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The scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service's illicit, politically-motivated scrutiny of conservative, patriot, Tea Party and pro-Israel groups continues to expand daily, as more information is learned about its depth, breadth and scope.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is headed to Washington, D.C. next week to testify about the company's offshore cash hoard, a rare public appearance which is being preceded by an interview that offers a glimpse of what's to come.

In his interview with Politico earlier today, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared some additional details about the new Mac model that will be manufactured in the United States when it is announced later this year.

"Obama's presidency was declared dead by the press on Tuesday." So writes Elspeth Reeve of the Atlantic Wire , providing as evidence a quote from a Politico piece by Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen : "The town is turning on President Obama - and this is very bad news for this White House ." Reeve imputes a level of pessimism to the quote that doesn't ... (more)

The sudden barometric change in Washington has arrived so rapidly that it is hard to comprehend.

In fact, the White House tends to have a siege mentality in its dealings with the media.

In fact, Politico termed the speaker's fixation as "big." So why is Boehner dragging his feet on empanelling a special committee to tackle the Benghazi disaster? Why is the speaker standing pat on last week's statement that House standing committees are getting the investigative job done? Most everyone has Boehner's snapshot: cautious by nature, a ... (more)

After over five years during which the online publication has engaged in virtual non-stop fawning over the wonders of Barack Obama -- going all the way back to shortly after its founding in January 2007, when Ben Smith found someone who described him as "frighteningly coherent" -- Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei tonight employed adjectives and ... (more)

When the media writer Howard Kurtz lost his job at the Daily Beast earlier this month, the details of how he screwed up managed to obscure the greater particulars of his boss, Daily Beast editor Tina Brown, and her lacklustre performance.

Monday morning and Politico arrived to discuss that President Obama is staring down the second term curse.

The brother of a top Obama administration official is also the president of CBS News, and the network may be days away from dropping one of its top investigative reporters for covering the administration's scandals too aggressively.

Politico, chronicler of all things Washington, D.C., made a foray into native advertising on Thursday with a sponsored post from the National Retail Federation displayed prominently on the site's homepage.

Politico announced on Thursday that it will test out a metered subscription model in six states and overseas, possibly leading to a permanent subscription method down the road.

POLITICO will begin experimenting with a paywall this week, the site's management announced in a memo to staff Thursday.

AIR FORCE IN CRISIS: Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and chief of staff Gen. Mark Welsh are set to return to the Hill today for yet another round of questioning amid two unfolding scandals that have rocked the service.

POLITICO Junkies - Mike Allen, Jim VandeHei, Maggie Haberman and John Harris - tackle the top political stories in a new edition of weekly video segment.

I think it's great consolation to the people in Boston that the Associated Press, with almost comedic timing, banned the term "Islamist" from its lexicon- also known as the AP Stylebook - on April 5th, 2013, just in time for the Boston bombing.

Al Jazeera America is reportedly planning to staff a New Orleans bureau. TV tweet of the day so far.

WELCOME TO THE PRO REPORT, your one-stop shop of the latest policy chatter. Today, we're wondering if New Jersey Gov.

Source: Politico Mike Huckabee on Monday predicted that President Barack Obama won't finish out his second term in light of the 'cover-up' of the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and the former Arkansas governor called the affair 'more serious than Watergate.' 'I believe that before it's all over, this president will not fill out his ... (more)