By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
The White House counsel’s office knew that a Treasury Department inspector general’s report about the IRS targeting conservative groups had been completed in April — weeks before the matter became public. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times
The Justice Department’s practice of seizing journalists’ records went beyond the Associated Press and also extended to a trove of information about a Fox News correspondent’s conversations and meetings at the State Department. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Former Rep. Ron Paul of Texas called the recent IRS fiasco troubling — but writes that the only way Congress can protect the freedoms of Americans from a long pattern of suspected IRS abuse is to “shutter the doors” of the agency “once and for all.” Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
The Senate’s immigration bill will raise national security risks and the Obama administration will do little more than “rubber-stamp” illegal immigrants into the program, endangering Americans, says the labor union representing the 12,000 employees who will have to approve the applications. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Luke Rosiak and Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times
Washington, D.C., has failed to remove from its voting rolls as many as 13,000 former residents who years ago moved to Prince George’s County and cast ballots there, making fraud by voting in two jurisdictions as easy as going to the polls in their old neighborhoods, The Washington Times found in a review of records. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Speaking at a historically black college, President Obama said Sunday that he sometimes blamed his youthful failings on racism and urged graduates to look up to black male role models such as filmmaker Spike Lee. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times
News organizations are convinced that the Obama administration trampled on freedom of the press when the Justice Department seized Associated Press phone records in pursuit of a government source who leaked details of a thwarted terrorist plot last year. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
House Republicans want their party leaders to name a special committee to take control of the inquiry into the Benghazi terrorist attack, but House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, has resisted — largely, analysts say, because the long-term political risks of a high-profile probe could outweigh any short-term benefit. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
The Boston Marathon bombing hasn’t derailed the immigration debate, but it has sent lawmakers back to the drawing board on some key provisions, including changes to the asylum system that the two suspects in the bombing used to come to the U.S. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Philip Elliott - Associated Press
The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government’s secret seizure of two months of reporters’ phone records “unconstitutional” and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times
Like a bad restaurant, the Obama administration attracts scathing reviews from Republicans and conservative critics who are tired of what’s on the policy menu, and repelled by the signature “culture” of White House operations. The trio of scandals centered on Benghazi, the IRS and the Justice Department has ramped up the tirade, and until facts and conclusions emerge, the talk of the moment is culture-centric. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
Stand with Rand in 2016? That’s the question diehard Republicans will be mulling over Monday when Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul brings his presidential ambitions to New Hampshire, where he will be headlining a state GOP dinner. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
The State Department on Monday cited a host of actions it says it has taken since the September 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks to improve security at its diplomatic posts worldwide, including the creation of a new deputy assistant secretary of state position to ensure security at "high threat posts" is given the attention it needs. Published May 20, 2013
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
Critics of Internet sales tax say that rising resistance from newer GOP lawmakers could sink a bill now before the Republican-controlled House to require online retailers such as eBay to start collecting sales taxes for the states. Published May 20, 2013
By Kevin Freking - Associated Press
New government figures underscore the staggering long-term consequences of military sexual assaults: More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness linked to the abuse, and 4,000 sought disability benefits. Published May 20, 2013
By Julie Pace - Associated Press
President Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said. Published May 19, 2013
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Speaking at an historically black college, President Obama said Sunday he sometimes blamed his youthful failings on racism and urged the all-male class of graduates to look up to black male role models such a filmmaker Spike Lee. Published May 19, 2013
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
A besieged White House dug in its heels Sunday and defended figures at the center of the unfolding Internal Revenue Service scandal while reiterating that President Obama knew nothing of the misdeeds inside the agency. Published May 19, 2013
