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Immigration bill–minus LGBT provision–moves to full Senate

Immigration reform advocates pray before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting in the Senate Hart Building on May 9.
9:46 PM on 05/21/2013

The full Senate will now get to debate and vote on a bill that would provide a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. But a provision allowing same-sex couples to apply for visas for spouses or partners was dropped. Read More

GOP conference chair: IRS ‘smells of manipulation’

Karly Schledwitz1:05 PM on 05/22/2013

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) says it's beginning to look like a cover-up within the IRS has taken place to mask wrongdoing over the agency's targeting of conservative groups. Read More

New mayor in LA: Eric Garcetti

11:41 AM on 05/22/2013

Trivia time! Wednesday’s trivia answer

11:15 AM on 05/22/2013

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Then-House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., listens to testimony during a hearing on legal issues relating to football head injuries on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

First Read Flash: Weiner’s comeback begins


8:21 AM on 5/22/2013

The disgraced former congressman officially announces for New York City mayor, while it's City Councilman Eric Garcetti who will be Los Angeles' next mayor. Plus: Lerner to plead the 5th in IRS hearing. Read More

A scene of fire and destruction in Moore, Oklahoma after a tornado ripped through the area on May 20, 2013. (Photo by Sue Ogrocki/AP)

Okla. tornado ‘looks worse’ than deadly 1999 Moore twister


12:21 PM on 5/21/2013

Former Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., and former Okla. reporter Lois Romano say the tornado that hit the town of Moore on Monday looks as bad, or worse, than the 1999 twister that caused $1.4 billion in damage. Read More

Two girls stand in rubble after a tornado struck Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013. A tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing dozens while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping school children beneath rubble. REUTERS/Gene Blevins

Oklahoma Rep.: ‘This is not a normal tornado’


11:33 AM on 5/21/2013

“Even though people had warning, they went to their normal shelter locations, but it wasn't enough," said Republican Rep. James Lankford of Oklahoma Tuesday. Read More

Rescue teams pull a boy from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., on May 20, 2013. (Photo by Sue Ogrocki/AP)

First Read Flash: Oklahoma Tragedy


8:22 AM on 5/21/2013

At least 51 people are dead, 20 of them children, after a devastating tornado made a direct hit on Moore, Okla., in suburban Oklahoma City. Read More

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


3:40 PM on 5/20/2013

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

File Photo: Speaker of the New York City Council Christine Quinn attends The 2013 Greater New York Human Rights Campaign Gala at The Waldorf-Astoria on February 2, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images)

Big city turnovers: The 5 mayor races to watch in 2013


8:58 AM on 5/20/2013

Many key mayoral posts around the country will all be up for grabs this year--some for the first time in a generation. Ones to watch: New York City, Detroit, Boston, Charlotte, N.C., and Minneapolis. Read More

File Photo: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli speaks at a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at Tidewater Community College on October 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. This is Romney's first campaign appearance since his debate with President Barack Obama last night. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images, File)

First Read Flash: Tea Party Virginia?


8:38 AM on 5/20/2013

E.W. Jackson pulled an upset to win the nomination for lieutenant governor on Saturday. The problem for the GOP ticket now -- do they defend Jackson amid a barrage of controversial past statements? Read More

File Photo: Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., works in his office in the Rayburn building on Capitol Hill on Thursday, August 2, 2012. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call, File)

Two Dems in top races voted with GOP on health care repeal


4:18 PM on 5/17/2013

Reps. Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., and Jim Matheson, D-Utah, had the two closest House races in the country in 2012, and they're top GOP targets looking ahead to 2014 once again. Read More

Image: File of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivering remarks at the State Department in Washington

Watch: 2016 dominated by Benghazi this week


12:39 PM on 5/17/2013

The week in 2016 chatter was dominated by a proxy fight over Benghazi, as Republicans tried to use new revelations from Wednesday's White House document dump to put chinks in Hillary Clinton's 2016 armor. Read More

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at a gun violence summit at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (Photo by Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)

Bloomberg anti-gun group features Aurora family in targeting Sen. Flake


12:26 PM on 5/17/2013

In a TV ad, Caren and Tom Teves, whose son Alex was killed in the Colorado movie theater shooting last summer, say Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake didn’t keep his promise to support tougher background checks. Read More

Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller is pictured at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill May 17, 2013. Miller resigned on Wednesday after the revelation the IRS hard targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny. REUTERS/Jason Reed

WATCH: The Gaggle breaks down IRS hearing


11:31 AM on 5/17/2013

The Daily Rundown's Friday gaggle breaks down the first hour of testimony, where outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller was grilled by Republicans and Democrats alike over how and when the agency knew these groups were being targeted. Read More

The Internal Revenue Service building at the end of the day in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images)

First Read Flash: Miller time


8:12 AM on 5/17/2013

Acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller appears before the House Ways & Means Committee this morning to testify on the growing controversy surrounding the agency's scrutiny of conservative groups. Read More

File Photo: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) listens during a news conference on a comprehensive immigration reform framework January 28, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images, File)

Rubio: Prosecutions should come from IRS scandal


10:51 AM on 5/16/2013

The Florida senator said recent scandals were further evidence of a "culture of intimidation that [Obama's] administration has created." 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)

First Read Flash: Damage control


8:23 AM on 5/16/2013

A busy week continues: Miller is out at the IRS, Holder vs. Issa on the Hill, and the White House dumps more Benghazi emails. Read More

(Stock photo by Michael Bodmann/Getty Images)

Shield law moves forward in wake of AP intrusion


5:55 PM on 5/15/2013

The White House has renewed its push for a shield law for journalists that would allow them to protect confidential sources and might have stopped the Department of Justice's search of AP reporters' and editors' phone records. Read More

Special tax status played role in IRS ‘mistakes’


1:29 PM on 5/15/2013

What the heck is a 501(c)(4)? The tax code designation that helped open the floodgates to campaign ads last summer is at the core of the new IRS controversy. Read More

File Photo: Internal Revenue Service Deputy Commissioner Steve Miller is seen during a news conference at the Department of Justice December 16, 2009, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images, File)

Top Dem calls for IRS chief’s ouster


11:38 AM on 5/15/2013

Congressman Sander Levin, the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, called for Steven Miller and Lois Lerner to step down from the IRS in light of the recent scandal. Read More

Iowa Congressman Steve King (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Immigration reform: New flashpoint for conservatives?


9:09 AM on 5/15/2013

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Tuesday he would choose Obamacare over the comprehensive immigration bill proposed by the “Gang of Eight.” Read More

President Obama during a press conference at the White House in Washington on May 13, 2013. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

First Read Flash: White House woes


8:10 AM on 5/15/2013

President Obama calls inspector general's findings on the IRS scandal "intolerable and inexcusable." With the IRS scrutiny of conservative groups and seizure AP phone records under fire, Attorney General Eric Holder heads to Capitol Hill at 1 p.m. Read More

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks to a large gathering in Manasquan, N.J., Thursday, March 21, 2013, during a town hall meeting. Christie answered questions about recovery and building standards from a crowd, estimated by fire officials at nearly 1,000 in the Superstorm Sandy-damaged Shore town. (Photo by Mel Evans/AP Photo)

Watch: Chris Christie goes negative in re-election bid


2:46 PM on 5/14/2013

In just his second campaign ad, the New Jersey governor is hitting Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono for voting for tax hikes and tying her to Christie’s predecessor. Read More