IRS official takes the Fifth during House hearing

William Branigin and Ed O’Keefe

Lois Lerner declares that she did nothing wrong and has not provided false information to any congressional committee. But she also says she would follow her lawyer’s advice not to testify.

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FBI kills man tied to Boston suspect

Sari Horwitz

The FBI says the Chechen man was being interviewed in Orlando when he confronted the FBI and was shot.

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Why conservative Okla. lawmakers now face a dilemma over tornado aid

Why conservative Okla. lawmakers now face a dilemma over tornado aid

David A. Fahrenthold and Paul Kane

A handful of them rejected disaster funding after Sandy, citing a need for federal spending cuts.

Questions surround Petraeus’s role in drafting Benghazi talking points

Questions surround Petraeus’s role in drafting Benghazi talking points

Scott Wilson and Karen DeYoung

E-mails reveal former CIA director had ordered talking points that went beyond House panel’s request.

Prosecutors investigating whether
Va. Gov. McDonnell violated gift laws

Prosecutors investigating whether <br> Va. Gov. McDonnell violated gift laws

Rosalind S. Helderman

Gov. Robert F. McDonnell has been the subject of a state investigation into state gift laws.

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Obama’s flagrant assault on liberty

Obama’s flagrant assault on liberty

Dana Milbank

The White House investigates reporters for doing their job.

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CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME - In this undated photo downloaded from the Union County Prosecutor’s website, Caleb “Kai’ Lawrence McGillvary is shown. McGillvary, 24, is being sought by New Jersey authorities on a murder warrant in the beating death of a New Jersey lawyer he befriended in New York’s Times Square. The homeless hitchhiker had previously gained Internet and TV celebrity status by using a hatchet to intervene in an attack in California on a utility worker on Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Union County Prosecutor’s Office)

Caleb McGillvary, a.k.a. Kai, is now a suspect. (AP)

Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker: Why did we love him?

Monica Hesse

His Internet fame says something about our tendency to elevate, pity and mock folks on the periphery.

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Arias: Death sentence would cause more pain

Arias: Death sentence would cause more pain

Jodi Arias says it would cause more pain for her family, if she is sentenced to death. Arias’s fate is currently in the hands of a jury after she was convicted of the 2008 murder of her former boyfriend.
Crews race to find survivors after Okla. tornado

Crews race to find survivors after Okla. tornado

Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children.
Anthony Weiner video kicks off run for mayor

Anthony Weiner video kicks off run for mayor

Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned amid scandal in June 2011, officially launched his bid for New York City mayor by releasing a campaign video Tuesday.
Police ram home with armored vehicle to end standoff

Police ram home with armored vehicle to end standoff

Phoenix police rammed a house with an armored vehicle, to end a 12-hour hostage standoff. The suspect was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Tim Cook: Apple pays ‘all of the taxes we owe’

Tim Cook: Apple pays ‘all of the taxes we owe’

Apple's CEO, Tim Cook is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates.
Aerial video shows Oklahoma tornado destruction

Aerial video shows Oklahoma tornado destruction

Video taken from a helicopter shows the extent of damage caused by Monday's tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

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A man walks with his camels through the Danakil Depression, northern Ethiopia April 22, 2013. Once the caravan find a suitable place to mine salt, they extract, shape and pack as many salt slabs as possible before starting their two-day journey to the town of Berahile. The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is one of the hottest and harshest environments on earth, with an average annual temperature of 94 degrees Fahrenheit (34.4 Celsius). For centuries, merchants have travelled there with caravans of camels to collect salt from the surface of the vast desert basin. The mineral is extracted and shaped into slabs, then loaded onto the animals before being transported back across the desert so that it can be sold around the country. Picture taken April 22, 2013. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola (ETHIOPIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY ANIMALS) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 11 OF 30 FOR PACKAGE 'ETHIOPIA'S ANCIENT SALT TRAIL' SEARCH 'DANAKIL DEPRESSION' FOR ALL IMAGES

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President Barack Obama laughs with former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, prior to the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, April 25, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

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Okla. tornado followed path of 1999 twister

Monday’s tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a twister that slammed the area in May 1999.

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POLITICS

Biden praises influence of Jews

Biden praises influence of Jews

Rachel Weiner

Jewish leaders in the media are in large part responsible for American acceptance of homosexuality, Vice President Biden said Tuesday night.

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Rotten to the core

Rotten to the core

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Apple’s tax hijinks demonstrate the unfairness of the tax code — or at least its hopeless complexity.

LOCAL

Divorce attorney Glenn C. Lewis disbarred by Va.

Divorce attorney Glenn C. Lewis disbarred by Va.

Tom Jackman

Bar panel finds lawyer violated reasonable fees, wrongful acts and dishonesty, fraud and other rules.

SPORTS

Rafael Soriano not pleased with Bryce Harper's position on game-tying run

Rafael Soriano not pleased with Bryce Harper's position on game-tying run

James Wagner

Bryce Harper blamed himself for Tuesday's loss after letting a game-tying RBI triple sailed over his head.

BUSINESS

Heads should roll at the IRS

Heads should roll at the IRS

Ezra Klein

It's hard to fire civil servants. But that doesn't mean it can't, or shouldn't, be done.

TECHNOLOGY

'March for Innovation' begins, draws big-name backers

'March for Innovation' begins, draws big-name backers

Emi Kolawole

Steve Case, Pete Cashmore, other big names in tech join virtual march in support of immigration reform.

WORLD

Iran presidential campaign begins without big names

Iran presidential campaign begins without big names

Jason Rezaian

Ahmadinejad calls disqualification of two candidates an act of “oppression.”

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Hurricane Sandy aid for businesses moving slowly

Hurricane Sandy aid for businesses moving slowly

J.D. Harrison

Some worry what it might mean for tornado disaster areas.

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Who picks the Kennedy Center comedy prize?

Who picks the Kennedy Center comedy prize?

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