In the news: the Oklahoma tornado, Apple, IRS scam, a Bain liberal SuperPAC, and the Benghazi official who lost his job speaks out
White House Press Secretary Still In The Hot Seat
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney started a new week much as he ended the last one—under assault from all sides of the White House press corps
Four Non-IRS Questions for Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
Here are four questions Lew needs to answer Tuesday on the state of America’s financial health.
Inside the Boy Scout Battle to Repeal the Gay Ban
A fast changing America threatens to leave scouting and its current rules against gays behind.
Gay Boy Scouts Employee: I Can’t Live a Lie Any Longer
I am a full-time paid professional employee of the Boy Scouts of America. I am also gay.
Immigration Bill Navigates Early Obstacles
With Washington distracted by scandals small and large, the immigration bill is quietly sailing through the Senate Judiciary Committee
Burma’s Thein Sein Visits Washington
Ignoring human-rights protests, the Obama Administration is looking at long-term investment in Burma, er, Myanmar
How Syria’s Rebels Aren’t Winning the War: The Anatomy of a Battle
Rebel commanders are trying to learn the lessons of why their ambitious, province-wide offensive essentially failed.
Pro-Obama Group Launches Attack On Republican “Climate Deniers”
Organizing for Action released a Twitter tool for supporters to “call out” their member of Congress as a “climate change denier.”
“Hillary Clinton 'would be a great president and I would want to help her do that.'”
— Philippe Reines, a Senate loyalist who followed Clinton to the State Department and is now a paid spokesman for the former first lady, to the Washington Post.
Republicans Seem to Be Out of Economic Ideas — Here Are Two Suggestions
Belief in austerity persists because there’s a certain grim moral justice in the idea that debtor nations should pay for their crimes with deep, painful forced cuts. Justice aside, austerity is a failed economic concept.
Morning Must Reads: May 20
In the news: the IRS, Pakistan, higher education, Keystone XL pipeline, drones, and Yahoo!
Obama Discusses Race, Fatherhood, Responsibility at Morehouse College (Transcript Included)
“Laws, hearts and minds have been changed to the point where someone who looks like you can serve as President,” said Obama
