EARLYBIRD: HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WEB

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The Caucus: Special Prosecutor Appointed in Investigation of Virginia Governor

Virginia’s attorney general has appointed an outside prosecutor to investigate Gov. Bob McDonnell’s financial disclosures, in a widening scandal over a ...

May 22 NEW YORK TIMES POLITICS

Lerner taking Fifth undermines confidence in IRS

Like plaids with stripes, federal employees wearing the Fifth Amendment don’t look good. We all have the right to wear clothes that clash. And everyone in this ...

May 22 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)

When politics gives you a second chance

Politics is full of second chances.

May 22 CNN POLITICS

Hagel directs Pentagon to seek new software for health records

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Wednesday directed that the Pentagon develop– via competitive bid –new healthcare management software that would better ...

May 22 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)

The Caucus: Obama to Travel to Oklahoma to Inspect Tornado Damage and Meet With Victims

President Obama will travel to Oklahoma on Sunday to inspect the damage from Monday’s deadly tornado, which left two dozen people dead, and meet with victims ...

May 22 NEW YORK TIMES POLITICS

Lew: No Political Pressure on IRS

Treasury Secretary Lew testified it would have been wrong for him to intervene in IRS administration of the tax system.

May 22 WASHINGTON WIRE (WALL STREET JOURNAL)

Obama to Travel to Oklahoma Sunday

President Barack Obama on Sunday will travel to Oklahoma to view the damage and response effort to tornadoes that devastated towns, the White House said.

May 22 WASHINGTON WIRE (WALL STREET JOURNAL)

New IRS boss sends message to workers

With his predecessor facing tough questions from lawmakers, Danny Werfel, the new acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, sent an agency-wide ...

May 22 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)

I.R.S. Official Denies Misleading Congress

Lois Lerner, the official who disclosed that the Internal Revenue Service had targeted conservative groups, on Wednesday appeared before the House Committee on ...

May 22 NEW YORK TIMES POLITICS

IRS’s Lerner Testimony: ‘I Did Not Break Any Laws’

Here is Lois Lerner's statement in which she says she will decline to testify, followed by a conversation about whether she should be allowed to give a ...

May 22 WASHINGTON WIRE (WALL STREET JOURNAL)