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...

associated press

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is releasing 100 pages of e-mails and notes related to the Obama administration's response to the attack on a diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, last September. The White House had until now declined to make the documents public and had let congressional...

associated press

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama held assets last year that were worth between $1.8 million and nearly $7 million, according to federal financial disclosure forms the White House released Wednesday. Required by law, the forms allow public officials to...

Brian Hughes

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

In a matter of days, the Obama administration has done something that the president's political opponents have failed to do over four and a half years: inflicted serious damage to President Obama's public standing. Obama has throughout his presidency aggressively combated GOP criticism -- on...

Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress was not told that conservative tea party groups were being inappropriately targeted by the U.S. tax agency, even after the Internal Revenue Service's acting chief had been briefed on the matter. The agency's failure to inform Congress was likely to give Republicans...

Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama waded into British politics Monday, suggesting that the United Kingdom seek to reform its relationship with the European Union before it decides to simply break away from it. The stance put Obama squarely on the side of British Prime Minister David...

Updated: Sat, May 11, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general's report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner. The IRS...

Updated: Sat, May 11, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fueling Republican arguments and ads designed to fire up the conservative base and undercut the Democrats' early favorite for president in 2016. Strategists in both parties disagree on the issue's power to...

Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: IRS actions against groups 'inappropriate,' thorough investigation expected.

Updated: Thu, May 9, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama and military mothers had high tea like the British on Thursday. The afternoon White House affair, hosted by the first lady and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, was to recognize the women for Mother's Day. Britain's Prince Harry, who is on a...