Obama, in Nod to Press, Orders Review of Inquiries
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama ordered a review on Thursday of the Justice Department's procedures for legal investigations involving reporters, acknowledging that he was “troubled” that multiple inquiries into national security leaks could chill ...
Obama administration targets reporters in crackdown on leaksNews & Observer
Obama orders review of guidelines for probing journalistsReuters

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IRS Suspends Official at Center of Storm
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Lois Lerner, the head of the Internal Revenue Service's division on tax-exempt organizations, was put on administrative leave Thursday, a day after she invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to testify before a House committee ...
IRS replaces official who revealed targetingU.S. News & World Report

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Student Loan Bill Passes House, Setting Up Face-Off
New York Times
Democrats jumped on the issue to say that House leaders are intent on raising the cost of already-onerous student debt. They quickly signaled that the brewing fight would become a major political rallying cry. “It's really stunning,” said ...
US House Passes Student Loan Bill, But Endgame Remains MurkyEducation Week News (blog)
US House approves GOP student loan billUSA TODAY
House backs variable rate student loansU.S. News & World Report
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US politics of hyperbole
Business Times (subscription)
Vice-President Joe Biden (3rd from right) with Secretary of State John Kerry at the recent Memorial Plaque Ceremony where a special tribute was paid to Benghazi victims. GOP lawmakers suggest that if it wasn't for the Benghazi and IRS 'cover-ups', ...

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Holder Letter on Counterterror Strikes Against US Citizens
New York Times
The day before President Obama's planned speech on drone policy, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. wrote a letter to members of Congress acknowledging the deaths of four Americans, including Anwar al-Awlaki, in counterterrorism strikes “outside of ...
Obama: Politics Keeping US From Closing 'Facility That Should Never Have ...CBS Local
Obama: US will keep deploying dronesWMUR Manchester
What's a drone? How is US drone policy changing?MiamiHerald.com
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US Takes Steps to Add Security at Embassies
New York Times
WASHINGTON — By late this summer, the State Department plans to send dozens of additional diplomatic security agents to high-threat embassies, install millions of dollars of advanced fire-survival gear and surveillance cameras in those diplomatic ...

Ex-US Attorney in Arizona Is Criticized for Leak to Fox
New York Times
Mr. Burke, who resigned in August 2011, was the United States attorney in Arizona at the time of the investigation, which ran from late 2009 to early 2011. He admitted shortly before his resignation that he had been the source for a document obtained ...

Republicans Expand IRS Inquiry, With Eye on White House
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans, not resting with the Internal Revenue Service scandal, are moving to broaden the matter to an array of tax malfeasances and “intimidation tactics” they hope will ensnare the White House.