- Tue 21 May 2013

Boston GlobeMassachusetts GOP Hopes Lightning Strikes Again in Senate Race
New York Times
BOSTON — The major political question here is whether Representative Edward J. Markey, a longtime member of Congress whose liberal views generally reflect those of Massachusetts voters, could actually lose the special election for the Senate seat ...
US Senate rivals step up their campaignsBoston Globe
Top names in sports, entertainment, business propel Ed Markey's fundraisingMassLive.com all 97 news articles » - Tue 21 May 2013

New York TimesUS 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 ...
Kerry vows better security at US diplomatic postsThe State
Kerry challenges Congress on diplomats' securityFresno Bee all 13 news articles » - Mon 20 May 2013IRS Scandal: Questions and Answers
New York Times
Congressional Republicans investigating targeting of political groups by the Internal Revenue Service are focused on what government officials knew about the department's actions, and when they found out about it. Here are some of the questions that ... - Mon 20 May 2013

Mother JonesBillionaires Now Own American Politics
Mother Jones
Not since the days before a bumbling crew of would-be break-in artists set into motion the fabled Watergate scandal, leading to the first far-reaching restrictions on money in American politics, have you been so free to meddle. There is no limit to the ... - Mon 20 May 2013

New York Daily NewsIRS Inquiry Status Told to White House in April
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The chief White House lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, learned last month that a Treasury inspector general had concluded an audit of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups, weeks before the matter became public, ...
Poll: Obama agenda to get stuck in mud over Benghazi, IRS - USA TodayUSA TODAY
AP source: Treasury told WH of IRS disclosure planU.S. News & World Report
White House aides knew of IRS scandal but did not tell Barack ObamaTelegraph.co.uk Washington Examiner -89.3 KPCC -Fox News all 674 news articles » - Sat 18 May 2013Elections That Matter: Who Runs the Board Rooms
U.S. Politics Today
On May 14, EU investigators swooped into oil company offices in London, the Netherlands and Norway, looking for evidence that a few companies had been rigging the price of oil. The companies in the cross-hairs are BP, Shell and Norway's Statoil. - Sat 18 May 2013

New York TimesRepublicans 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.
Sacked IRS head Steven Miller accused of lying to CongressTelegraph.co.uk
Tea Party groups prepare to sue IRSFox News all 556 news articles » - Wed 15 May 2013Factbox - Benghazi attacks and US politics
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats are waging a political battle over attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi in September that killed Washington's ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. Republicans say the attacks ...
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