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• Fatigued electorate to make historic choice in Los Angeles
  Los Angeles will make history when voters elect a new mayor on Tuesday but the runoff race between two Democratic candidates isn’t drawing much interest as turnout could reach a record low despite the more than $33 million that’s been spent on the nearly two year-long contest to succeed outgoing Mayor Anthony Villagarosa. The race pits City Controller Wendy Greuel, who would be the city’s first wo...
  
  
  
• First Thoughts: Putting things into perspective
  Oklahoma disaster puts current Washington politics into perspective… Obama delivers statement on tragedy at 10:00 am ET… That said, there will be an inevitable fight over disaster relief… Three polls, three matters of consensus on the three controversies hitting the Obama administration… 1) The public believes there was wrongdoing; 2) that hasn’t affected Obama’s political standing; and 3) there’s...
  
  
  
• Obama, Chinese president to meet in June
  NBC News has learned that President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a two-day summit June 7-8 in Rancho Mirage, Calif. This will be Obama's first meeting with Xi Jinping since he took over as China's president. According to a senior official, the two-day summit will feature a "wide range" of issues focused on security and the economy. National Security Council adviser Tom Donilon ...
  
  
  
• Conservative talkers, grassroots groups push anti-immigration reform effort
  Several prominent conservative media figures are backing a new effort by groups who oppose bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform, signaling growing willingness from conservative outlets to marshal their audiences against the bill.Signatories on a new open letter to Congress titled “The Wrong Way to Reform Immigration” include RedState editor Erick Erickson, radio hosts Laura Ingraham and Mar...
  
  
  
• Senate set to grill IRS officials as White House seeks to clarify timeline
  As the White House works to contain the political fallout over its knowledge that the IRS had targeted conservative groups applying for nonprofit status, the outgoing agency chief and IRS inspector general will join former Commissioner Douglas Shulman in an appearance Tuesday before the Senate Finance Committee.Republicans hope the hearing – along with a separate hearing before a House committee o...
  
  
  
• Obama describes ‘shift’ in US-Myanmar relations
  
  
  
  
• Leaks, likes, and secrets amid Justice Department controversy
  
  
  
  
• Playing politics with IRS scandal details
  
  
  
  
• The IRS scandal: Who knew what when?
  
  
  
  
• Sheriffs fight gun laws