Obama describes ‘shift’ in US-Myanmar relations

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• Playing politics with IRS scandal details
• The IRS scandal: Who knew what when?
• Sheriffs fight gun laws
• White House aides learned of IRS details in April, but didn't tell Obama
• Carney grilled over Obama's response to IRS scandal
• Obama to deliver speech on counterterrorism policy
• White House tries to clear up how, when it knew of IG report
• IRS debate on Meet the Press in 1974
• Lawmakers investigate IRS focus on conservative groups
• AP considering legal action against Justice Department
• Congress to delve deeper into IRS scandal
• Obama set to host leader from Myanmar at the White House
• Snowe: Americans must speak up, demand bipartisanship
• Bipartisan immigration reform moves forward
• Senate panel gives green light to test biometric exit program
• GOP doesn’t let a good controversy go to waste
• Biometric screening system a sticking point at Senate hearing
• Could the IRS Scandal impact 2014 elections?
• Predatory lenders target members of the military
• Student loan debt weighs on U.S. economy
• White House cracks down on alleged leaks
• First Read Minute: Competency in Question
• Blunt: Unlikely Cincinnati IRS workers decided 'federal government' policy
• Can outspoken social conservatives win in Virginia?
• Trivia: Who is longest serving chair of House Ways & Means?
• Deep Dive: Where things stand in LA's mayoral race
• The Gaggle: Obama's continuing message to young, black men
• Sessions critical of immigration bill border enforcement

IRS official denies intentional political targeting

Members of the House Ways and Means Committee will take their turn Friday questioning Internal Revenue Service officials over the targeting of conservative groups by the agency.

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• Lawmakers grill ousted IRS boss
• White House chief of staff knew of IRS report before its release
• What about Obama's promise?
• Report says prosecutor behind 'Fast and Furious' leak
• From history to Hollywood, Los Angeles mayoral race offers it all
• Three controversies at the White House
• Obama to grads: 'No time for excuses'
• Zelizer: What about Obama's promise?
• We're pointing a gun at our democracy
• With IRS defanged, politics can run rampant
• Obama won't let media do its job
• Immigration report may be right
• Conservative groups describe IRS scrutiny
• Paul: IRS scandal needs more than a scapegoat
• 'SNL' pokes fun at Obama, IRS
• GOP using Benghazi to smear
• Ryan: Are we getting straight answers?
• Obama: Military 'ashamed' of sexual assaults
• Obama does damage control
• Senators: SEC must get tough with credit rating agencies
• Opinion: Scandal about donors, not tax
• Confronting military sexual assault
• Obama's rough week
• NRA pushes for recall of top legislator in Colorado
• By the Numbers: IRS
• Opinion: Obama's woes not race related
• With scandals, can Obama get anything done?
• Witness protection program loses 2 terror suspects

Were the bombings preventable?

Could the Boston Marathon bombing have been prevented?

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• Controversy over suspect's burial
• Life or death for Arias?
• Victim was a 'punching bag'
• Attorney: Castro 'no monster'
• Suspect's life crumbled
• Audit missing people cases
• Castro's ties with victims
• Psychology of abuse
• Care more about white women?
• 5 stories of captive kids who got away
• The search for Ashley Summers
• Gitmo force feeding is torture
• Arias case bumps a bigger story
• Suspect's Miranda rights questioned
• Hero cop charged with rape
• AEG to face MJ death questions
• Cold case linked to faculty killings?
• Internet celeb wanted in murder
• Jodi Arias: Life or death?
• Arias to speak to the jury deciding her fate
• Student killed by cop's bullet honored
• FBI mourns loss of agents in hostage rescue training
• Iran claims it hanged CIA, Mossad spies
• Pretzel bag leads feds to child porn suspect
• 'Please don't let me go,' Cleveland kidnap victim told officers
• Georgia town sued for gun requirement
• 2 Minnesota women sentenced for funding Somali militants
• Texas sues BP, Halliburton, others over oil spill

Public Sharply Critical on IRS, Benghazi

Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll sharply reject special scrutiny of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service, suspect an administration cover-up of the Benghazi incident and express substantial distrust of the federal government more generally. Yet the national survey also finds no backlash...

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• Apple Moved 'Golden Goose Offshore'
• Watch: Misconduct at the IRS: Who Knew What When?
• Watch: Misconduct at the IRS: Who Knew What When?
• Watch: DOJ vs. Fox News Reporter James Rosen
• DOJ Goes After Fox News Reporter
• WH Chief of Staff Knew About IRS Probe in April
• Apple Avoids Billions in Taxes: Senate
• NYC, LA May Get Women Mayors
• Sec. Kerry Promises Foreign Service Officers They Will Be Protected
• Christie Stars in NJ Tourism Ads, Dems Cry Foul
• Va. Candidate Compares Planned Parenthood to KKK
• The Note: A Scandal's Second Wind
• Watch: GOP Calling for Full Investigation of IRS Scandal
• Obama Optimistic Despite 'Shortage of Common Sense' in DC
• 'Nation' Editor on Potential Anthony Weiner NYC Mayoral Bid: He 'Needs a Few More Years in the Wilderness'
• Obama Tells Grads 'I Might Have Been in Prison'
• George Will: Impeachment Talk Is 'Silly'
• 'This Week' Transcript: White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer
• Pfeiffer: IRS Behavior 'Inexcusable' Whether or Not Illegal
• GOP Told of IRS Investigation in '12
• Michelle Obama Makes Light of President's Failures
• Obama Goes Golfing After Week of Political Scandals
• Obama Pivots to Jobs Tour
• Watch: Michele Bachmann: The IRS Targeting of Tea Party Groups Tied to Obama's Political Agenda
• General Sorry for 'Hook-up' Comments
• IRS Planted Question About Tax Exempt Groups
• Treasury Secy Told of IRS Probe in March
• Watch: Miller: 'I Did Not Mislead Congress'

Analysis: Some Republicans see new scandal in Sebelius fundraising

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the White House already reeling from three major controversies, some Republican lawmakers are zeroing in on what they perceive is another possible scandal tied to President Barack Obama's landmark health reform law just as it nears implementation.

• IRS officials back on Capitol Hill hot seat over targeting
• Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims
• U.S. panel votes to speed up airport fingerprinting of immigrants
• Attention shifts to White House in IRS probe
• White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
• US names envoy to combat anti-Semitism, warns of rising incidents
• White House to brief Democrats on economy on Tuesday
• Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims
• Analysis: Shrinking deficit reduces pressure for budget deal
• Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech
• Obama tries to bounce back after tough week
• White House accuses Republicans of 'fishing expeditions'
• AP chief says phone probe makes news sources reluctant to talk
• Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech
• Ghosts of incinerator bond deal haunt Harrisburg election
• Los Angeles mayoral race narrows, latest opinion poll shows
• Tech, labor brandish dueling studies in immigration fight
• Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent
• IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandal
• IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandal
• House bill to have more stringent immigrant controls: aides
• After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobs
• House panel demands deposition from Benghazi investigator
• Treasury gears up to buy time under reimposed debt cap
• Incoming IRS chief asked to conduct "thorough review" of agency
• FCC nominee Wheeler will divest holdings if confirmed
• Two states say 2014 Obamacare insurance costs on low side
• House votes for more scrutiny of economic impact of SEC rules
• Senator seeks probe into impact of alleged EU oil price manipulation