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• Republican Sen. Murkowski becomes third GOP senator to support gay marriage

  Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she now supports gay marriage, becoming the third Senate Republican to do so.

• Big Bonus for IRS Undercuts Obama Credibility

  President Obama is taking another turn at emulating John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan with a speech in Berlin aimed at tying off loose ends of the Cold War.

• Estimate shows wages would drop under Senate immigration bill, despite economic uptick

  While supporters of the Senate immigration bill tout a new analysis that shows the legislation would boost the economy and trim the deficit, critics are seizing on another, less rosy stat -- the average American wage would drop, and not recover for more than a decade. 

• Obama: Phone, Internet surveillance has 'saved lives'

  President Obama escalated his administration's defense of controversial surveillance programs, claiming Wednesday that the efforts have "saved lives." 

• Official, private assessments contradict president’s claim that Al Qaeda is on ‘path to defeat’

  The threat posed by al Qaeda terrorism around the world continues to increase despite President Barack Obama's recent claim that the central group behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is on the path to defeat, according to U.S. and foreign counterterrorism officials and private experts. 

• Markey, Gomez clash in final Senate debate in Massachusetts

  Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey clashed over Markey's record in Congress and Gomez's background in business during the final and often testy debate of their U.S. Senate campaign in Massachusetts. 

• Grassley: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses despite spending cuts

  The IRS is set to pay roughly $70 million in employee-union bonuses, contrary to an Obama administration directive to halt such rewards amid the deep, government-wide budget cuts known as sequestration.

• Obama renews push for nuclear arms cuts in Berlin speech

  President Obama renewed his push for a reduction in the world's nuclear stockpiles during a wide-ranging speech in Berlin on Wednesday, claiming the U.S. could continue to maintain a strong deterrent while ultimately striving toward eliminating nuclear weapons. 

• Smooth launch unsure for ObamaCare, government report says

  There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.

• Colorado lawmaker who supported gun control to face recall election

  A recall petition against a Colorado lawmaker who supported gun rights was deemed sufficient Tuesday, setting up the first potential recall of a state lawmaker in Colorado history.