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President Barack Obama (L) looks on as former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting on September 25, 2012 in New York City. Timed to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly, CGI brings together heads of state, CEOs, philanthropists and others to help find solutions to the world's major problems. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Does anyone take impeachment seriously anymore?

Zerlina Maxwell
OPINION - If House Republicans actually file articles of impeachment against the first African-American president, they can kiss the black vote goodbye, forever...
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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the New Hampshire Republican State Committee Liberty Dinner, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Concord , N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

GOP leaders say Obama impeachment talk premature

Steve Peoples, Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment...
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President Barack Obama (Photo by Kristoffer Tripplaar-Pool/Getty Images)

White House aides learned of IRS details in April, but didn't tell Obama

Michael O'Brien, Political Reporter, NBC News
NBC News - The White House first learned of a draft report detailing abuses by IRS officials in targeting conservative groups in late April...
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Karl Rove, far left, is a key strategist behind a network of groups who are trying to defeat President Obama. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

The big irony in the IRS 'scandal'

Ken Thomas, Steve Peoples, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups...
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Boehner Fiscal Cliff

Heritage to GOP: Don't govern, scandalize!

Joy-Ann Reid
OPINION - Finally, we have something out of the Heritage Foundation that is entirely accurate...
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YANGON, MYANMAR - NOVEMBER 19: US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton wave as they arrive at Yangon International airport during his historical first visit to the country on November 19, 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar. Obama is the first US President to visit Myanmar while on a four-day tour of Southeast Asia that also includes Thailand and Cambodia. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Media, GOP feed second term 'scandal' season

Zerlina Maxwell
OPINION - May has so far been a whirlwind for the Obama administration, first with the never ending Benghazi non-scandal and most recently with the Associated Press and IRS stories that threaten to give any high strung cable talking head an asthma attack...
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Non-profit groups often look for tax breaks

Democratic, liberal groups got IRS scrutiny too

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Amid the uproar, and calls for investigations, over IRS employees using inappropriate criteria and questions to vet applications for 501(c)4 non-profit status by tea party groups, a few facts are falling through the cracks...
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No, Obama is not Nixon

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - A series of controversies, mostly notably the IRS specifically using terms like 'Tea Party' as a trigger for audits, have caused some to liken President Obama to Richard Nixon...
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Eric Holder

Eric Holder grilled by House committee

Pete Yost, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder was due to testify before Congress on Wednesday as the Justice Department opens a criminal investigation of the federal tax collection agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny.
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Julian Bond

Where was the outrage over IRS' NAACP audit?

Joy-Ann Reid
OPINION - Where was the outrage when the IRS audited the NAACP in 2004?...
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