IRS ignored most influential groups

Ken Thomas and Steve Peoples The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

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Bernanke forecasts gains from technology

Martin Crutsinger The Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Saturday that pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the compu…

Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

By THOMAS BEAUMONT

Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.

Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

By THOMAS BEAUMONT

Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.

Obama to speak on legality of drone program

By JULIE PACE

President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a sp…

Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic

By JIM KUHNHENN

Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has…

President gives Marines umbrella duty, takes heat

Rachel Weiner The Washington Post

WASHINGTON - Slogging through a drizzly Rose Garden news conference Thursday with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Obama…

GOP hopes IRS scandal will kill health-care law

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcer…

House panel demands that co-chairman of Benghazi probe appear

Matthew Lee The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the co-chairman of the independent review board th…

Ex-chief: IRS triggered firestorm with planted question

Kevin G. Hall and William Douglas Mcclatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON - Tough congressional grilling Friday of fired IRS chief Steven Miller failed to get answers about which agency employees subjected…

Sunday TV news shows

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams

By ERIK SCHELZIG

First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overc…

Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf _ in the rain.

Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles

By BILL BARROW and THOMAS BEAUMONT

Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.

Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

By DAVID ESPO

Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controvers…

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR

Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling ou…

IRS probe ignored most influential groups

By KEN THOMAS and STEVE PEOPLES

There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

SPIN METER: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash

By JOSH LEDERMAN

Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democra…

Of 3 controversies, White House sees IRS matter as most lasting

Julie Pace The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - President Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scan…

Former officials, GOP at odds over Benghazi session

Jonathan S. Landay Mcclatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON - The two retired senior U.S. officials who oversaw an internal State Department review of last year's attacks on U.S. government f…

House advances student loan bill

Philip Elliott The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The days of fixed-rate student loans could be coming to a close, with House Republicans on Thursday advancing a proposal that wou…

Subpoena of AP records revives media-shield bill

Frederic J. Frommer The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The controversy over the government's secret subpoena of Associated Press telephone records has revived legislation that protect …

Benghazi probe co-chair subpoenaed by House panel

By MATTHEW LEE

The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigat…

Hagel orders review of sex-abuse prevention

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respo…