Discussion: TechCrunch, The Verge and Vox Popoli
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Dem: Ex-IRS chief lied to Congress  —  Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) said the former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) commissioner appointed by President George W. Bush lied to Congress under oath when he told lawmakers last year that the agency did not give special attention to certain groups.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Hot Air
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:   Complaints of IRS targeting by religious groups on the rise
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Darrell Issa: 'You Don't Accuse The IRS Until You've Had A Nonpartisan, Deep Look'
Discussion: ThinkProgress and BuzzFeed
 
 
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