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When members of Congress repeatedly raised concerns with the Internal Revenue Service about complaints that Tea Party groups were being harassed last year, a deputy IRS commissioner took the lead in assuring lawmakers that the additional scrutiny was a legitimate part of the screening process.

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A "sideshow." That's how President Barack Obama is describing the Republican focus on the talking points that were used by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice in the days after the attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya last year.

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One congressional Republican says it "should send a chill up your spine."

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New Jersey's attorney general says a campaign worker has lost his bid to stay out of jail after admitting he submitted fraudulent absentee ballots in a 2007 state senate race.

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State Department officials recommended significant changes in the widely debunked talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last September.

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Minnesota is positioned to become the 12th state to approve gay marriages following a historic vote in the state House.

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Gov. Chris Christie has said no to early voting in New Jersey.

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Six gun control bills have cleared a New Jersey Senate committee.

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Three gun control bills have cleared a New Jersey Senate committee.

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The nation's slowly improving jobs picture hides problems like stagnant wages and fewer working hours that strike directly at President Barack Obama's base of support -- young people, racial minorities and the less affluent.

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