EARLYBIRD: HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WEB
The Caucus: Special Prosecutor Appointed in Investigation of Virginia Governor
Virginia’s attorney general has appointed an outside prosecutor to investigate Gov. Bob McDonnell’s financial disclosures, in a widening scandal over a ...
Lerner taking Fifth undermines confidence in IRS
Like plaids with stripes, federal employees wearing the Fifth Amendment don’t look good. We all have the right to wear clothes that clash. And everyone in this ...
Hagel directs Pentagon to seek new software for health records
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Wednesday directed that the Pentagon develop– via competitive bid –new healthcare management software that would better ...
The Caucus: Obama to Travel to Oklahoma to Inspect Tornado Damage and Meet With Victims
President Obama will travel to Oklahoma on Sunday to inspect the damage from Monday’s deadly tornado, which left two dozen people dead, and meet with victims ...
Lew: No Political Pressure on IRS
Treasury Secretary Lew testified it would have been wrong for him to intervene in IRS administration of the tax system.
Obama to Travel to Oklahoma Sunday
President Barack Obama on Sunday will travel to Oklahoma to view the damage and response effort to tornadoes that devastated towns, the White House said.
New IRS boss sends message to workers
With his predecessor facing tough questions from lawmakers, Danny Werfel, the new acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, sent an agency-wide ...
I.R.S. Official Denies Misleading Congress
Lois Lerner, the official who disclosed that the Internal Revenue Service had targeted conservative groups, on Wednesday appeared before the House Committee on ...
IRS’s Lerner Testimony: ‘I Did Not Break Any Laws’
Here is Lois Lerner's statement in which she says she will decline to testify, followed by a conversation about whether she should be allowed to give a ...
Tangherlini Tapped to Stay On at GSA
Video: Stephen Colbert on the Census Bureau
Lawmaker: Don't Furlough Weather Service Now
Making Government 'Simpler'
OK Senators Leery of Unfunded Tornado Relief
Boldly Go Where No Fed's Gone Before
