IRS's Lois Lerner Takes Fifth, Shuns Congress

(WASHINGTON) -- Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service’s director of the Exempt Organizations who is at the center of the controversy after the agency targeted conservative organizations f... Read More

Reid to Bring Immigration Bill Before Full Senate in June

(WASHINGTON) -- After the Senate Judiciary passed the Gang of Eight’s immigration legislation Tuesday night out of the committee, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promised to bring the bill... Read More

Eric Garcetti Elected as Next Mayor of Los Angeles

(LOS ANGELES) -- Eric Garcetti has won the bid to become the next mayor of Los Angeles. The 42-year-old city councilman beat City Controller Wendy Greuel in an election on Tuesday.... Read More

Anthony Weiner Announces He's Running for NYC Mayor in Ad

(NEW YORK) -- Former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner has finally declared himself a candidate for New York City mayor. In an ad posted on YouTube late Tuesday night, the democrat says, "I'm... Read More

Immigration Reform Bill Moves to Full Senate

(WASHINGTON) -- The bipartisan Senate "Gang of Eight" held together despite an onslaught of amendments and some efforts to kill its comprehensive immigration reform bill. The Senate Judi... Read More

Rep. Tom Cole: Okla. Needs Help, Not a Funding Battle

(OKLAHOMA CITY) -- Republican Rep. Tom Cole, whose district took a direct hit from a powerful tornado on Monday, said the residents of the tornado-ravaged towns in Oklahoma need help, not a politic... Read More

Gay Marriage Amendment Withdrawn from Immigration Bill Debate

(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill survived perhaps its toughest challenge late in the day, as the Senate Judiciary Committee refused to approve an amend... Read More

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Defends Handling of IRS Scandal

(WASHINGTON) -- Treasury Secretary Jack Lew called the unfair scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave some tea party groups “outrageous methods,” adding that while the “conduct... Read More

IRS Official Lois Lerner to Take the Fifth

(WASHINGTON) -- Lois Lerner, the top IRS official who is at the center of the controversy for the targeting of tea party and other conservative groups, will refuse to answer questions at a congress... Read More

IRS ‘Blemish’ Prompts Scorn from Unappeased Senators

(WASHINGTON) -- Douglas Shulman, the former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, said Tuesday he was “dismayed and saddened” that his agency had improperly targeted conservativ... Read More