GOP USA - THE EAGLE 06/20/2014

Texas leaders order 'surge' to secure border Top Texas officials directed Department of Public Safety troopers late Wednesday to begin a surge to secure the Texas-Mexico border in the wake of a growing number of immigrants flooding into the southern part of the state. "Texas can't afford to wait for Washington to act on this crisis and we will not sit idly by while the safety and security of our citizens are threatened," Perry said in a statement. Slaughter in Iraq -- Bush's Fault? President Barack Obama, on Dec. 12, 2011, called Iraq "self-reliant and democratic." He praised that country, calling it a "new Iraq that's determining its own destiny -- a country in which people from different religious sects and ethnicities can resolve their differences peacefully through the democratic process." Obama said, "I have no doubt that Iraq can succeed." McCarthy to replace Cantor, Scalise elected majority whip Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise, the two Republicans who moved up the ladder of leadership in the House Thursday, positioned themselves as harbingers of change for aCongress and country in need of fresh ideas.

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News, Commentary, Discussions Attorney: IRS email claims 'just not plausible' The IRS told Congress this month that emails to and from former IRS official Lois Lerner cannot be retrieved, citing a computer crash. Lerner headed the division that processed applications for tax-exempt status - the same division under investigation for the IRS's targeting of conservative groups. Americans Love Their Politicians This fact might be somewhat obscured lately, what with all the talk of the impending populist insurrection. "Anti-incumbent wave building," says The Detroit News. "Eric Cantor's surprise defeat is a warning to all Republicans," says Slate. "Eric Cantor's Loss Was Like an Earthquake" says FiveThirtyEight. New York sued over transgender Medicaid coverage A lawsuit filed Thursday against New York state seeks Medicaid coverage for transgender people seeking what they consider to be life-saving health treatments, including gender change procedures. The lawsuit seeks class-action status on behalf of people seeking hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery.