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IRS Scandal: Should White House Counsel Resign?

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- In Washington, holding people accountable often means who knew what and when.  

White House Spokesman Jay Carney admitted on Monday that the White House General Counsel's Office was notified three weeks ago of "a review about matters involving the IRS office in Cincinnati."  

That review was being conducted by Treasury Inspector General, J. Russell George, and he testified Friday before the House Ways and Means Committee.  

"Was the IRS using inappropriate criteria in its review of organizations applying for tax exempt status?  Yes," said George.

White House Releases Benghazi E-mails

(USA TODAY) -- The White House Wednesday released 100 pages of emails documenting the correspondence and revisions made to the Benghazi talking points given to Susan Rice.

The emails show that after an interagency meeting at the White House, Obama administration officials crossed out sections of the initial narrative provided by the CIA to be disseminated to public, removing any mention of terrorism and the name of an al Qaeda-linked group whose members the CIA said were involved.

Several early versions of the CIA's talking points said that a day before the attack, radicals in Cairo had called for a demonstration in front of the U.S. embassy "encouraging Jihadists to break into the Embassy."

The final version was a shadow of the original, with no language about warnings provided by the CIA up until the day before the attack.

Terry McAuliffe: The Man Who Wants To Be Virginia's Next Governor

On November 5, 2013 Virginians will be electing a new Governor.

Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe is one man who wants the job.

Attached please watch the entire interview McAuliffe did with WUSA9's Derek McGinty on Thursday, May 9th.

Here is biographical information on McAuliffe taken from his campaign website:

Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe is a businessman, entrepreneur, and dad who has lived in Fairfax County, Virginia for over 20 years. He is the son of Jack McAuliffe who was an Army Captain in World War II and Millie McAuliffe who raised Terry and his three brothers.

Ethics & Experience Questions Heat Up Race For Virginia Governor

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Virginia's race for Governor is heating up with questions surrounding both candidates. 

Republican Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia's Attorney General, is under scrutiny for taking thousands of dollars in gifts and not reporting some of them. 

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And Democrat Terry McAuliffe is facing questions about his business practices and tax returns.

Influential Senators Predict Gun Control Will Be Back

WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Could victory rise from the ashes of defeat? Two influential Senators predicted today that gun background checks will be back. Republican John McCain and Democrat Charles Schumer say new gun laws could rebound from their recent setback in the Senate within the year.

Hoping to change the dynamics, gun law advocates are taking their case to the lobbyists they say helped defeat new rules.

A hundred gun control advocates marched down K Street, gathering outside the offices of some of the big time lobbyists they are convinced killed even a bipartisan deal for stepped up background checks. "They're the ones that move in the shadows and get their 30 coins of silver," says Cliff Schecter, one of the protesters.

He advocates say the lobbyist made $100's of thousands from groups like the NRA. "We're going to name you and we're going to shame you. And that starts today," Schecter told the crowd. 

Anita Bonds Wins First Ever Election At Age 68

WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA9) -- Anita Bonds a local Democratic activist for more than 30 years emerged from a crowded field to win a special election for the coveted At Large seat on the DC Council.

Bonds got 32 percent of the vote winning in predominantly African American Wards 4,5,7 and 8.

Patrick Mara, a Republican was endorsed by the Washington Post, but lost badly, trailing second place finisher Elissa Silverman 28 to 23 percent.

Bonds at 68 says senior citizens, the poor and working poor will be her highest priority.  Her father was Native American and her mother, African American.

Bond says her strong showing in those communities is because  blacks are long standing DC residents and the ones most concerned about being able to afford the escalating costs of remaining in the District. 

 

Letter Sent To Sen. Roger Wicker Tests Positive For Ricin

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Just a day after the deadly terror attack in Boston, a scare in the nation's capital.

An envelope believed to contain the deadly poison ricin was found at an off-site mail facility that screens congressional mail.

It contained a white substance. The letter was addressed to Republican Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker.

In an evening briefing, on Capitol Hill about the Boston bombings, Senators were also told about the suspicious letter. Postal workers noticed the white granular substance at its Senate mail handling facility in Hyattsville.

John Miller, Senior CBS Correspondent said, "The system worked the way it was suppose to. It was identified as suspicious. They did a field test that came back positive for ricin. They did a second field test to confirm that. But those field tests are indicators. So what they've done is send it to Baltimore to a lab to grow it out to find out if in fact it was ricin."