A federal appeals court is backing the U.S. government’s decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos.
Domestic Policy
It’s Official: Tech Has Replaced Banking as the New Corporate Bad Guy
Here are four things you need to know as Apple CEO Tim Cook faces a Capitol Hill grilling today.
Four Non-IRS Questions for Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
Here are four questions Lew needs to answer Tuesday on the state of America’s financial health.
Inside the Boy Scout Battle to Repeal the Gay Ban
A fast changing America threatens to leave scouting and its current rules against gays behind.
Former IRS Commissioner Heads to Hill Amid Scandal
(WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups.
Some of the questions on Tuesday will be direct: What did you know, and when did you know it?
They also want to know why former IRS …
Pro-Obama Group Launches Attack On Republican “Climate Deniers”
Organizing for Action released a Twitter tool for supporters to “call out” their member of Congress as a “climate change denier.”
2 FBI Agents Killed in Training Accident in Va.
(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) — Two FBI special agents on the agency’s elite Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident in Virginia, officials said Sunday.
The accident happened off the coast of Virginia Beach on Friday, the FBI’s national press office announced in a statement Sunday. No other details were given and the …
Reactionaries in New York
The Democratic candidates for mayor in New York threaten to return the city to the horrors of the David Dinkins era.
Ousted IRS Chief Regrets Treatment of Tea Party
(WASHINGTON) — The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency’s tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. He said they resulted from …
Obama Focusing on Job Creation in Baltimore Visit
(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama is leaving behind scandal-focused Washington to focus on the country’s slowly improving jobs picture.
2nd IRS Official to Leave Amid Tea Party Scandal
(WASHINGTON) — As second top Internal Revenue Service official has announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over the targeting of tea party groups.
An internal IRS memo says Joseph Grant, commissioner of the agency’s tax exempt and government entities division, will retire June 3. Grant joins Steven Miller, who was …
Obama Picks Budget Official to Run Troubled IRS
The 42-year-old Werfel is the controller of the Office of Management and Budget
Angered Tea Party Groups Call IRS Process ‘Nightmare’
(WASHINGTON) — Anger over President Barack Obama‘s policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ago to create the Ohio Liberty Coalition.
