NASA’s Epic search for other earth-like planets in our galaxy may have come to an end as the Kepler telescope, orbiting the Sun, 40 million miles from Earth, has broken down with no fix in sight.
NASA’s Epic search for other earth-like planets in our galaxy may have come to an end as the Kepler telescope, orbiting the Sun, 40 million miles from Earth, has broken down with no fix in sight.
Susan Rice is reportedly soon to be tapped as the President’s new National Security Advisor.
Remember that the smearing of her character over the Benghazi story – which is had literally nothing to do with, just happened to be on the wrong Sunday show – probably knocked her out of the running for Secretary of State, though I’ve never been totally convinced she was Obama’s first choice.
AG Holder’s epic smackdown of Chairman Darrell Issa, who manages to make a fool out of himself even when he’s got a legitimate scandal on his hands.
Based on the limited amount we know now, most agree that the things the IRS seems to have done with these Tea Party type groups were inappropriate and wrong. But what actual laws might have been violated? That’s more complicated. Eric Lach looks at a series of laws – though perhaps not the ones you might expect – that could have some of those IRS agents in trouble.
A new Quinnipiac poll shows longtime political fixer Terry McAuliffe (D) with a 5 point lead over Ken Cuccinelli (R). The PollTracker Average now gives McAuliffe a microscopic .6 advantage in the race.
JPMorgan asks Bloomberg to turn over records of which of their employees were snooped on by Bloomberg reporters.
Brian Beutler reports on the newly released Benghazi emails and the White House’s background briefing this afternoon with reporters.
In a White House appearance, Obama announced the (forced) resignation of acting IRS director.
Republicans didn’t seem to get the answers they were looking for in Eric Holder’s Capitol Hill “grilling”.