Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf _ in the rain.

Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles

Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.

Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.

Myanmar leader, Obama to meet while reforms stall

Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action for action" by deepening ties in response to democratic reforms.

IRS probe ignored most influential groups

There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

Tea party hero Cuccinelli is Va. GOP gov nominee

Virginia's activist conservative attorney general has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by acclamation.

Money tangle: The IRS and its tea party tempest

The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the sort of heat that targeted taxpayers feel from the tax agency. It's the sense that a powerful someone is breathing down your neck.

SPIN METER: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash

Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service employees.

Obama talks jobs, says politics misplace focus

President Barack Obama is calling attention to his economic proposals and efforts to expand the middle class.

Colorado sheriffs sue over new gun restrictions

Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional.

Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign.