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4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes
The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen ...
Broke no laws, IRS official says - then takes 5th
At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing ...
Carney: Criticism of IRS response 'legitimate'
President Barack Obama's spokesman says the White House is facing "legitimate criticisms" for its shifting accounts about who knew what about the ...
Apple case seen as possible spur to tax action
Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on ...
White House: Reporters shouldn't be prosecuted
President Barack Obama believes journalists shouldn't be prosecuted for doing their jobs, the White House said Tuesday, showing solidarity with First ...
Car bomb, other attacks kill 20 in Iraq
A car bomb exploded as Sunni worshippers were leaving a mosque after evening prayers Tuesday in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks that ...
Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town
President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history
China's Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected
China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than expected, as both sides seek to ...
More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told
White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had ...
Gov't presses ahead on another leak case
In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a ...
Obama vows US support as Myanmar leader visits
President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar's president during a long-awaited White House meeting that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to ...
Carney: Senior White House staff knew of IRS probe
The White House says White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups ...
A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the ...
Senate committee approves 3 judicial nominees
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved three of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees, including one for an influential appeals ...
A timeline of the IRS's scrutiny of the right
A look at events leading to the disclosure that the Internal Revenue Service placed conservative groups under special scrutiny for 18 months before ...
Obama tries to regain control amid controversies
Under mounting pressure, President Barack Obama on Wednesday released a trove of documents related to the Benghazi attack and forced out the top ...
GOP, Dems challenge Holder over subpoenas to AP
Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department's handling of the ...
Holder defends subpoenas for AP telephone records
Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The ...
Obama planning June 3 mental health conference
President Barack Obama is planning a mental health conference next month in response to gun violence. Presidential spokesman Jay Carney said Obama and ...
Myanmar's president to visit White House on Monday
President Barack Obama is set to welcome Myanmar President Thein Sein (tayn sayn) to the White House Monday. It will be the first visit by a Myanmar ...
Holder says he played no role in AP phone subpoena
Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he ...
Pakistan vote count shows big Sharif win
The vote count from last weekend's nationwide elections in Pakistan on Tuesday indicates a big win for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party.
13 detained in Turkish bombings, death toll to 51
Four more people have been detained in connection with two car bomb attacks that killed dozens in a Turkish town near the Syrian border, bringing the ...
Gov't probe obtains wide swath of AP phone records
The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news ...
Top IRS official didn't reveal tea party targeting
The IRS acting chief acknowledged Tuesday that the agency demonstrated "a lack of sensitivity" in its screenings of political groups seeking ...