GOP Candidate in Va. Compares Planned Parenthood to KKK

(WASHINGTON) -- This weekend, Virginia Republicans found their candidate for lieutenant governor in E.W. Jackson, a Chesapeake, Va. pastor who has compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan an... Read More

Kerry Reflects on Diplomacy and Security in Shadow of Benghazi

(ARLINGTON, Va.) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave annual remarks at the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington on Monday, giving new Foreign Service Officers a final pep talk after their... Read More

IRS Scandal: Three Names You'll Hear More About this Week

(WASHINGTON) -- Last week might have seemed like the longest one ever for the Internal Revenue Service, but this one isn't looking much better, with another congressional hearing scheduled to probe... Read More

Tea Party Groups Threaten to Sue IRS

(WASHINGTON) -- What is the next step for the tea party groups who feel they were unfairly scrutinized by the Internal Revenue Service? For many of them, it may be lawsuits against the agency... Read More

Bachmann: IRS' Targeting of Tea Party Groups Tied to Obama's Agenda

(WASHINGTON) -- As the chair of the Tea Party Caucus, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is railing against the IRS’ targeting of Tea Party groups, saying: “clearly, this had political imp... Read More

Obama Optimistic Despite ‘Shortage of Common Sense’ in DC

(ATLANTA) -- President Obama said on Sunday he remains optimistic about the prospects for his second term agenda despite what he called a “shortage of common sense” in the nation’... Read More

Obama Strikes Personal Tone in Commencement Speech on Race, Manhood

(ATLANTA) -- President Obama said Sunday that he is motivated by the knowledge that “but for the grace of God … I might have been in prison,” in a commencement address at histori... Read More

Dan Pfeiffer: IRS Behavior ‘Inexcusable’ Whether or Not Illegal

(NEW YORK) -- Sunday morning on ABC’s This Week , White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that the legality surrounding the targeting of conserv... Read More

Michelle Obama Makes Light of President’s Failures in Graduation Speech

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Delivering her only speech at a high school graduation this year, first lady Michelle Obama joked about the failures her husband, President Obama, has encountered in life as s... Read More

Republicans Informed of IRS Investigation Last Year

(WASHINTON) -- Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before l... Read More