NEW FEATURE: Just in case you missed it

The Arizona Independent focuses on local and State news and issues but just in case you missed them, here are a few stories with National consequences:

Obama Lied To Chuck Todd When He Said ‘JV Team’ Comment Wasn’t About ISIS

When asked about his “JV team” statement in an interview aired on “Meet the Press” Sunday, President Obama denied that the characterization was about ISIS. The checkers at “PolitiFact called the President’s denial a lie.

Benghazi book revisits early Fox News reporting on attacks

Fox News host Bret Baier will hosted a special titled “FOX NEWS REPORTING: 13 Hours in Benghazi,” a production that revisits much-discredited reporting by Fox News in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks. On Oct. 26, 2012, days before the presidential contest between President Obama and Mitt Romney, Fox News alleged that security operators at a CIA annex near the U.S. diplomatic installation in Benghazi were told twice to “stand down.

Surprise: IRS ‘Loses’ Emails of Five More Employees Connected to Targeting Investigation

Emails from five more relevant IRS employees are declared lost, also due to flabbergastingly ill-timed “computer crashes.” This development comes directly on the heels of non-lost targeting emails revealing a previously-undisclosed “secret research project,” under the auspices of which IRS officials inappropriately collected donor lists from various conservative groups.

Obama’s Delay of Executive Action on Illegal Immigration Upsets His Open Borders Buddies

The poll found that 59% of those closely following the immigration crisis agree that “current administration policies and lack of focus on securing the border” are behind the human tide of illegal crossings. Six in 10 say that the children should be ordered to leave the country.  Investors Business Daily poll