-- Worse than Watergate . That's the refrain coming from the Obama administration's critics as it scrambles to tamp down a growing pile of scandals. "The Obama administration's cover-up of the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack surp...

How did Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin, a well-known anti-war protester, get into President Obama's speech Thursday at the National Defense University? By listing herself as press. In a statement, the university explained that Benjamin "was given ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service official who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity has been replaced, making her the third top IRS official moved aside since the episode was revealed two weeks...

Seriously, with E.W. Jackson in Virginia and Anthony Weiner in New York, what more do NPR's Ron Elving and Ken Rudin need for their podcast? OK, maybe throw in the ongoing IRS controversy, Lois Lerner pleading the Fifth, an immigration deal coming ou...

Time published a few photos of President Barack Obama at age 17 at his prom in Hawaii. The photos show a smiling Obama wearing a white suit and a leis around his neck with three other Punahou School students in the spring of 1979. Late-night televis...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel from Jordan signaling he hopes to prepare the ground for a “surprise” revival of peace talks with Palestinians.

On Thursday evening, an Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Seattle collapsed, sending two cars into the water and injuring three people. So far no fatalities have been reported. Authorities don’t yet know what caused the collapse. Another b...

A day after laying out his counterterrorism vision, President Barack Obama is addressing future military leaders who could help carry it out in a speech to U.S. Naval Academy graduates. It’s a tradition for presidents to speak at the commissioning ce...

Finally: Tax-Dodging, Union-Busting, Subprime Mortgage Banker Hauled Before Congress The Senate will finally confront one of the architects of the subprime mortgage crisis today, hauling a tax-dodging, union-busting, bank-breaking, billionaire member...

WASHINGTON—The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way.