Talking Points Memo

tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Share this story on Facebook Email this story to a friend Sources with knowledge of key congressional briefings earlier this year on administration emails regarding the Sept 11, 2012 Benghazi attack tell TPM that those in attendance were provided clear information that the White House remained neutral in adjudicating a dispute between the State Department and the CIA over talking points at the center of a months-long controversy.

tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — Share this story on Facebook Email this story to a friend The twists in the Robert Menendez saga just keep coming. The Washington Post reported on Friday that federal investigators are looking at whether someone set out to smear the Democratic senator last year, while he was running for reelection in New Jersey.

tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — Share this story on Facebook Email this story to a friend by Kim Barker and Justin Elliott, ProPublica The IRS division responsible for flagging Tea Party groups has long been an agency afterthought, beset by mismanagement, financial constraints and an unwillingness to spell out just what it expects from social welfare nonprofits, former officials and experts say.

tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Share this story on Facebook Email this story to a friend Republicans haven't been able to resist the temptation to link the IRS scandal to the Affordable Care Act, and use it to build support for mucking up or slowing implementation of the law.

talkingpointsmemo.com — Share this story on Facebook Email this story to a friend TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with stinging nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to take place there.