Politics

Did the Acting IRS Commissioner Mislead Congress?

A House subcommittee is set to investigate.

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| Tue May. 14, 2013 9:41 AM PDT
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Minn. Passes Gay Marriage and Michele Bachmann Is Sad

The Republican congresswoman's singular legacy in her home state is basically no more.

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| Tue May. 14, 2013 7:41 AM PDT
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Sen. John Cornyn Takes a Stand Against Migrant Deaths. Sort Of.

The Texas Republican warns of the growing expenses of burying unclaimed bodies. But his solution would make things worse.

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| Mon May. 13, 2013 7:03 PM PDT
Samuel L. Jackson

This Film Is "Snakes on a Plane," But With Air Force One, Terrorists, and an Escape Pod

(President Samuel L. Jackson.)

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| Tue May. 14, 2013 7:07 AM PDT

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Shocking IRS Witch Hunt? Actually, It's a Time-Honored Tradition

Tea partiers join a club including the Communist Party, Christian schools—and Mother Jones.

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| Tue May. 14, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

The IRS Tea Party Scandal, Explained

It's Washington's new outrage. What exactly happened and who is responsible?

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| Tue May. 14, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
John Boehner

Boehner and the Benghazi Emails: Been There, Done That?

The House speaker demands the release of administration emails his investigators have already examined.

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| Mon May. 13, 2013 7:03 AM PDT

Electric Car Guru Elon Musk Ditches Mark Zuckerberg's FWD.us Group

The fallout from FWD.us' pro-drilling and Keystone ads continues.

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| Sun May. 12, 2013 11:17 AM PDT

Short Takes: Our Nixon

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| Mon May. 13, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Anna Jarvis, the Radical Behind Mother's Day

In the end, she was sorry she had started it in the first place.

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| Sun May. 12, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Val Kilmer Was in DC This Week Lobbying for What?!

Mr. Kilmer goes to Washington to argue for a religious exemption to Obamacare.

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| Fri May. 10, 2013 8:28 AM PDT
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Benghazi Isn't Watergate. But the White House Didn't Tell the Full Story.

Is it possible anymore to have a problem that's not a scandal?

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| Fri May. 10, 2013 1:45 PM PDT
IRS audit

Finally, a Real Scandal for Conservatives to Chew On

Conservatives have been complaining for a while that the IRS singled out tea party groups for audits, and it turns out they were right.

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| Fri May. 10, 2013 9:37 AM PDT
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How the Mormons Ensured Victory for Gay Marriage

All they had to do, really, was get out of the way.

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| Fri May. 10, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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A Political History of the Cicadas

Before the East Coast cicada invasion kicks into high gear, read what Ronald Reagan had to say about the notorious flying insect.

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| Fri May. 10, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

BioShock Infinite: An American History Lesson Where You Get to Blow Shit Up

Video game visionary Ken Levine on the nerd mainstream, screen violence, and mining the past for narrative.

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| Fri May. 10, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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State Department Forces Texas Law Student to Take Down Instructions for 3-D-Printed Guns

"It’s going to be a long time before it’s back online," says Defense Distributed's Cody Wilson.

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| Thu May. 9, 2013 12:32 PM PDT
Robert MacLean

What TSA Whistleblower Robert MacLean Tells Us About Post-9/11 Security

If the government does it, is it legal?

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| Thu May. 9, 2013 10:42 AM PDT

Rand Paul Wants to Loosen Laws on Offshore Tax Evasion

The Senator from Kentucky has introduced a bill that would repeal portions of the 2010 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

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| Thu May. 9, 2013 7:11 AM PDT

At Least 71 Kids Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown

The shooting of a two-year-old by her brother was one of many recent gun incidents to claim a young child's life.

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| Thu May. 9, 2013 3:00 AM PDT