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The IRS briefed the Treasury Department extensively last month about a looming report that would find the agency had inappropriately targeted applications from conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. Full News here – WSJ.com: Politics And Policy

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CNN's Wolf Blitzer shows devastation to the Plaza Towers Elementary school as a result of the tornado that hit Oklahoma. Full News here – RealClearPolitics Video Log

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James Taranto, WSJDemocracy is in peril: That is an emerging theme of the liberal left's response to the Obama scandals. The argument misses the point, no doubt deliberately. What we are witnessing now is not a crisis of democracy but a crisis of authority. The administrative state, in thrall to a decadent cultural elite, has [...]

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Conservative radio talk show hosts have signed a letter opposing the sweeping immigration reform bill in the Senate, bucking tea party favorite Sen. Marco Rubio’s attempts to win their support for the bill, which combines enhanced border security with a legalization program for the nation’s unauthorized immigrants. Rubio, a member of the “gang of eight” [...]

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Andrew Rosenthal, NY Times Full News here – RealClearPolitics – Homepage

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will travel to Africa next month, making stops in Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, the White House said. Full News here – Washington Wire

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Though more controversial amendments to immigration overhaul legislation are expected later this week, Monday’s meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee was expected to be long — perhaps dragging late into the evening — but largely devoid of partisan fireworks. Full News here – The Caucus

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The online Master of Public Administration (MPA) program at the top-ranked School of Government at the University for North Carolina at Chapel Hill aims to shape leaders in public service, a field that is expected to grow in visibility and importance over the next decade and beyond. The MPA@UNC program is designed with working professionals [...]

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President Obama, “struggling to find his footing after one of his most turbulent weeks in office, will try to push past the moment’s political furor with a focus on the few pieces of legislation he believes have a chance in Congress and on executive actions that do not require Republican approval,” the New York Times [...]

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By John Whitesides 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. Lawmakers are also expected to demand answers about why officials did not [...]

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