The demand of Jim DeMint’s Heritage Foundation — or, more accurately, its political arm Heritage Action — that Congress focus exclusively on the IRS scandal to the exclusion of all else hides two personal vendettas. Read More
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The NRA helps Ayotte obscure her unpopular vote on background checks
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell explains how this Washington "slight of hand" works in the Rewrite. Read More
Let Me Start: Damage control
The White House is trying to distance itself from the IRS scandal and the Department of Justice's seizure of journalists' phone records. Read More
Watch: Fmr. NAACP chair calls Tea Party groups ‘Taliban wing of American politics’
Though former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond feels his organization was unfairly targeted by the IRS in 2004, he now believes the special scrutiny of Tea Party groups is "entirely legitimate." Read More
Two IRS scandals hit Washington: One you’ve heard of, one you haven’t
Are we gonna spend the next few months beating-up-on the IRS and the Bush-appointed former head of the IRS who was in charge when all of this happened? Or are we also gonna take the opportunity to try to figure out what exactly we should be doing to sort out this completely intractable mess in tax law created by Citizens United? Read More
Let Me Start: More trouble ahead
As if the IRS and Benghazi weren't enough, Washington is abuzz this morning with a third controversy: The Justice Department's secret seizure of phone records from the Associated Press reporters. Read More
Top Links: Benghazi … heard of it?
Conservatives are shouting “Benghazi!” the way Steve Martin once did “Oklahoma!” — and they’re making about as much sense. Read More
Top Links: What you may have missed at the NRA’s convention in Houston
Kicking yourself because you had to miss the NRA’s annual convention this year? No worries. We’ve got you covered. Read More
Excerpt: Ira Katznelson’s ‘Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time’
The book examines President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, considered to be one of the greatest pieces of social legislation, through the fears the country faced at the time. Read More
Top Links: The arguments against expanding background checks are getting increasingly stupid and/or insulting
The NRA’s annual meeting begins tomorrow. Hopefully, one of the panel discussions will be “Democrats, you’re welcome.” Read More
Bob McDonnell faces FBI probe into relationship with wealthy donor
The man who became famous for supporting vaginal probe ultrasound requirements last summer is facing a new kind of probe. Read More
Top Links: Why Sen. Joe Manchin thinks second time’s the charm on background checks
Top story: Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia — half of the Manchin-Toomey background checks bill that went down in defeat two weeks ago — says his bill… Read More
SEC may require more disclosure from corporations
Want to tell the SEC what you think about the possible new disclosure rule? Here's how. Read More
Where do your tax dollars go? The WH has an app for that
This Tax Day, the White House once again offers the public an inside glimpse on where their money goes. But the number of Americans who believe in the fairness of the U.S. tax code hit a new low this year. Read More
Top Links: Welcome to the Jim DeMint Era at Heritage — and in American politics
Jim DeMint officially takes the reigns at the Heritage Foundation today — and the American political landscape is about to change because of it. Read More
Let Me Start: How real a threat?
North Korea continues to threaten the United States, and it vowed to re-start its nuclear program, but how serious are we to take their saber rattling? Read More
‘I don’t represent the NRA,’ says ‘School Shield’ study director
Asa Hutchinson, the director of the NRA-funded National School Shield Task Force, insisted that his report, which recommended placing armed guards in every school, was independent of any NRA influence. Read More
Top Links: Mark Sanford hikes the Appalachian runoff today
Most campaign watchers believe former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford should win his GOP congressional primary today — but his contest versus Stephen Colbert's sister is still an open question. Read More
GOP run-off in SC tonight: Where will Sanford land?
From Mark Sanford's home-field advantage to the underdog's conservative street cred, we have the five keys to Tuesday's Republican run-off in South Carolina. Read More
Top Links: No Judd? No worries. Election 2014 will have plenty of daytime soap opera-worthy storylines
Top story: Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, seems safe from Ashley Judd or any other candidate his haters want to throw at him — for now. But his race is… Read More
