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• Holder: Drone strikes have killed 4 Americans since 2009
(Thu, 23 May 2013 20:27:14 EDT)

Counterterrorism drone strikes have killed four Americans overseas since 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged on Wednesday.


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• When politics gives you a second chance
(Wed, 22 May 2013 21:44:49 EDT)

First Mark Sanford. And now Anthony Weiner. The media loves a comeback story.


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• 5 things you should know about immigration reform
(Wed, 22 May 2013 19:06:47 EDT)

Advocates for comprehensive immigration reform won their first major legislative victory this week when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to approve the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" plan.


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• Sessions takes on Senate immigration gang
(Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:39 EDT)

What's wrong with the "Gang of Eight" comprehensive immigration reform bill?


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• 5 things we learned from Obama's counterterrorism speech
(Fri, 24 May 2013 08:06:24 EDT)

President Barack Obama recast the U.S. fight against terrorism as no longer a "boundless global war" but a targeted effort to dismantle specific extremist networks.


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• 'Crossroads' in terror fight
(Fri, 24 May 2013 02:45:13 EDT)

President Barack Obama recast the U.S. fight against terrorism as no longer a "boundless global war" but a targeted effort to dismantle specific extremist networks.


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• Can Issa recall Lerner, despite her invoking 'The Fifth?'
(Fri, 24 May 2013 07:53:07 EDT)

Just before Lois Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions in front of a House committee investigating wrongdoing in the IRS tax-exempt office she ran, she gave an opening statement insisting her innocence.


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• Lerner pleads the 5th
(Thu, 23 May 2013 20:06:02 EDT)

A six-hour congressional hearing Wednesday on Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups lacked one thing -- answers from the woman who heads the unit responsible for a scandal dominating Washington politics.


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• Why Issa is the sounding alarm on Capitol Hill
(Wed, 22 May 2013 21:54:54 EDT)

He is best known as the Viper car alarm voice that instructs would-be thieves to "Please step away from the vehicle."


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• Coburn: My bogus dilemma on aid
(Fri, 24 May 2013 06:38:09 EDT)

Sen. Tom Coburn says he agrees with FEMA funding for tornado relief, but if it runs out, he will stick to his policy.


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• The courage of teachers
(Wed, 22 May 2013 10:30:36 EDT)

Monday was a not-so-normal day for teachers at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma.


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• What about Obama's promise?
(Tue, 21 May 2013 11:09:52 EDT)

The president has not delivered on promises to change Washington, says Julian Zelizer.


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• We're pointing a gun at our democracy
(Mon, 20 May 2013 19:57:11 EDT)

Donna Brazile says we're endangering our democracy with extremism, as shown by the IRS and Justice Department witch hunts.


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• With IRS defanged, politics can run rampant
(Thu, 16 May 2013 21:35:54 EDT)

Gloria Borger says after the IRS scandal, it's open season for political nonprofits.


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