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In 2010, Republicans won a special election during a low point of Obama's presidency. Will history repeat itself?
Reuters
Searching for leakers inside an organization is one thing; dragging in reporters -- or doctors, or clergy -- is another, and usually a mistake.
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In his handling of multiple national security-related uproars, the president's biggest sin is being aloof and disengaged.
Reuters
Fewer groups sought recognition as 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations that year than in 2009, according to the Treasury Department.
AP
The president's flurry of activity includes a challenge to the GOP on embassy security.
Reuters
There is clear evidence that he has broken the law on multiple occasions. And not even Republicans seem to care.
Reuters
Evaluate tax-exempt groups based on behavior rather than speculation, and compensate them for compliance costs.
Reuters
Three dissimilar episodes, one of which is very bad.
Reuters
Congressional investigators are pointing fingers in the wrong direction if they want to save more U.S. lives.
Reuters
The tea-party movement he helped foster won't fall in line behind his efforts to push an alternative conservative agenda.
Reuters
The majority of Republicans wanted to impeach Obama before the latest scandals. High partisanship and a low legal threshold are a recipe for self-destruction.
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Today, the Armed Services Committee will hear more about proposed changes to the key law authorizing the never-ending conflict.
Reuters
The numbers suggest that Christie could be the GOP's best candidate in a general election.
AP
Step one, name a Republican--preferably a prominent one--to head the agency.
Reuters
Regimes around the world are under pressure to deliver more and cost less. Here's a plan for how to actually make that work.
The alleged scandal didn't matter in Election 2012, and it is very unlikely to matter in Election 2016 either.
Reuters
That was February 18, 2010. A week later, the agency's scrutiny of the Tea Party began. Here's what happened leading up to the two events.
Reuters
The former Obama Administration official lays it out in four parts, but is perhaps too deferential to have any impact.
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Even if it were possible to select newcomers by intelligence it wouldn't be wise or just.
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It's not just Benghazi. By tying herself closely to Obama, she'll have trouble distancing herself if his political standing worsens.
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One guy in an office sat on Tea Party tax-exempt applications for 13 months after they were improperly selected for review.
Reuters
If the enemy already benefited from a serious leak, why can't he tell us the details that they already know?
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53 percent of U.S. adults now favor marriage equality.
Reuters
Republicans are hoping to fold the three scandals into a single narrative of an unaccountable and overreaching White House that cannot be trusted.
Reuters
From appointments to gun control to the budget and taxes, Washington had reverted to its gridlocked self well before the latest scandals broke.
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Benghazi, the IRS, and now the AP phone-records bombshell: If Obama wants a symbol of accountability in a time of scandal, the attorney general is the only one left to fire.
Reuters
Some conservatives are still clinging to the idea, but it's a foreign-policy critique that can't succeed.
Senators bravely overcome a filibuster -- so that they can filibuster a bill.
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Government officials need a refresher course in the First Amendment "anti-retaliation" principle.
Reuters
Over and over, members of Congress asked the IRS to scrutinize 501(c)4 groups for their political activity—and also to scrutinize the agency's scrutiny of those groups.
Reuters
The attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens targeted a CIA operation, not a 'diplomatic post.'
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