Evidence emerges that Obama administration official knew of IRS targeting during 2012 campaign

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:08 EDT

Evidence emerges that inspector general informed Treasury deputy of probe during middle of 2012

Video: Did the WH know about IRS targeting?

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:43:15 EDT

New questions are being raised concerning if anyone in the White House was aware of IRS targeting of conservative groups. Margaret Brennan reports on the new evidence that's heating up the controversy.

Mitt Romney condemns "breach of trust" in Washington as controversy reigns

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:05:22 EDT

2012 Republican presidential nominee pans Obama administration's handling of IRS scandal, Benghazi attack

Video: Obama on the economy: "Things are looking up"

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:56:17 EDT

President Obama channeled optimism on America's economic future in his weekly address on Saturday, noting positive news on deficit reduction, the housing market, the auto industry, and the energy sector to make his case that "in a lot of sectors, things are looking up."

Video: GOP links Obamacare with IRS targeting scandal

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:55:49 EDT

The IRS is charged with overseeing part of the implementation of the president's healthcare reform law, and that's a problem, according to Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., who warned in the weekly GOP address today that the recent targeting scandal at the tax agency proves "that the IRS needs less power, not more."

Video: Shane Todd: Suicide or cyber-espionage?

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:35:00 EDT

Was death of an American computer engineer in Singapore a suicide -- or, as his parents contend, murder? The mystery has possible links to the dark world of cyber-espionage. Seth Doane reports from Beijing.

Video: IRS scandal: What is the political fallout?

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:30:16 EDT

CBS' Political Director John Dickerson joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" from Washington to talk about the controversy with the IRS and if Republicans are being fair in their critism.

Republicans use IRS scandal to tar Obamacare

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:26:54 EDT

GOP congressman warns troubled tax agency has too much control over health care law as Obama pushes D.C. to focus on jobs in weekly addresses

IRS targeting overlooked biggest players in outside political spending

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:22:59 EDT

Tax agency unduly scrutinized smaller conservative groups but ignored larger groups on left and right that spent the most money on the 2012 election

For GOP, scandals could be an electoral plus - or minus

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:00:00 EDT

A series of scandals in Washington could help Republicans make gains in 2014, GOP strategists say, but the challenge is to not overreach

Obama to host concert honoring Carole King

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:21:26 EDT

Singer-songwriter is the first woman to receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress

FBI seeks anonymous source behind Menendez allegations

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:50:12 EDT

Investigators are trying to determine who was behind the unsubstantiated accusation that Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., patronized prostitutes

Video: IRS chief: Disclosure of targeting was intentional

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:20:26 EDT

Acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller told Congress that senior IRS official Lois Lerner's disclosure last week that the agency had engaged in excessive targeting of conservative groups was the result of a "planned Q&A," and that he "talked about" the question with the questioner before the event began.

Hagel: No "silver bullet" to reducing military sexual abuse

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:18:08 EDT

Defense secretary says the problem is largely an "accountability" issue but must be tackled in several different ways

Video: No "silver bullet" to stop military sexual assaults, says Hagel

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:51:49 EDT

After a "very important, productive meeting" with President Obama and military leaders on the "huge problem" of sexual assault in the military, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that while there is no "silver bullet" to stop the problem, "We all have committed to turn this around, and we're going to fix the problem."

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