With Obama in the dark, administration planned how to stage-manage news of IRS scandal
| |Tuesday, May. 21, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s timeline for who knew what and when about the Internal Revenue Service scandal changed again Tuesday with revelations that the Treasury Department and White House officials had discussed how to stage-manage the release of the explosive information. The latest revelation came as acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller told Congress that he’s responsible for the secretly planted question answered by subordinate Lois Lerner that triggered the scandal that’s now gripping the nation’s capital.
House group finds bipartisan agreement on immigration bill
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan House group hammered out an immigration-reform deal late Thursday after years of closed-door meetings and last-minute brinksmanship from a top Democrat.
White House admits top Obama aides knew a month ago about IRS probe
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — The White House acknowledged Monday that senior aides to President Barack Obama knew a month ago that the Internal Revenue Service had targeted conservative groups, expanding on previous administration statements about who in the White House knew about the inquiry and when they knew about it.
Schweitzer elected chairman of Stillwater board
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
HELENA, Mont. — Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Monday that he is "focused like a laser" on improving the Stillwater Mining Co. after being elected chairman of the board - but he also isn't ruling out a potential U.S. Senate run.
Farmers hope immigration bill yields more foreign ag workers
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — Walk the aisles of any neighborhood grocery store today and you’re as likely to find tomatoes picked in Sinaloa, Mexico, as Central California or oranges from Sao Paulo, Brazil, as Bradenton, Fla.
Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
| |Saturday, May. 18, 2013
ATLANTA — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.
Tea party hero Cuccinelli is Va. GOP gov nominee
| |Saturday, May. 18, 2013
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's activist conservative attorney general has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by acclamation.
Handel jumps into crowded US Senate race in Ga.
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
ATLANTA — Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive at the center of last year's public clash with Planned Parenthood, says she'll be running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia.
Despite sequester, high-level federal executives slated to get bonuses
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — An elite group of federal employees is set to receive cash bonuses despite this year’s automatic budget cuts, according to a report that a Senate subcommittee issued Friday.
IRS' Miller's resignation letter
|Thursday, May. 16, 2013
The internal message to IRS Employees from Acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller
