'Ineffective Management' at IRS to Blame for Tea Party Targeting, Report Finds

(WASHINGTON) -- Ineffective management at the Internal Revenue Service led to certain groups being singled out for more than 18 months based on their names or mission statements, according to a Tre... Read More

Minnesota Freedom to Marry Bill to Be Signed Into Law

(ST. PAUL, Minn.) -- Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is set to sign the Freedom to Marry Bill into law on the steps of the State Capitol Tuesday. The bill passed by a vote of 37 to 30 in the... Read More

More Details on Benghazi Talking Points Emerge

(WASHINGTON) -- CNN’s Jake Tapper Tuesday afternoon obtained a ve... Read More

Holder Had Stepped Back from AP Probe

(WASHINGTON) -- Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday said he was unable to answer questions about an investigation into an Associated Press story published a year ago that contradicted the White... Read More

FBI to Investigate IRS Targeting of Tea Party Groups

(NEW YORK) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday that he had ordered an FBI investigation to determine whether the Internal Revenue Service broke any laws when it targeted conservative gr... Read More

Furlough Days for DOD Employees Reduced to 11

(WASHINGTON) -- Civilians working for the Department of Defense will not face 22 days of furlough as originally expected, an official confirms to ABC News. Instead, the 750,000 employees... Read More

IRS Asks for Reading List, Tea Party Group Sends Constitution

(WASHINGTON) -- When Marion Bower decided to start her tea party organization in 2010, she didn’t know that it would take nearly two years for the Internal Revenue Service to approve her requ... Read More

Republican Hispanic Outreach Official Becomes Democrat

(NEW YORK) -- A former Republican official from Florida who oversaw outreach to Hispanic voters is switching his party affiliation to Democrat. Pablo Pantoja, who served as a Hispanic o... Read More

IRS Guilty of 'Thuggish Abuse of Power,' McConnell Says

(WASHINGTON) -- The Internal Revenue Service's explanations for why it targeted conservative groups for additional scrutiny are falling on deaf ears in Congress, where lawmakers like Senate Minorit... Read More

One Thing Democrats, Republicans Agree On…Bryce Harper

(WASHINGTON) -- There’s not much the Senate’s party leaders agree on these days, but Tuesday morning they bonded over the one thing that apparently can bring them together: Bryce Harper... Read More