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Issa subpoenas Benghazi probe co-leader, report raises new questions about US response

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 2:01pm

A top House Republican has subpoenaed the co-chairman of the Obama administration's internal review board for the Benghazi attack -- escalating his own inquiry amid a report that showed administration officials expressing regret about their response the night of Sept. 11. 

'We could lose everything': Tea Party groups prepare to sue IRS

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 10:22am

Jay Devereaux hadn’t paid much attention to the daily drumbeat of partisan politics in D.C. He wasn’t a Washington nerd, didn’t know who said what during congressional hearings nor did he care. But when news broke that the government was using taxpayer money to bail out big Wall Street banks, he started paying attention and didn’t like what he was hearing.

Plot Thickens on AP Records Scandal

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 9:48am

The Associated Press is suggesting that the reason the agency’s reporters and lawyers were the targets of a sweeping records seizure by the Department of Justice is not that national security was at risk, but rather the publicity the administration was seeking.

Obama focusing on job creation in Baltimore visit

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 7:21am

President Obama is leaving behind scandal-focused Washington to focus on the country's slowly improving jobs picture. 

Tables turn on IRS, lawmakers grill outgoing agency chief at heated hearing

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 6:12am

In a hearing that escalated into a boisterous public shaming of one of the country's most-feared government agencies, lawmakers took turns Friday calling outgoing IRS Commissioner Steven Miller on the carpet for his department's scandalous practice of targeting conservative groups. 

IRS official who oversaw unit targeting Tea Party now heads ObamaCare office

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 11:00pm

The IRS official who led the tax-exempt organizations unit when Tea Party groups were targeted is now in charge of the IRS office responsible for ObamaCare, two Capitol Hill sources told Fox News.

Judge allows Arizona immigrant driver's license policy move forward

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 7:41pm

A judge on Thursday refused to halt Gov. Jan Brewer's order that denies driver's licenses for young immigrants in Arizona who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under an Obama administration policy.

House votes to repeal ObamaCare in 229-195 vote

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 5:41pm

The Republican-led House has voted, for the 37th time, to repeal President Obama’s health care law, even though GOP lawmakers know the Senate will not follow suit. 

Fort Campbell harassment program head arrested in domestic dispute

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 5:40pm

The manager of the sexual assault response program at Fort Campbell, Ky., was arrested in a domestic dispute and relieved of his post, authorities said.

ICE admits hundreds of illegal immigrants with criminal records released

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 4:53pm

Hundreds of illegal immigrants with criminal records were released earlier this year as the Obama administration prepared for budget cuts, according to newly released data that challenged claims the program involved "low-risk" individuals. 

IRS official who oversaw unit targeting Tea Party now heads ObamaCare office

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 4:01pm

The IRS official who led the tax-exempt organizations unit when Tea Party groups were targeted is now in charge of the IRS office responsible for ObamaCare, two Capitol Hill sources told Fox News.

Watchdog: Witness protection lost track of 'known or suspected terrorists,' let others board planes

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 3:11pm

The Justice Department temporarily lost track of two known or suspected terrorists who were in the witness protection program -- and allowed others on the no-fly list to board commercial flights -- according to a watchdog report which fueled criticism of the administration. 

Obama names new acting IRS commissioner

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 3:02pm

President Obama appointed senior White House budget officer Daniel Werfel as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service Thursday. 

Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 1:56pm

The Senate has unanimously confirmed President Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department.

Second court invalidates Obama appointments to labor board

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 1:06pm

A national labor board which has long been accused of making union-friendly decisions was dealt another blow Thursday, after a second federal appeals court found President Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to appoint its members. 

Obama: Congress must 'fully fund' embassy security

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 12:47pm

President Obama called on Congress Thursday to "fully fund" his administration's budget request for embassy security. The request came as Obama seeks to get ahead of the controversy over his administration's response to the attack last September in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans. 

Republicans press for more documents on Benghazi, Dems say case closed

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 10:55am

House Republicans continue to demand more documents out of the Obama administration on the Benghazi terror attack, praising the release of 100 pages of internal deliberations as an encouraging step but claiming the government should do more to clear up questions. 

Holder facing liberal backlash over AP records grab

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 10:25am

While Attorney General Eric Holder's Capitol Hill appearance Wednesday was marked by a heated argument with his chief Republican critic, more and more Democrats are joining the fray -- in a sign that the Justice Department's seizure of journalists' phone records may trigger a bipartisan challenge to his leadership. 

Radical Treatment Option Needed for Obama’s Scandal Sickness

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 9:44am

The acting director of the IRS has left his post three weeks ahead of schedule, but how can it be that others more intimately involved with the targeting and harassment of the president’s political enemies are still on the job today?

Senate panel backs Perez to head Labor Department, in party-line vote

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 8:55am

A Senate panel has endorsed the nomination of Justice Department official Thomas Perez to head the Labor Department despite opposition from Republicans. 

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