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

What we’re reading: Thursday, May 23, 2013

President Obama is making a wide-ranging speech at the National Defense University, discussing the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay and the administration's… 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

What we’re reading: Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Check with NBCNews.com for the very latest on the devastation in Oklahoma. Governor Mary Fallin and state officials are expected to give updates on the victims… Read More

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on  March 6, 2013 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

What we’re reading: Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The pressure on the Obama administration shifts to the Justice Department, where federal authorities obtained two months of telephone records from Associated Press reporters. Read More

Image: US Secretary of State John Kerry Meets Prime Minister David Cameron

What we’re reading: Monday, May 13, 2013

In the opinion pages: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron writes in The Wall Street Journal about the importance of international trade to promote global economic growth. Read More

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What we’re reading: Friday, May 10, 2013

In the opinion pages: The Wall Street Journal's Kim Strassel notes the conservative support rallying behind Florida Senator Marco Rubio just days after the… Read More

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. during the committee's hearing on the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi (Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What we’re reading: Wednesday, May 8, 2013

The response to the September 11th attacks in Benghazi, Libya that ended with four Americans killed will be analyzed at a House Oversight & Government Reform Committee hearing, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Wednesday morning. Read More

A U.S. Border Patrol officers walks beside the border fence that divides the US from Mexico in the town of Nogales, Arizona. (Photo by Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty)

What we’re reading: Tuesday, May 7, 2013

The immigration reform debate shifts focus to border security at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

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Sen. Marco Rubio has tried to present a new face of the GOP. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

What we’re reading: Monday, May 6, 2013

Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill to begin the legislative battle over immigration reform. Politico's Seung Min Kim looks at the major political players involved… Read More

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What we’re reading: Thursday, May 2, 2013

President Obama travels to Mexico for a trip he says will focus on the economic partnership between two nations, but will also involve some discussion on the immigration reform legislation currently in Congress. Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House April 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. The president took questions on a variety of subjects including immigration reform, the ongoing civil war in Syria and the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

What we’re reading: Wednesday, May 1, 2013

In The New York Times opinion page: Maureen Dowd picks apart President Obama's Tuesday news conference. The editorial board is looking at the next possible steps regarding the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Read More

Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Stephen F. Lynch, at left, and Edward J. Markey, at right, greet each other prior to the start of debate at WBZ studios in Boston on April 22, 2013. (Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

What we’re reading: Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The race to replace now-Secretary of State John Kerry in the Senate hits a high point Read More

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What we’re reading: Monday, April 29, 2013

President Obama will nominate Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to replace Secretary LaHood as leader of the Department of Transportation. Read More

Syrian refugees hang out their clothes to dry in the ruins of the ancient Roman city of of Serjilla, in the northwestern province of Idlib, on March 19, 2013. The conflict has killed at least 70,000 people, and forced more than one million Syrians to seek refuge abroad. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)

What we’re reading: Friday, April 26, 2013

In the opinion pages: The Wall Street Journal editorial board says President Obama can't be exposed as a bluffer on Syria. The New York Times editorial board… Read More

From left, Baylor President Ken Starr, former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura stand during the playing of the national anthem before a second-round game against Florida State in the women's NCAA college basketball tournament, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

What we’re reading: Thursday, April 25, 2013

The presidential focus shifts to a former commander-in-chief today. Read More

This undated photo provided by the vkontakte website shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been on the run, described as "armed and dangerous" and suspected of the Boston Marathon bombing. His brother, Tamerlan, was killed during a violent police chase. The two ethnic Chechen brothers came from Dagestan, a Russian republic bordering the province of Chechnya. (Photo by AP Photo/vk.com)

What we’re reading: Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The New York Times' Michiko Kakutani looks at the digital footprint left by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Read More

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What we’re reading: Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Immigration reform stays on center stage in Washington Read More

Tamerlan Tsarnaev (L), 26, is pictured in 2010 in Lowell, Massachusetts, and his brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is pictured in an undated FBI handout photo in this combination photo. The two are suspects in the April 15, 2013 bombing at the Boston Marathon. (Photo by: Reuters)

What we’re reading: Monday, April 22, 2013

In the opinion pages: former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey tells Wall Street Journal readers the larger threat the Tsarnaev brothers could represent.… Read More

Boston police released this photograph of the Boston marathon bombing suspect at a 7-11 Thursday night. He is believed to be the man in the white hat in the photos FBI released Thursday afternoon.

What we’re reading: Friday, April 19, 2013

We're monitoring the latest developments in the Boston Marathon bombings manhunt. Read More

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What we’re reading: Wednesday, April 17, 2013

We are following all the details emerging from the Boston bombing investigation. Read More

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes remarks to the media before a bilateral meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the State Department in Washington February 14, 2013.  (Photo by Mike Theiler/Reuters)

What we’re reading: Friday, April 12, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry faces tough challenges in the far east Read More