Wyden: FracFocus a 'constructive' tool on drilling

FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Wyden says a website partially funded by the oil and gas industry is a constructive tool that could be used by federal regulators in requiring public disclosu…

House immigration group resolves dispute

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens to a reporter's question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

House backs variable rate student loans

FILE - This April 25, 2012 file photo shows House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline, R-Minn. speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Dismissing a veto threat from President Barack Obama, lawmakers in the Republican-led House approved legislation that links studen…

Wis. governor to court Iowans, stoke 2016 talk

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2012, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, speaks as President Barack Obama meets with members of the National Governors Association regarding the fiscal cliff in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. Counter clockwise, from Walker are, Minnes…

IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing

former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing

Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, right, shakes hands with former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for t…

IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing

Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, left, and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-e…

IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing

Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, left, and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman arrive on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013., to testify before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status …

IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing

former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing

Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, right, shakes hands with former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for t…

Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, center, flanked by former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, right, and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, listens on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Intern…

Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. left, accompanied by the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, questions ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administrat…

Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. left, accompanied by the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, questions ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administrat…

Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, left, and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman arrive on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013., to testify before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status …

Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, left, and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-e…

Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, right, shakes hands with former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for t…

Charismatic Las Vegas mob lawyer mayor pens memoir

In this file photo shot on Tuesday, May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama talks with Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman as he arrives in Las Vegas. The former Las Vegas mayor branded the city with a larger than life persona. And now he's branded himself again with a memoir. In “Being Oscar--From M…

After a decade, global AIDS program looks ahead

FILE – In this Feb. 17, 2008, file photo President George W. Bush speaks at a joint news conference with Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete at the State House in Dar es Salaam, while on a five-nation visit to Africa. The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV/AIDS in d…

More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2010 file photo White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. It might have seemed a no-win situation to the White House

More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2010 file photo White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. It might have seemed a no-win situation to the White House

Obama cites Myanmar reforms during leader's visit

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama, left, stands next to Myanmar President Thein Sein during a group photo session at the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. Thein Sein’s historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. …

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013. Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out cons…

Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

Ousted IRS chief Steve Miller, right, and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, are sworn in on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pract…

Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp speaks on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, prior to ousted IRS chief Steve Miller and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, testifying before the committee's hearing on the Internal Reven…

Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

Ousted IRS chief Steve Miller is sworn in on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (AP …

House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern

Ousted IRS chief Steve Miller, right, and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, are sworn in on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pract…

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

President Obama checks on the rain during his joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Rose Garden of the White House.

Badgered: Obama acts, but Republicans unsatisfied

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures during their joint news conference, Thursday, May 16, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Badgered: Obama acts, but Republicans unsatisfied

Marines hold umbrellas as President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan participate in a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama promises action on a trio of controversies

President Barack Obama looks to see if it is still raining as a Marine holds an umbrella for him during his joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, not pictured, Thursday, May 16, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama confronts a trio of controversies

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures during their joint news conference, Thursday, May 16, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama confronts a trio of controversies

Marines hold umbrellas as President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan participate in a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Turkish PM talks Syria with Obama at White House

An honor guard lines the north driveway of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013, as the limousine carrying Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for his meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Turkish PM talks Syria with Obama at White House

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is greeted by U.S. Chief of Protocol Capricia Marshall as he arrives to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Kerry expects Syrians to attend transition talks

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks, during a news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, not pictured, in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is dismissing suggestions that the Syrian government might not join a U.S.-Russia i…

Kerry expects Syrians to attend transition talks

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks, during a news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, not pictured, in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is dismissing suggestions that the Syrian government might not join a U.S.-Russia i…

Obama tries to swat down 2 swirling controversies

FILE – In this July 20, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, speak at a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama is welcoming Cameron again to the White House Monday, May 13, 2013, for talks on subjects …

Obama: UK should seek EU changes, not 'break' ties

FILE - In this April 1, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama meets with then-leader of Britain's conservative party, David Cameron, at Winfield House in London. Monday, May 13, 2013, Obama welcomes now British Prime Minister Cameron to the White House for talks on subjects ranging from Sy…

Syrian troops take full control of strategic town

FILE – In this July 20, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, speak at a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama is welcoming Cameron again to the White House Monday, May 13, 2013, for talks on subjects …

Obama to welcome UK PM Cameron to White House

FILE - In this April 1, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama meets with then-leader of Britain's conservative party, David Cameron, at Winfield House in London. Monday, May 13, 2013, Obama welcomes now British Prime Minister Cameron to the White House for talks on subjects ranging from Sy…

Obama to welcome UK PM Cameron to White House

FILE – In this July 20, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, speak at a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama is welcoming Cameron again to the White House Monday, May 13, 2013, for talks on subjects …

Sacked SKorea spokesman denies abuse allegations

The W Washington D.C. hotel, formerly known as Hotel Washington, is seen in Washington, Friday, May 10, 2013. South Korean President Park Geun-hye fired her chief spokesman because of what her office said Friday was a "disgraceful incident" during Park's trip to the United States, in what co…

Clinton: Too much focus on Hillary's future

Former President Bill Clinton and Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, speak about debt at the 2013 Fiscal Summit in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Clinton: Too much focus on Hillary's future

Former President Bill Clinton and Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, speak about debt at the 2013 Fiscal Summit in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Clinton: Too much focus on Hillary's future

Former President Bill Clinton and Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, speak about debt at the 2013 Fiscal Summit in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama's choice for commerce boss a good one

Penny Pritzker

States: Care threatened for 'uninsurables'

There will be "glitches and bumps" as the health-care reform act is rolled out, the president acknowledged in a news conference this week.

Intelligence on Boston bombings is under review

President Obama: "We want to review every step that was taken."

Michael Jackson

Pop superstar Michael Jackson meets Thai children dressed in traditional costumes after arriving at his hotel in Bangkok Saturday, Nov. 2, 1996. Jackson is in town to perform a concert on Tuesday, Nov. 5. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)