Oversight
Targeted Conservatives Detail IRS Delays, Requests and 'Intimidation'
Ways and Means probe of delays in tax-exempt applications surfaces agent names.
Defense
First Day of Bradley Manning's Trial: Linking Him to Bin Laden
A confused kid or a man hoping to undermine the war in Iraq?
Oversight
IRS Conference Waste Includes Speaker Who Paints, Audit Finds
TIGTA details $4.1 million gathering that took place in 2010.
Pay & Benefits
House Bill Would Give Military 1.8 Percent Pay Raise
Defense legislation includes more money for service members in 2014 than Obama proposal.
Defense
Senate Stacks Deck Against Reformers in Military Sexual Assaults Crisis
Supporters outnumbered 18-2 at hearing; no victims testify.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The IRS Says “Let’s Dance!”
With increased scrutiny on the tax agency, new videos emerge.
Oversight
Millennials Don't Hate Big Government, but They Do Hate the GOP Economic Fix
Young people don't believe cutting government will grow jobs, College National Republican Committee finds.
Oversight
Acting IRS Chief Begins Reforms, Says 'Solution is Not More Money'
House appropriators use scandal to question agency’s budget request, executive bonuses.
Management
The Lady Gaga Fix: How the U.S. Is Rethinking GDP for the 21st Century
The government will soon start counting creative endeavors like songwriting as well as research and development when it measures the economy. It's about time.
Oversight
Analysis: Issa Stirs Echoes of McCarthy in IRS Probe
Chief GOP investigator doesn't know when to let damning facts speak for themselves.
Oversight
Lawmakers Continue to Probe IRS
Congress returns from recess to three more IRS hearings and a lawsuit.
Oversight
Issa Says Washington Directed IRS Scrutiny of Conservative Groups
'We will learn the whole truth,' the Republican from California says.
Oversight
Former Fed Chair Launches Group to Restore Trust in Government
OMB’s Shelley Metzenbaum named Volcker Alliance president.
Oversight
Analysis: Could Fracking Close the Budget Deficit?
A carbon levy could forestall other more painful choices.
Oversight
Will Darrell Issa Finally Find His Benghazi Smoking Gun?
Issa subpoenaed all the Benghazi talking points-related emails from 10 State Department aides.
Oversight
Congress Revs Up Resistance to a New BRAC Round
Subcommittee approves legislative language to block the base closure process.
Oversight
No Wonder Republican Criticism of Obama Isn’t Working
They’re attacking the president where he’s least vulnerable.
Management
Obama Names Chicago Survey Center Chief as Census Director
John Thompson served at the bureau more than two decades.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Everyone Has Awkward Prom Photos, Even the President
The release of 1979 photos prompts late-night TV to look at Obama's youth.
Defense