Mark Memmott

Oklahoma Tornado Updates: Rescuers Continue Search for Survivors

Mark Memmott — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:33:39 +0000

(We're following the news from Oklahoma, where a tornado devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday. Most recent update: 8:40 p.m. ET.)

A day after a monster EF-5 tornado pummeled Moore, Okla., the focus turned to the victims.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn spent the day in the city talking to survivors.

Turnabout Is Fair Play: Senators Have Many Questions For IRS

Mark Memmott — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:18:54 +0000

The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for improperly singling out some conservative groups for extra scrutiny — putting them through months (or longer) of questions that delayed or derailed the organizations' requests for tax-exempt status.

Well, now the chairman and ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee have some questions and requests — actually dozens of them — for the IRS.

As senators Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, say, "targeting applicants for tax-exempt

Supreme Court Takes Case On Prayer At Government Meetings

Mark Memmott — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:37:27 +0000

A challenge to the way a western New York State town board has had prayers read before its public meetings has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The justices announced Monday morning that they will hear oral arguments in the case of Greece, N.Y. v.

Pledging Not To 'Screw It Up,' Yahoo Seals Deal For Tumblr

Mark Memmott — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:56:15 +0000
The news that broke Sunday is now official.
Yahoo confirmed early Monday morning that it is buying Tumblr in a deal worth about $1.1 billion.

Nation's Midsection Braces For More Severe Storms

Mark Memmott — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:13:18 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qlIyoZj9j4

Obama: 'I Certainly Did Not Know' What The IRS Was Doing

Mark Memmott — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:43:26 +0000
Update at 5:38 p.m. ET. One More IRS Official To Leave
Another official is out at the embattled agency.
The Associated Press reports that Joseph Grant, commissioner of the IRS' tax exempt and government entities division, will retire June 3. The division scrutinized Tea Party groups when the applied for tax-exempt status.
Update at 4:45 p.m. ET.

Reports: Note Found In Boat Where Boston Suspect Hid

Mark Memmott — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:10:07 +0000
In a message written on a wall of the boat where he was found hiding, Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was motivated by anger over the Afghan and Iraq wars, sources familiar with what was found have told CBS News correspondent John Miller.
CNN has followed CBS News' report reveals on the op-ed pages of The New York Times that she had a double mastectomy earlier this year to substantially reduce the chances she will develop breast cancer.
Jolie, 37, explains that because she carries a "faulty" gene known as BRCA1, "I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50

Obama On IRS Actions: 'Outrageous' If True

Mark Memmott — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:13:24 +0000
It's "outrageous and there's no place for it" if the Internal Revenue Service did, as it has admitted, single out some conservative groups for extra scrutiny in recent years, President Obama said Monday morning during a news conference at the White House.
Asked about reports that the IRS targeted organizations that identified themselves as "tea party" or "patriot" groups and gave their applications for tax-exempt status extra reviews, Obama said: