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White House chief of staff knew of IRS report before its release
May 20th, 2013
03:50 PM ET
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White House chief of staff knew of IRS report before its release

Washington (CNN) - New details emerged Monday of what the White House knew about the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups, with spokesman Jay Carney disclosing Chief of Staff Denis McDonough was among the top officials made aware of the matter late last month.

In a new timeline provided by Carney to reporters, General Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler learned on April 24 of a pending Treasury inspector general's report on how IRS staff used criteria targeting conservative groups in assessing eligibility for tax-exempt status.

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Filed under: IRS • White House
Second-term polls: How do Obama and Clinton compare?
May 20th, 2013
11:21 AM ET
1 day ago

Second-term polls: How do Obama and Clinton compare?

(CNN) – A second term Democratic president, battling back against series of controversies.

Sound familiar?
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First on CNN: Rand Paul donates $10,000 to New Hampshire GOP
May 20th, 2013
09:37 AM ET
2 days ago

First on CNN: Rand Paul donates $10,000 to New Hampshire GOP

Nashua, New Hampshire (CNN) – Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has donated $10,000 to the New Hampshire Republican Party, stoking further speculation he is eyeing a run for president.

The donation will be announced publicly on Monday hours before Paul headlines a state GOP fundraising dinner in Concord. Nearly 500 people will attend the fundraiser, which will also feature Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. The dinner is sold out.
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Filed under: 2016 • New Hampshire • Rand Paul
Christie scrutinized for cameo in NJ tourism ad
May 20th, 2013
09:29 AM ET
1 day ago

Christie scrutinized for cameo in NJ tourism ad

(CNN) – New Jersey Democrat and gubernatorial hopeful Barbara Buono released a new web video Monday–but it's not the ad getting the most attention in the Garden State these days.

Republican Gov. Chris Christie is taking heat for his role in a new tourism ad for his state following the devastating impact of Superstorm Sandy.
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Filed under: Chris Christie • New Jersey
First on CNN: RNC raises $7.2 million in April
May 20th, 2013
09:11 AM ET
2 days ago

First on CNN: RNC raises $7.2 million in April

(CNN) - The Republican National Committee raised $7.2 million in April, one month after releasing its rebranding and outreach efforts following the presidential election loss in 2012.

Last month's cash haul brings the committee's cash-on-hand total to $9.8 million, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus will announce Monday.
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Filed under: Fundraising • RNC
CNN Washington AM Note
May 20th, 2013
05:43 AM ET
2 days ago

CNN Washington AM Note

BREAKING OVERNIGHT:

CNN: North Korea fires another projectile into the sea off its east coast, South says

North Korea on Monday fired a projectile into the sea off its east coast for the third day in a row, South Korean officials said, urging Pyongyang to refrain from "tension-creating acts." The South Korean Defense Ministry still needs to analyze exactly what the North fired, said Choi Yong-su, an official in the ministry's spokesperson's office. The projectiles the North launched over the weekend could be short-range missiles or a new kind of large-caliber artillery, the defense ministry said earlier Monday. The North fired three objects into waters off its east coast on Saturday and a fourth on Sunday, according to South Korea's semiofficial news agency Yonhap.

ALSO SEE: NYT: North Korea Seized Chinese Boat

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Filed under: Washington AM Note
First on CNN: In new TV ad, slain officer’s family endorses Cuccinelli
Republican Ken Cuccinelli (right) will face Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe (left) in the Virginia governor’s race this November.
May 19th, 2013
10:11 PM ET
2 days ago

First on CNN: In new TV ad, slain officer’s family endorses Cuccinelli

Alexandria, Virginia (CNN) – The widow and daughter of a Virginia police officer killed in the line of duty endorse Ken Cuccinelli for governor in a new television commercial that will start running throughout the commonwealth on Monday, a Cuccinelli campaign adviser tells CNN.

Cuccinelli’s first TV ad since accepting the Republican Party’s gubernatorial nomination Saturday doesn’t talk about his plan to fix the economy or lower taxes, but rather it seeks to paint him as a compassionate individual who will never leave your side.

“I honestly don’t know how I survived it,” Sue Garbarino says about the murder of her husband, Fairfax County Police Officer Michael Garbarino, in May 2006. “I just needed to be there for my girls. Every time I was in the hospital, I would see Ken Cuccinelli. I will never forget that.”

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Filed under: Ken Cuccinelli • Terry McAuliffe • Virginia
Virginia GOP nominee compared Planned Parenthood to KKK
May 19th, 2013
06:05 PM ET
1 day ago

Virginia GOP nominee compared Planned Parenthood to KKK

(CNN) – An outspoken and provocative conservative who emerged from Saturday's Republican Party of Virginia Convention as the party's nominee for lieutenant governor once compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and blasted African-Americans for their "slavish devotion" to the Democratic Party.

E.W. Jackson, an African-American pastor and attorney from Chesapeake, made the comments in a self-produced "message to black Christians" posted on YouTube last year.
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Filed under: Ken Cuccinelli • Planned Parenthood • Virginia
May 19th, 2013
04:48 PM ET
2 days ago

Video: Crowley's Believe It or Not

Some of the stories this week really had us wondering, "Is this for real?" Like the Congressman who brought a baby to work...


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Despite ‘shortage of common sense’ in D.C., Obama expresses optimism
May 19th, 2013
04:14 PM ET
2 days ago

Despite ‘shortage of common sense’ in D.C., Obama expresses optimism

(CNN) – Obama kicked off his fundraising tour for the Senate Democratic campaign arm on Sunday with a speaking gig in Atlanta, his first of six events for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

During his brief remarks, the president reported on the divisive political climate in the nation’s capital, saying “partisan thinking” has dominated Washington and added the country needs to elect more people "who are not ideological."
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Filed under: DSCC • Georgia • President Obama
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