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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

Aftermath of massive tornado in Oklahoma

Morning Headlines: Tragedy in Oklahoma

At least 51 killed, including 20 children, as a tornado tears through Oklahoma. 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

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie looks on while giving his State of the State address in the assembly chamber in Trenton, N.J., in this Jan. 8, 2013 file photo. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Gov. Christie criticized for ad that promotes tourism in N.J.

The Republican governor and his family say New Jersey is "stronger than the storm," but critics have accused him of using federal taxpayer dollars to boost his political image. Read More

Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat from North Carolina, on Morning Joe.

Sen. Hagan: Service women live in debilitating fear of sexual assault

“Women actually have told me they’d limit the intake of fluid in the late afternoon, early evening, so they don’t have to use the latrine late at night in the middle of the night, because they’re worried about sexual assault,” North Carolina’s Sen. Kay Hagan said on Monday's Morning Joe. Read More

This digital composite shows: (L-R) The crowd watches a game at Harvard Stadium May 4, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts.(Photo by Gail Oskin/Getty Images) US President Barack Obama delivers his annual State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress and the Supreme Court on January 25, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.   (Photo by Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images, File)

Video: Sen. Snowe from outside the Capitol looking in

The long-time senator from Maine engaged in Congress' fight outside the institution because she didn't think there was a way to alter the political equation from the inside, she said during an Afternoon Mo Joe web-exclusive interview. Read More

Donny Deutsch attends the Masquerade Ball Benefiting Ronald McDonald House at Apella on October 25, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)

Donny Deutsch: I ‘would love’ to run for mayor of New York

Exceptional candidates for political office won't run for election because the media exploit their lives before their names are even on a ballot, said the chairman of Deutsch, Inc. on Thursday during an Afternoon Mo Joe roundtable discussion. Read More

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Watch: ‘I’m concerned about the culture of the IRS,’ says Rep. Buchanan

House Ways and Means Committee member, GOP Congressman Vern Buchanan of Florida, discusses his concerns with the IRS' scrutiny of Tea Party groups. Read More

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Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, May 17

Peggy Noonan on why what's happening in Washington is no "ordinary scandal," and Michael Hirsh's "Five Myths About Benghazi" in Friday's must-read opinion pages. Read More

Bob Woodward's reporting on the Watergate scandal lead, in part, to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Woodward and Bernstein agree: IRS scandal isn’t Watergate…yet

Legendary investigative reporter Bob Woodward says the IRS profiling scandal isn't the next Watergate—but Benghazi might be. Read More

The Internal Revenue Service building at the end of the day in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. 
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Watch: What to expect from IRS hearings

From the high ground to the rushed condemnations, expect tough questions to take center stage in the House Ways and Means Committee hearing. Read More

President Barack Obama gestures during the joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Thursday, May 16, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo by Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)

Morning Headlines: Friday, May 17

The Morning Joe headlines for Friday, May 17. Read More

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Washington’s top women lobbyists trail male counterparts by $600K

Women may be moving up the corporate ladder, but new data from Bloomberg shows that the glass ceiling of compensation is hard to break - even at the country's top trade groups. Read More

Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice Department. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte,R-Va., wants to know more about the unwarranted targeting of Tea Party and other conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department's secret seizure of telephone records at The Associated Press.  (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

VIDEO: Holder scolds Issa for ‘shameful’ comment

Attorney General Eric Holder lashed out at Republican Congressman Darrell Issa during a heated hearing on the Hill. Read More

Aerial view of the boat where one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was found in Watertown, Mass. (Photo by David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Boston bombing suspect left note in the boat

The surviving Boston bombing suspect wrote a note inside the hull of the boat in which he hid, describing the bombings as retaliation for the actions of the United States against Muslims. Read More

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RNC jumps on Obama’s bad week in fundraising video

A new RNC video paints President Obama as a hypocrite who has failed to bring transparency to Washington. Read More

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

Bush’s Attorney General: You can investigate leaks without subpoenaing reporters

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he investigated a very serious government leak while serving under Bush, but chose not to subpoena the involved reporters. Read More

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An excerpt from Dan Brown’s “Inferno”

An excerpt from Dan Brown's new novel "Inferno" Read More

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An excerpt from Jimmy Connors’ “The Outsider”

An excerpt from Jimmy Connors' "The Outsider" Read More

The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s inappropriate targeting of conservative and Tea Party groups, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday afternoon.  (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Morning Headlines: Wednesday, May 15

The Morning Joe headlines for Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Read More