Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department's top investigator for tax matters is telling Congress that he is still investigating whether outside political pressure caused the Internal Revenue Service to improperly target conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. The Treasury inspector...

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operate with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities. The Associated Press reviewed the public tax filings by 93...

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — As senior military leaders and government officials grapple with how to reduce sexual assaults in the military, a Pentagon report provides details of the problem. The numbers may not add up in all cases due to rounding or smaller categories that were not included. Key...

Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day another top official announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over agents targeting tea party groups. Obama...

Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of President Barack Obama's top second-term priorities. It came after months of secretive talks among the four Republican and...

Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican-controlled House panel moved Thursday to protect the Department of Homeland Security from the big cuts facing other domestic agencies under the party's budget slashing plan. The move came as the Appropriations Committee leadership privately circulated plans to...

Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are "ashamed" of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services. Obama pledged to "leave no stone unturned" in the effort to halt the abuse, which he said undermines the trust the...

Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American imprisoned in Cuba settled a lawsuit Thursday against the company he was working for when arrested, a lawsuit that claimed he wasn't properly warned about or prepared for the risks of working in the communist nation. Alan Gross and his wife filed the lawsuit in...

Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have identified the Fort Hood soldier accused of sexual assault, including possibly arranging for at least one woman to have sex for money. He is Sgt. 1st Class Gregory McQueen, coordinator of a sexual assault prevention program at the Texas post. McQueen has...

Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is tapping former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords for the board that selects recipients for Fulbright scholarships. The Arizona Democrat resigned from Congress in 2012, a year after a gunman shot her at close range while she was greeting constituents in her...