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  • Jay Carney: ‘It’s not about me’

    Brian Hughes

    Updated: 52 min ago

    Amid revelations that the Justice Department monitored both Associated Press journalists and Fox News’ James Rosen, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, a former reporter, was asked Tuesday if he had ever received classified information when writing about the inner workings of government.

  • Obama: Americans will support Oklahoma ‘for as long as it takes’

    Brian Hughes

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    President Obama pledged Tuesday that Americans would support storm-ravaged Oklahoma “for as long as it takes” in the wake of a tornado killing at least 24 people in the suburbs of Oklahoma City. “Our prayers are with the people of Oklahoma today, and we will back up those prayers with...

  • White House helps fuel its own political controversies

    Brian Hughes

    Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

    The White House on Monday acknowledged that top officials there knew a month ago that the IRS was being investigated for targeting conservative groups, but offered no apology for the Justice Department's spying on a second news organization. Even as they labored to put controversy behind them,...

  • After Obama's roughest week, White House points finger at GOP

    Brian Hughes

    Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

    White House officials on Sunday dismissed Republican attacks over three simmering scandals as a partisan witch hunt, hoping to put behind them President Obama's single worst week in office and to move Washington's attention back to his second-term agenda. While Obama was delivering a...

  • Obama takes different tacks in defusing IRS, AP controversies

    Brian Hughes

    Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

    President Obama on Thursday ratcheted up efforts to put behind him a trio of scandals bogging down his administration, appointing a new head for the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service while not apologizing for his Justice Department's secret monitoring of reporters' phones. Obama condemned...

  • Obama appoints new IRS chief

    Brian Hughes

    Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

    President Obama on Thursday appointed Daniel Werfel, a senior Office of Management and Budget official, as the next acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. The announcement comes a day after Obama forced out Steven Miller, the former leader of an agency under fire for targeting...

  • Obama ousts acting IRS head after agency is caught targeting conservatives

    Brian Hughes

    Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

    President Obama on Wednesday forced out the acting director of the Internal Revenue Service and pledged to work with Congress as it investigates why the tax agency was inappropriately targeting conservative groups that opposed Obama and other Democrats. IRS Acting Director Steven Miller was...


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