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» A new urgency on homegrown terror threats

President Obama at a United Nations Security Council summit this week will urge other world powers to do more to monitor breeding grounds for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

» Michael Barone: Happy 100th birthday to the oldest living former member of Congress

The oldest living former member of Congress, Ken Hechler, celebrated his 100th birthday Saturday.

» Report: Extremist threats more advanced and diffuse

The report notes that homegrown extremists remain a threat, and there are emerging threats from new technologies, such as cyberterrorism and the use of social media to recruit potential terrorists, as well as the persistent desire of extremists to gain control of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.

» U.S. begins airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria

The Pentagon announced Monday that U.S. and coalition nations have begun airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

» Editorial: Cry us a river, Lois Lerner

Everyone in Washington has a P.R. machine, or at minimum, an agenda. That’s certainly the case with Lois Lerner, the former IRS executive whose division targeted conservative nonprofit applicants with delays and harassment.

» Watchdog: Feds lack the data to determine how well key Obamacare provisions are working

Federal health insurance officials can’t tell Congress how much the government spent selling Obamacare to a key segment of the market last year, according to the Government Accountability Office.

» Beltway Confidential: These 125 black women in Mississippi may be the key to conservatives’ chances

Many small-business owners are like your corner grocer, with no intention to expand. Your neighborhood dry cleaner isn’t trying to start a national chain. Your average realtor isn’t looking to add a big staff and become a manager.

» New Hampshire Republican Party adds ‘personhood’ to official platform

The platform now states: “Support the unborn child’s fundamental right to life and establish that, in NH law, personhood begins at conception.”

» Christie gains some traction; still faces uphill battle for 2016

For New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the rain may have subsided but the storm clouding the Republican’s once sterling presidential prospects has yet to clear.

» Treasury: New tax changes to stop inversions

In a highly anticipated executive action, Lew said the Treasury Department was taking “initial steps that we believe will make companies think twice” about moving their headquarters abroad for tax purposes.