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* Anthony Weiner is running for mayor.

* The House Oversight Committee talked to the IRS

* Joe Biden praised the Jews.

* Obama will go to Oklahoma.

Rumsfeld suggests gay marriage could lead to polygamy

By Aaron Blake

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggests in a new interview with Larry King that legalizing gay marriage could one day lead to polygamy.

"I listen to some of the Supreme Court justices and one of them said, well, what's next after that? Is it two people? Three people?" Rumsfeld said after being asked whether he supports gay marriage.

Ted Cruz: 'I don't trust the Republicans'

For the second day in a row, Senate Republicans sparred publicly about the budget, with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) saying bluntly that he does not trust his party to resist a compromise on the debt ceiling.

As Lori Montgomery explained, moderate Senate Republicans want to name a conference committee to reconcile differences between the Democrat-led Senate budget and the GOP-controlled House budget. Conservative Republicans are resisting, saying that the conference might result in a debt ceiling increase -- even though the House would have to sign off on the deal.

View Photo Gallery —Amid great destruction, residents of the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore begin to assess the severity of the twister that hit Monday.

Obama to visit Oklahoma on Sunday

By David Nakamura

President Obama will visit the Oklahoma City area on Sunday to inspect damage by the tornado, the White House announced.

Press secretary Jay Carney said Obama will meet with families displaced by the violent storm that has left two dozen dead and flattened homes and a school. Obama will thank emergency workers who responded to the destruction.

Carney said Obama has instructed federal agencies to "provide all available resources" to support the efforts of state officials.

Posted by David Nakamura

Buono goes after Christie in first TV ad

By Sean Sullivan

Underdog gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono (D) goes right after New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie's economic record in her first TV ad, released Wednesday by her campaign.

"To hear Governor Christie tell it, everything in New Jersey's going just fine," Buono, a state senator, says in the 30-second commercial. "Well, I see another New Jersey, with 400,000 unemployed one of the worst jobless rates in the country."

Paul Ryan is writing a book

Paul Ryan is writing a book. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is working on a book, the National Review reports, which will combine his personal history with his political philosophy. He will cover the 2012 presidential campaign, but it is not any sort of tell-all -- he's only planning to say good things about Mitt Romney.

The congressman previously co-wrote the book "Young Guns" with fellow Republican Reps. Eric Cantor (Va.) and Kevin McCarthy (Calif.). That book criticized the previous generation of Republican leaders in Congress, saying they betrayed their principles and failed to rein in spending.

Ryan is considered a potential presidential candidate in 2016, and writing a book is a common way for contenders to lay out their ideas.

Posted by Rachel Weiner

Biden: Jewish leaders helped gay marriage succeed

Jewish leaders in the media are in large part responsible for American acceptance of gay marriage, Vice President Biden said Tuesday night.

"I believe what affects the movements in America, what affects our attitudes in America are as much the culture and the arts as anything else," he said at a Democratic National Committee reception for Jewish American Heritage Month. He cited social media and the sitcom "Will and Grace," giving Jews a large part of the credit for both.

Massachusetts lieutenant governor resigning

Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray (D) will resign next month and take a job as head of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, according to local news reports.

Murray announced in January that he would not run for Senate, a week before campaign finance regulators found that he had broken campaign finance law by taking donations.

Posted by Rachel Weiner

The House's IRS hearing: Live updates

By Aaron Blake

For the second straight day and the third time in one week, IRS officials will testify Wednesday in front of Congress about the agency's improper targeting of conservative groups.

Highlighting today's House Oversight Committee hearing is IRS official Lois Lerner's decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment and not answer questions. Lerner is still under subpoena to testify, meaning she will have to invoke her rights in person -- and likely repeatedly.