Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento

WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian...

Ousted IRS chief defends against partisan charges

WASHINGTON — The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in singling out...

Arizona's limits on immigrant driver's licenses upheld

TUCSON — Young people granted immigration relief and work permits under a new Obama administration program still won't be able to...

Obama tries to steer attention back to jobs

WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday he wanted to put more Americans to work by slashing the amount of time it takes to grant...

Obama responds to criticism with 'fix it' strategy

WASHINGTON — At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama and the...

IRS problem started with vague tax exemption rules

WASHINGTON — In spring 2010, agents in the Cincinnati office of the Internal Revenue Service, which handles applications for tax-...

One Cabinet pick approved, two narrowly advance

WASHINGTON — President Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department won unanimous confirmation by the Senate on Thursday while two...

Senate panel focuses on enforcement in immigration bill

WASHINGTON — Senators kept the bipartisan immigration bill largely unchanged Thursday after dispatching dozens of proposed...

Leak ended informant's rare opportunity, U.S. officials say

WASHINGTON — Disclosure of a highly classified intelligence operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and...

Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry

WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency...

Mistaken Benghazi claim came from CIA, emails show

WASHINGTON — Career CIA officers were responsible for administration claims that the armed attack in Benghazi, Libya, that left four...

White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists

WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that...

Attorney general orders criminal review of IRS

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department began a criminal investigation Tuesday into overzealous scrutiny by the IRS of applications for...

Senators tighten student visa rules in immigration bill

The Senate Judiciary Committee amended the sweeping immigration bill Tuesday to tighten student visa rules in the aftermath of the Boston...

Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate

WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized...

Holder defends subpoena of journalists' phone records

WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday strongly defended the criminal investigation into the leak of classified details...

With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting

WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's...

Obama dismisses Benghazi criticism as 'sideshow'

WASHINGTON — A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's...