Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is now saying that he believes Lois Lerner has waived her right to take the fifth by giving a general statement asserting her innocence.

Cable news can’t quit cracking jokes as Anthony Weiner makes his return to the stage with a run for New York City mayor.

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The Daily Show visits Dylan Ratigan’s hydroponic farm. Watch.

Two year old suffers accidental gunshot to the head.

How hard do you have to look for an African-American candidate on record praising the Constitution’s 3/5ths compromise?

Jon Stewart takes up the case of Rob Ford, Toronto’s (allegedly) crack-smoking mayor. Watch.

Yesterday we noted that Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of the unit overseeing tax exempt groups, would apparently plead the fifth at today’s hearings (here’s video of her testimony today). Rick Hasen said he thinks the issue is that she’s the person who is most likely to have lied or actively misled Congress when asked about the targeting issue earlier. People above her may not have had as direct information. Read More

Chuck Todd: “You can’t look at this and see it as anything other than an attempt to basically scare anybody from ever leaking anything ever again. So, they want to criminalize journalism and that’s what it’s coming down to.” Watch.

Information is still coming in on this, but overnight, an FBI agent reportedly killed a Florida man connected to the Boston bombing suspects.

AP: “Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place.” Read more here.