Tom Tancredo announces run for Colorado governor

THE DENVER CHANNEL — Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, known for his strong stances on immigration, formally announced plans to run for governor on Peter Boyle’s conservative talk radio show Thursday.

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Editorial: Even the White House knows its media shield law won’t protect journalists

President Barack Obama’s proposed media shield law wouldn’t actually shield the media for government overreach and abuse. The law is really more a show of good faith than an aggressive attempt to protect the nation’s reporters, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney essentially admitted Wednesday.

Pope Francis says atheists who do good are redeemed, not just Catholics

WASHINGTON POST — Pope Francis is warning Catholics not to demonize those who are not members of the church, and he specifically defended atheists, saying that building walls against non-Catholics leads to “killing in the name of God.”

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Emails show how Treasury delayed alerting Congress to Tea Party targeting

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa on Wednesday displayed a string of emails showing his failed efforts to get an update from the Treasury Department inspector general’s office about its investigation into the IRS practice of targeting conservative groups who sought tax-exempt status.

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Paul Ryan to Write Book

NATIONAL REVIEW — Paul Ryan is writing a book.

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Sen. Ted Cruz: ‘I don’t trust Republicans’

THE HILL — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Wednesday that he doesn’t trust members of his own party to negotiate a budget conference report.

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Boehner: ‘Inconceivable’ that Obama didn’t know about IRS targeting

WASHINGTON POST — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in an interview aired late Wednesday that it’s “inconceivable” someone didn’t inform President Obama about the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups.

Board Votes To Close 49 Chicago Elementary Schools

CBS CHICAGO — The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday voted to close 49 elementary schools, in what is believed to be the biggest single mass shutdown of schools in U.S. history.

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