Top Air Force General Apologizes for ‘Hook-up’ Comments

(WASHINGTON) -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh apologized Friday for comments he made last week that a “hook-up mentality” among America’s youth might be responsible for... Read More

IRS Planted Question About Tax Exempt Groups

(WASHINGTON) -- The Internal Revenue Service planted a question at an American Bar Association conference in order to reveal that it had inappropriately targeted conservative groups prior to the 20... Read More

Treasury Secretary Told of IRS Probe in March, Learned Details Last Week

(WASHINGTON) -- Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was first informed in March that there was an investigation into the IRS’ screening of nonprofit groups, but did not learn the details of that prob... Read More

IRS Scandal: Steven Miller Grilled at House Hearing

(WASHINGTON) -- Irate lawmakers Friday accused the acting IRS commissioner of misleading them about the agency's selective scrutiny of tea party-affiliated groups, demanding to know who was respons... Read More

Obama Talks Jobs, Says He Isn't 'Distracted'

(BALTIMORE) -- Trying to change the subject after a week of political scandals, President Obama on Friday said the nation’s “focus cannot drift” from rebuilding the economy and th... Read More

IRS Defends Agency ‘Obamacare’ Official

(WASHINGTON) -- Despite her congressional testimony, the Internal Revenue Service on Friday denied that the former commissioner of tax exempt and government entities -- now running the agency&rsquo... Read More

Members of Congress Want Answers from Google

(WASHINGTON) -- While some members of Congress might have been excited to try on Google's Glass this week, others are concerned about their privacy implications. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texa... Read More

Watergate Hearings Televised 40 Years Ago

(WASHINGTON) -- Richard Milhous Nixon was “not a crook,” or so the 37th U.S. president would have us believe. But such denials at a Nov. 17, 1973, news conference meant little or... Read More

Leader of Targeted Tea Party Group 'Pissed Off' by IRS Questioning

(WASHINGTON) -- Susan McLaughlin knows first-hand what it’s like to be targeted by the IRS. Her Tea Party group in Liberty Township, Ohio was among those subjected to intense questionin... Read More

Immigration Overhaul: House Has Agreement in Principle

(WASHINGTON) -- The House bipartisan “Gang of Eight” has reached an agreement in principle on immigration overhaul, including major points such as a pathway to citizenship, border secur... Read More