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Week In Politics: IRS, Benghazi Emails, AP Phone Logs
Audie Cornish speaks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times .
Carolyn Hax: Thinking of playing matchmaker; how to be monogamous
Carolyn Hax started her advice column in 1997 as a weekly feature for The Washington Post, accompanied by the work of "relationship cartoonist" Nick Galifianakis.
3 Kentucky Products to Smuggle Instead of KFC
As recently reported in The Washington Post , al-Yamama, a Palestinian delivery company, has been sneaking Kentucky Fried Chicken into the Gaza Strip from Egypt: a three-hour journey and an extra $20-30 for cold chicken, which admittedly can be good.
Local Museums to Participate in 4th Annual Art Museum Day on Saturday
A number of local art museums will offer free admission in honor of Art Museum Day , according to The Washington Post .
Mitch McConnell on 'Meet the Press'; Paul Ryan on 'Fox News Sunday'
The Sunday morning talk shows will find a lot to talk about in the Washington controversies over the IRS , the Department of Justice and the Benghazi attack.
Report: FBI Looking For Source Of Menendez Prostitution Rumors
The Washington Post reported on Friday that federal investigators are looking at whether someone set out to smear the Democratic senator last year, while he was running for reelection in New Jersey.
Prince George's County delays budget vote
The Prince George's County Council has delayed a final vote on the county's budget until May 30, The Washington Post reported.
Contractor fired as D.C. flood-levee project stalls
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not sure when its controversial 17th Street levee project - designed to prevent floodwaters from surging across the Mall into downtown Washington - will resume, The Washington Post reports.
It's normal for Republicans, many of whom believe the president is evil incarnate, and the press, which loves a good story, to go bonkers over the three "scandals" currently rocking the nation's capital.
Kemp Mill Elementary School Dispute Settled Out of Court
Montgomery County has settled out of court with a group of teachers who brought a lawsuit against the county's board of education and Floyd Starnes, the principal at Kemp Mill Elementary School since 2007, The Washington Post reported.
Republican nominee Mitt Romney meets with the Rev. Billy Graham, and his son Franklin Graham in Montreat, N.C. in 2012.
Apple CEO Tim Cook to seek 'dramatic' corporate tax overhaul in congressional testimony
Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to propose a "dramatic simplification" of corporate tax laws when he testifies for the first time before Congress next week, just as lawmakers are eyeing an overhaul of the tax code.
'Hangover Star' Ken Jeong talks 'Pain and Gain'
Ken Jeong. You've seen him in The Hangover movies. You've seen him in a Transformer movie.
Mid-year public school closings rare nationwide
The Washington Post picked up on the troubles of the Buena Vista school district in a piece by Lyndsey Layton today.
D.C. task force recommends $1B to bury power lines
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray 's power line burial task force on Wednesday finally came out with its recommendations, more than three months after it was originally scheduled to finish its work.
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IRS Scandal UPDATE: DOJ And FBI Launch Criminal Probe
The Washington Post is reporting that Attorney General Eric Holder disclosed during a press conference today that he has ordered the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation to probe the IRS's targeting of conservative groups .
The Obama Administration Has a Long Record of Prosecuting Leakers
The Associated Press announced on Monday that federal agents had secretly seized two months of its phone records in what the organization called a "serious interference with the A.P.'s constitutional rights to gather and report news." Although much of the resulting furor has focused on the rights of a free press, the sweeping move by the Department ... (more)
The Major Sea Change in Media Discussions of Obama and Civil Liberties
Due to the controversies over the IRS and the DOJ's attack on AP's news gathering process, media outlets have suddenly decided that President Obama has a very poor record on civil liberties, transparency, press freedoms, and a whole variety of other issues on which he based his first campaign.
High Level IRS Officials Were Involved in Targeting Conservative Groups
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that IRS officials in Washington and at least two other offices were involved with investigating conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, making clear that the effort reached well beyond the branch in Cincinnati that was initially blamed.