Updated: 12:56 PM Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the IRS’ targeting of conservative political groups was “unacceptable and inexcusable.”

Posted: 5:55 PM Vermont has become the fourth state to allow physician-assisted suicide.

Posted: 4:18 PM Senior White House officials first learned on April 24 of an audit targeting inappropriate targeting of conservative groups by the IRS, but didn’t tell the president.

Posted: 12:28 PM Democrats are striking back after two years of GOP success in passing voter ID laws and purging voter rolls.

Posted: 12:13 PM A senior White House adviser insisted Sunday that the president first learned that the IRS targeted tea party groups from news accounts.

Posted: 12:01 PM The CEO of The Associated Press says the government’s seizure of journalists’ phone records was unconstitutional.

Posted: 3:23 PM The GOP is hoping the scandal that’s engulfed the IRS could snag the president’s health care overhaul.

Posted: 1:03 PM The president is hosting a concert next week honoring Carole King.

Posted: 1:06 PM The number of Americans seeking jobless benefits rose last week to the highest level in six weeks, the government said Thursday.

Posted: 12:52 PM A U.S. House committee Thursday approved a bill that would tie student loan interest rates to financial markets.

Posted: 6:17 PM The acting commissioner of the IRS has resigned after an investigation found the agency improperly targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama said Wednesday evening.

Updated: 3:45 PM The FBI’s investigation of the IRS could include potential civil rights violations, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday.

Posted: 1:49 PM The VA is requiring thousands of workers to put in some overtime in an effort to reduce its backlog.

Updated: 12:19 PM U.S. House Speaker John Boehener wants to know who’s going to jail in the wake of the revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups in the 2010 and 2012 campaigns.

Posted: 6:11 PM U.S. Reps. John Carter, R-Round Rock and Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, have filed legislation that would provide an incentive for gun owners to secure firearms.

Posted: 2:39 PM Civilian employees of the Department of Defense will be furloughed for as much as 11 days beginning in July under a plan announced Tuesday by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel.

Posted: 1:31 PM Two Republican governors are calling for a special prosecutor to investigate after the IRS admitted it targeted conservative political groups for particular scrutiny during the 2010 and 2012 campaigns.

Posted: 12:53 PM Texas con man Billie Sol Estes has died.

Updated: 2:42 PM The chairman of the GOP says Attorney General Eric Holder should resign in light of the revelation the Justice Department secretly obtained two months of phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors.

Updated: 2:36 PM The president fielded questions about the IRS targeting of conservative groups and about the handling of the deadly attack in Benghazi.

Posted: 12:49 PM A diplomat who wrote a critical report about security at the U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya says he stands by the assessment and absolves Hillary Rodham Clinton of blame.

Posted: 12:41 PM Republican lawmakers say the revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups is chilling.

Posted: 12:40 PM A Texas congressman who’s the oldest member of the U.S. House says he’ll seek another term next year.

Posted: 11:47 AM The president used his weekly radio and Internet address to call on Congress to help more homeowners while Republicans pressed a bill allowing workers to trade overtime for time off.

Posted: 11:45 AM A smoke scare Saturday led to the evacuation of the West Wing of the White House.