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  May 22, 2013, 6:34 am

Weiner seeks 'second chance' in New York City mayoral bid

By Sheldon Alberts

"I made some big mistakes ... But I’ve also learned some tough lessons," the former congressman says in a campaign video. 

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  May 21, 2013, 8:42 pm

Biden needles Obama on teleprompter

By Jonathan Easley

“The standing joke in the office is Barack’s learning to speak without a teleprompter. I’m learning to speak with one.”

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  May 21, 2013, 8:28 pm

White House, Treasury discussed how to handle disclosure of IRS story

By Bernie Becker, Justin Sink and Peter Schroeder

Press secretary Jay Carney made clear the White House was not involved in a planted question that made the story public.

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  May 21, 2013, 6:24 pm

Poll: Obama’s approval rating slides amid controversies

By Jonathan Easley

President Obama’s approval rating has slipped into negative territory as a trio of controversies has chipped away at the president’s standing with the public, according to a Fox News poll released on Tuesday.

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  May 21, 2013, 4:51 pm

Obama appoints members to voting rights panel

By Justin Sink

President Obama on Tuesday announced the eight new members who will round out his presidential commission on voting, jointing Bob Bauer, the general counsel to the president's reelection campaign, and Ben Ginsberg, the former general counsel to Mitt Romney's presidential effort, on the bipartisan panel.

The appointments include Trey Grayson, Larry Loma, Michele Coleman Mayes, Ann McGeehan, Tammy Patrick and Christopher Thomas — all former state-level elections officials — as well as Brian Britton, a Walt Disney World executive, and Joe Echevarria, the general counsel for the New York Public library.

Obama announced the panel in his State of the Union address, saying that with long voting lines, the country was "betraying our ideals."

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  May 21, 2013, 4:36 pm

Obama meets with young immigrants in reform push

By Justin Sink

President Obama on Tuesday encouraged young immigrants who entered the country illegally to share their stories with elected officials as the White House looks to build momentum for a new immigration push.

The meeting came as the Senate Judiciary Committee continued its markup of a Gang of Eight bill that should soon head to the Senate floor for a vote. Last week, a bipartisan group of House negotiators also said they had struck a deal on an immigration reform package.

The group of seven young immigrants said they told the president and Vice President Biden about their personal histories and worries about the future.

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  May 21, 2013, 4:29 pm

Lawmakers headed to Russia to seek answers on Boston suspect

By Jonathan Easley

The bipartisan delegation will be led by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.).

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  May 21, 2013, 3:41 pm

Carney: Questions about Sebelius fundraising similar to birth certificate concerns

By Justin Sink

White House press secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday unfavorably compared questions about donations solicited by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to Republicans questioning the president's birth certificate.

At a tense briefing where Carney took tough questions on a series of issues that could damage the White House politically, the press secretary aligned himself with White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer, who over the weekend accused Republicans of engaging in “partisan fishing expeditions.”

“You know, we could go down the list of questions — we could say, what about the president's birth certificate?" Carney responded. “Was that legitimate?”

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  May 21, 2013, 1:45 pm

Sen. Coburn: 'Crass' to play politics with disaster relief

By Daniel Strauss

Sen. Tom Coburn's (R-Okla.) office is calling it “crass” to play politics with disaster relief aid as rescue workers are still trying to recover people from the wreckage of a massive tornado that hit Oklahoma.

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  May 21, 2013, 1:36 pm

Obama pledges full federal government support to Okla. tornado victims

By Justin Sink

He said the people of Oklahoma were grappling with “a long road ahead” but “will not travel that path alone.”

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