Google I/O 2013: Everything You Need to Know About Day 1

Impact

Trending In Our News Feeds Obama fires IRS commissioner, moves to extinguish flames in Washington. At a press conference yesterday, President Obama announced he has fired acting IRS commissioner Steve Miller. The move came as part of Obama’s attempts to resolve the three scandals which have rocked Washington this week. To address the Justice Department/AP scandal, Obama asked Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to reintroduce the Free Flow of Information Act to Congress. The bill would protect journalists from revealing sources by allowing judges to deny subpoenas of the media. To address the Benghazi scandal, the White House released 100 pages of emails and documents on the Benghazi attack. TIME tells you what the emails reveal.

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