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By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Thursday he was troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may "chill" investigative...
By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — Deputy Solicitor Gen. Sri Srinivasan, a rising star in legal circles, won an easy and unanimous Senate confirmation...
By Lisa Mascaro, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Committee approval of a sweeping Senate immigration overhaul has put pressure on the House, where Speaker John A. Boehner...
By Joseph Tanfani, Richard Simon and Melanie Mason, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — In a contentious climax Wednesday to a series of congressional hearings, Lois Lerner, a...
By Lisa Mascaro and Brian Bennett, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee...
By Lisa Mascaro, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — When Sen. Orrin G. Hatch took his seat on the dais for the Senate Judiciary Committee's debates on the immigration reform...
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — During the 2010 campaign, Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from Sherman Oaks, joked, "Every time I try to encourage the...
By Joseph Tanfani, Richard Simon and Melanie Mason, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper...
By Shashank Bengali, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — The Army suspended the commander of its main basic training camp Tuesday for alleged adultery, the latest in a string...
By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has agreed to revisit the issue of church-state separation and decide whether a town council can...
By Lisa Mascaro and Brian Bennett, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Senators pushed forward Monday with changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul over the objections of a union of...
By Matea Gold and Christi Parsons, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators are broadening their inquiry into the Internal Revenue Service's mishandling of groups...
By Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The former top federal prosecutor in Arizona retaliated against the lead whistle-blower in the Fast and Furious gun-...
By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Three years ago, the Obama administration brought criminal charges under the...
By Joseph Tanfani, Matea Gold and Melanie Mason, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Steven Miller, the top enforcement official at the Internal Revenue Service, thought he might have trouble on his hands.
By David Willman
By Noam N. Levey, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law —...
By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times
PORTLAND, Ore. — Proponents of fluoridating Portland's water supply had no trouble getting the local Urban League on board. Here in...