Politics

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus

Midday Roundup: Everyone wants a piece of the IRS

Newsworthy |  Piling on. Three Democrats have joined a chorus of Republicans calling for the IRS to be held accountable for targeting conservative groups for heightened…

The IRS Building in Washington, D.C.

Tax collection as a political weapon

Politics |  The IRS has “apologized” to the Tea Party and other conservative groups for “overzealous audits.” Between 2010, the year of President Barack Obama’s…

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman

Republicans challenge ‘dishonest’ IRS mea culpa

Politics |  Never has an audit from the Internal Revenue Service been so scary.  It’s “chilling,” Republicans said Sunday in reference to the news that the IRS…

<i>CBS Evening News</i> anchor Scott Pelley

Signs and Wonders: CBS’s Scott Pelley admits media missteps on big stories

Newsworthy |  Mea culpa. CBS News anchor Scott Pelley received the 20th annual Fred Friendly First Amendment Award on Friday, and he used the occasion to give an…

A woman rests on a stretcher after being rescued from the collapsed garment factory.

Midday Roundup: Miraculous escape from garment factory rubble

Newsworthy |  Garment factory miracle. Crowds gathered at the site of the collapsed Bangladesh garment factory cheered Friday as rescuers freed a woman trapped in the…

Sen. Mike Lee

Pro-life senator loses bid to examine country’s abortion policies

Abortion |  Twelve senators want abortion policies across the nation examined to prevent the disturbing practices detailed during Philadelphia abortionist Kermit…

Mark Sanford arrives at his post-election celebration last night.

Wapo: Your god is too big

Media |  A Washington Post report about Mark Sanford’s congressional election victory last night in South Carolina noted that Sanford “sounded a spiritual note in…

Bethany Hamilton arrives at the ESPY awards.

Signs and Wonders: Soul Surfer finds soul mate

Newsworthy |  Bethany Hamilton engaged. The “soul surfer” is no longer solo. Bethany Hamilton, who survived a shark attack when she was 13 years old, announced this…

Robert Rector, author of a Heritage Foundation report on immigration amnesty, right, watches as Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation, speaks during a news conference.

Family feud

Immigration |  Conservative groups at odds over immigration policy

The Senate Armed Services Committee hears from top officials of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, right, and Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley, left.

Midday Roundup: Military plagued by spike in sexual assaults

Newsworthy |  Sad statistics. According to a Defense Department report due out later this week, sexual assaults in the military have increased by more than a third in the…

James Carville

Signs and Wonders: Democrat James Carville praises ‘talented and fearless’ Republican Ted Cruz

Newsworthy |  Praise for Cruz. If you’re a Republican, you’ve got to worry at least a little bit when Democratic strategist James Carville praises you. Does he have an…

Howard Kurtz

Signs and Wonders: Daily Beast devours another Collins casualty

Newsworthy |  Collins casualty. CNN’s Reliable Sources host Howard Kurtz has been fired by The Daily Beast for a relatively innocuous error he made in his coverage of the…

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