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10:45 PM ET, May 21, 2013

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Los Angeles Times:
Top IRS official will invoke Fifth Amendment  —  A sign for the Internal Revenue Service stands in front of it's headquarters in Washington.  (Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg / May 15, 2013)  —  WASHINGTON - A top IRS official in the division that reviews nonprofit groups will invoke the Fifth Amendment …
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Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Top IRS Official to Invoke Fifth, Issa Subpoenas  —  Lois Lerner, the IRS official who headed the tax-exempt division when the targeting of tea-party groups took place, plans to invoke her Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions before Congress on Wednesday.
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
White House, Treasury discussed how to handle disclosure of IRS story  —  The White House said Tuesday that senior officials took part in discussions over how the IRS would disclose its targeting of conservative groups, marking the latest shift in the White House's official line on the matter.
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Juliet Eilperin / Post Politics:
Internal IRS probe cited same problems with approach to conservative groups in May 2012, House aide says
Politico:
White House reveals new IRS details
Discussion: National Review and Yahoo! News
Politico:
IRS's Lois Lerner to take the Fifth
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Ryan Lizza / News Desk:
The Justice Department and Fox News's Phone Records  —  The Obama Justice Department has seized the phone records of numbers that are associated with White House staffers and, apparently, with Fox News reporters, according to a document filed on October 13, 2011, in the case of Stephen Jin-Woo Kim …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sharyl Attkisson's computers compromised  —  Sharyl Attkisson, the Emmy-award winning CBS News investigative reporter, says that her personal and work computers have been compromised and are under investigation.  —  “I can confirm that an intrusion of my computers has been under some investigation …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Leaks turn to deluge for reeling White House  —  The wheels came off the Obama administration yesterday.  —  We learned of a startling assault on freedom of the press by the Department of Justice, following the revelation last week of the unprecedented information-gathering foray by that department against The Associated Press.
Fox News:
DOJ seized phone records of numbers tied to Fox News lines, documents show  —  Newly uncovered court documents show the Justice Department seized phone records associated with several Fox News lines as part of a leak investigation — a revelation that comes as the White House Correspondents' Association spoke …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:   Fast and Furious/Benghazi investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson: Something fishy's …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Sen. Patrick Leahy Withdraws Amendment To Include Gay Couples In Immigration Reform Bill  —  “I don't want to be the senator who asks Americans to choose between the love of their life and the love of their country,” Leahy says.  Four Democrats on the committee said they would not support the amendment.
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Kristol to Rubio: ‘Walk away’  —  The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol has some advice for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on the Senate's immigration reform bill: Walk away.  —  “He should walk away from it,” Kristol said Tuesday on “The Laura Ingraham Show.”  “He should say, I made a good faith effort …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell won't block immigration bill from hitting Senate floor
The DOMA Project:
Defeat of DOMA, More Critical Than Ever, as Key Senate Democrats Signal They Will Abandon LGBT …
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics:
Inhofe: Tornado aid ‘totally different’ from Hurricane Sandy aid  —  In the wake of the devastating tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) rejected comparisons between federal aid for this disaster and the Hurricane Sandy relief package he voted against.
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Joan Walsh / Salon:
Inhofe and Coburn: Red state hypocrites
Discussion: Post Politics and Hullabaloo
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems urge quick disaster aid for Oklahoma, offsets or none
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Republicans' Hatred of Obama Blinds Them to Public Disinterest in Scandals  —  Republicans are so focused on their bitter battles against Obama, they can't see how little impact the “scandals” have had on public opinion.  —  Red-faced Republicans, circling and preparing to pounce …
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Virginia Lt. Gov. Candidate Fought Against Desegregation Efforts  —  E.W. Jackson, the Virginia GOP's nominee for lieutenant governor, began his career as a minister and attorney in Boston.  While there, he lent his support to a high-profile 1988 fight against a plan to desegregate public housing developments …
Discussion: Advocate and theGrio
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Beth Reinhard / NationalJournal.com:
Virginia Republicans Panicking Over Their Choice for Lieutenant Governor
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Liberal Pundits Gather in West Wing  —  National Public Radio reporter Ari Shapiro reports that liberal pundits were seen entering the West Wing: … The pundits include Jonathan Capehart, Josh Marshall, and Ezra Klein.
Discussion: Gretawire
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
GOP Aides Mock House Republicans' ‘Crazy’ Benghazi Witch-Hunt  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is leading the GOP's Benghazi witch-hunt (Credit: Reuters)  —  GOP aides are criticizing the House Republicans' partisan witch-hunt over the Obama administration's handling of the attacks …
Discussion: The Hill
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Frank Oliveri / Roll Call:
House Defense Bill Aims to Implement Lessons From Benghazi Attack
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Protesters arrested after attempt to storm Justice Department  —  District and federal law enforcement officials arrested 17 people Monday after protesters opposing foreclosures attempted to storm the entrances of the Justice Department.  —  About 100 protesters with groups called …
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Peter J Reilly / Forbes:
Someone Claiming To Be Jamie Dimon Arrested By Homeland Security
Christopher Mims / Quartz:
The audacious plan to end hunger with 3-D printed food  —  Anjan Contractor's 3D food printer might evoke visions of the “replicator” popularized in Star Trek, from which Captain Picard was constantly interrupting himself to order tea.  And indeed Contractor's company, Systems & Materials Research Corporation …
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Texas Passes ‘Merry Christmas Bill’ To Fight War On Christmas  —  WASHINGTON — Christmas may be seven months away, but Texas is ready for it.  —  State lawmakers there waged their own battle against the so-called War on Christmas on Friday, passing legislation, House Bill 308 …
Scott Friedman / nbcdfw.com:
Accused Fort Hood Shooter Paid $278,000 While Awaiting Trial  —  Injured soldier outraged suspected shooter receives salary while his family financially struggles in recovery  —  The Department of Defense confirms to NBC 5 Investigates that accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan …
John Lichfield / The Independent:
Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage  —  A far-right French historian shot himself in the head beside the altar of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris today apparently in protest against the legalisation of gay marriage in France.
 
 
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Biden needles Obama on teleprompter
Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers
Joseph Serna / Los Angeles Times:
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Joseph Berger / New York Times:
Boruch Spiegel, Fighter in Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Dies at 93
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Schumer and Hatch strike breakthrough deal on H-1B visas
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