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DC in the Grip of IRS, Benghazi and AP Phone Records Scandals
Is the President's scandal-plagued second-term agenda in trouble? Is the GOP going too far? In the midst of partisan gridlock are the news media looking for drama?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenIn this week before Memorial Day, Washington is preoccupied with "scandals" in the Obama Administration. Is the President's second-term agenda in trouble? Are Republicans going too far? In the midst of partisan gridlock are the news media looking for drama? Also, the massive tornado that ripped across Oklahoma. On Reporter's Notebook, should Apple pay more taxes?
Banner image: Douglas Shulman, former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington May 21, 2013. Photo: Gary Cameron/Reuters
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3 storiesWreckage in Oklahoma after Tornado
Emergency crews and volunteers are still searching mountains of rubble in Moore, Oklahoma, where other victims may have been trapped by yesterday's monster tornado. We get an update from Bloomberg News reporter Darrell Preston, who just arrived there from Texas, and from Bryan Painter, staff writer and weather blogger for The Oklahoman .
Read the story8 minScandal Time in Washington
Steven Miller has been fired as Acting Director of the Internal Revenue Service, but he was back on Capitol Hill today, testifying before the Senate Finance Committee , in one of three unrelated "scandals" that could threaten Barack Obama's second-term agenda.
Read the story34 minIs Apple a Tax Cheat?
A Senate committee today heard details of Apple's web of subsidiaries, in the US and around the world — some with no employees but total exemption from taxes or even laws requiring them to keep records.
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