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A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.(AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)

Day after the storm: Sights and sounds

As stories of survival and heroism roll in, here are some of the faces and voices of those who watched the tornado as it happened -- and others whose lives were upended in the storm. Read More

Moore, Okla. (Photo by Louis Burgdorf/Morning Joe)

Mika and Joe at daybreak in Moore, Okla., an eye-witness account

When we saw what had happened in Moore, we knew we had to take Morning Joe to Oklahoma, but nothing could have prepared us for the destruction we'd see once there. Read More

Ohio Early Voting

Obama launches panel to reduce long lines at polls

More than six months after declaring on election night that "we've got to fix" long lines at the polls, President Obama announced the members of his commission on election administration Tuesday. Read More

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‘I love you. Please don’t die with me,’ – Heroes emerge in Oklahoma

As rescue workers continue to recover victims from Oklahoma's devastating tornado, stories of survival and sacrifice were also unearthed. Read More

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#PrayForOklahoma: Survivors, politicians share stories and support

Oklahoma natives are taking to social media to share what they've seen since one of the worst tornadoes in history ravaged their hometowns. Politicians and celebrities alike are offering condolences--and financial aid. Read More

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaking to reporters in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 25, 2013. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Boehner promises GOP cooperation to secure Oklahoma aid

Boehner pushed back against reporters who asked whether Republicans would demand cuts to offset tornado aid, likely delaying the relief funds. Read More

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Senate panel hammers Apple on offshore money

Apple Inc came under fire on Tuesday at a Senate hearing over an investigation that alleged the U.S. high technology icon has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries and paid little or no taxes to any government. Read More

President Barack Obama speaks about the deadly tornadoes that hit Oklahoma earlier this week, May 21, 2013. (Photo by: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images).

Obama: We’ll be in Oklahoma ‘as long as it takes’

The enormous twister at least a mile wide with winds as strong as 200 mph ripped through Oklahoma City suburbs on Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, crushing a school, and killing at least 24 people. Read More

File Photo: Guatemala's former dictator General Efraín Ríos Montt enters the court in Guatemala City, Friday, April 19, 2013. (Photo by: Luis Soto/AP Photo)

Guatemala’s top court overturns conviction in genocide case

Monday, a constitutional court voided the combined 80-year sentence against former Gen. Efraín Ríos on the grounds that he was briefly left without a defense attorney during the trial. Read More

A man looks at a boulder that hit a car after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, May 20, 2013. A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

How to help: Oklahoma tornado victims

Contributions will assist with buying supplies, materials, diesel for emergency vehicles, and food for responders helping victims of the tornado that razed Moore, Okla., Monday. Read More

GJN Strike 2

Hundreds of low-wage workers go on strike in D.C.

A new group of low-wage workers is demanding a raise from their employers' client: Us. The Washington, D.C., strike demands that President Obama sign legislation or an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay higher wages. Read More

A man looks at a boulder that hit a car after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, May 20, 2013. A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

Rep. Tom Cole: Moore is my home

“It’s a town full of really hardworking, really good people. They know about these things, they take warnings seriously,” Congressman Cole said. “People did everything right here, but if you’re in front of an F-4, an F-5, there is no good thing to do if you’re above ground.” Read More

File Photo: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) looks out at the television cameras before talking to the news media after the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol March 5, 2013 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, File)

McConnell uses IRS scandal to woo Tea Party

Kentucky’s Sen. Mitch McConnell has seized on the IRS scandal as he heads into a 2014 reelection bid, a move that may help him shore up support on the right. Read More

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (File photo by Toby Talbot/AP)

Assisted suicide: Vermont governor signs ‘death with dignity’ measure

Governor Peter Shumlin signed a law allowing physicians to a lethal dose of medication to prescribe dying, mentally competent patients who want to end their lives. Read More

A boy is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/ Sue Ogrocki)

‘Hearts are broken’ as Oklahoma parents wait for word

A Moore, Okla., elementary school took a direct hit from the massive tornado that ripped through the state. By early Tuesday morning, the medical examiner had confirmed 24 fatalities, but the toll was expected to rise. Read More

Image: A photograph of the late Mark Carson, a gay man who was shot and killed, sits amid flowers in a makeshift memorial at the site of his murder in New York City

NYC hate crime rocks LGBT community

32-year-old Mark Carson was shot and killed blocks away from the Stonewall Inn, where the modern gay rights movement began, reminding the gay community of the struggle still to come. Read More

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Fox News reporter named ‘co-conspirator’ in leak case

The acquisition of a Fox News reporter's email records under the Espionage Act is an even bigger deal than the AP phone records seizure, said an ACLU spokesperson. Read More

File Photo: United States Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke speaks behind a cache of seized weapons Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 in Phoenix. A grand jury has indicted 20 people on firearms charges for allegedly participating in a ring that bought more than 700 guns that were to be smuggled into Mexico for use by a drug cartel. (AP Photo/Matt York)

The ‘Fast and Furious’ case: Untangling the IG report

The report comes as the DOJ is under fire for issuing a subpoena for Associated Press journalists’ phone records. Read More

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White House story on IRS targeting evolves

New details from press secretary Jay Carney are at odds with the impression the White House gave last week, raising questions about whether it’s being fully forthcoming in its public statements on the issue. Read More

Ken Cuccinelli

E.W. Jackson nomination shakes up Va. race for Cuccinelli

The nomination of E.W. Jackson during Saturday’s Virginia GOP convention is about to make an already lively off-year contest in the Old Dominion even more interesting. Read More