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              **FILE** The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press)

              Tea party groups stage major IRS protest outside Capitol

              By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

              Anti-tax protesters staged a large rally on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday to air their grievances against the Internal Revenue Service and what speakers described as an intrusive, overweening federal government.

              Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (right), Vermont Democrat, and committee member Sen. Orrin Hatch (left), Utah Republican, greet FBI Director Robert Mueller on Capitol Hill on June 19, 2013, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on national security matters. Mueller is nearing the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency. (Associated Press)

              FBI in the sky: Agents have drones for U.S. surveillance, insist ‘very seldom’ use

              By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

              The FBI uses drones for surveillance on U.S. soil, though “in a very, very minimal way,” agency Director Robert Mueller told Congress at an oversight hearing Wednesday.

              **FILE** Trays of printed Social Security checks in Philadelphia wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury in 2005. (Associated Press)

              U.S. Chamber of Commerce sounds the alarm over ballooning entitlement spending

              By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

              The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says America’s entitlement programs are growing at an alarming rate, pay out more than they take in and will doom future generations as they squeeze out funding in areas like infrastructure, defense and education.

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