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.
Military sexual-assault case triggers political furor
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — An Air Force general who overturned the sexual assault conviction of a fellow fighter pilot now finds himself caught in a political crossfire that could change military justice; perhaps, some fear, for the worse.
IRS Q&A on the Tax-Exempt organization issue
|Thursday, May. 16, 2013
The IRS has received a variety of questions related to the exempt organization issues recently raised. Here are some basics on the issue.
In IRS scandal, why is any political group exempt from taxes?
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for giving extra scrutiny to conservative organizations that asked for tax-exempt status. But the scandal begs a broader question: Why are political organizations getting this government subsidy anyway?
Senate committee backs EPA nominee Gina McCarthy
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — After boycotting the same confirmation vote a week earlier, Republican senators agreed Thursday to show up for a committee vote on President Barack Obama’s pick to be the nation’s top air and water quality regulator.
Obama, lawmakers tackle military sexual assault
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — In a one-two punch from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue on Thursday, lawmakers introduced a sweeping revision to military sexual-assault law and the president summoned his uniformed service chiefs. The politically popular bill and the high-profile White House meeting underscore how recent cases and reports have rapidly turned combating military sexual assault into a bipartisan high priority.
IRS scandal puts the caffeine back in tea party
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — Republicans think the Internal Revenue Service controversy is the magic weapon for beating up Democrats, because nothing resonates with the American public like potential IRS abuse.
Military wary as Congress again wades into laws on sexual assault
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — Congress stumbled badly the last time it rewrote military law amid a furor over sexual assaults. Now, driven by fresh outrage over an Air Force case, some lawmakers seek new changes in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Their effort is shadowed by lessons that might be learned, or lost, from past Capitol Hill mistakes.
IRS' Miller's resignation letter
|Thursday, May. 16, 2013
The internal message to IRS Employees from Acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller
Hoe, hoe, hoe! Christmas trees are back, in new farm bill
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — A Christmas tree-promotion program that pumped up conservative mockery and panicked the Obama administration is back for a second go-around, under a new farm bill.
