Michelle Obama Makes Light of President’s Failures in Graduation Speech
Delivering her only speech at a high school graduation this year, first lady Michelle Obama joked about the failures her husband, President Obama, has encountered in life as she told a graduating class of high school seniors in Nashville, Tenn. today that in order to… Read More »
EmailPresident Obama Golfs After Week of Political Scandals
WASHINGTON — President Obama — despite dealing with a trio of political scandals that flared up this week — squeezed in some time on the golf course today, and included a woman in his foursome for the first time this year. The president played golf… Read More »
Obama Pivots to Jobs Tour at End of Scandal Filled Week
After a week filled with political scandals, President Obama turned to promoting his jobs tour in his weekly address Saturday. “That’s why I like getting out of the Washington echo chamber whenever I can – because too often, our politics aren’t focused on the same… Read More »
IRS Planted Question About Tax Exempt Groups
The Internal Revenue Service planted a question at an American Bar Association conference in order to reveal that it had inappropriately targeted conservative groups prior to the 2012 elections. But members of Congress are questioning why they weren’t told earlier. The question that prompted Lois… Read More »
Treasury Secretary Told of IRS Probe in March, Learned Details Last Week
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was first informed in March that there was an investigation into the IRS’ screening of nonprofit groups, but did not learn the details of that probe until last week, he said today. “In mid March, I had had a conversation, just… Read More »
President Obama Talks Jobs, Not ‘Distracted by Chasing Every Fleeting Issue’
Trying to change the subject after a week of political scandals, President Obama today said the nation’s “focus cannot drift” from rebuilding the economy and that lawmakers should focus their attention on putting Americans back to work. “I know it can seem frustrating sometimes when… Read More »
IRS Defends Agency ‘Obamacare’ Official
Despite her congressional testimony, the Internal Revenue Service today denied that the former commissioner of tax exempt and government entities – now running the agency’s health care office – was in charge of the unit’s day-to-day operations after Dec. 2010. Sarah Hall Ingram retained the title of… Read More »
Grilling Season Starts Early On Capitol Hill
By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES THE PLOT THICKENS (AGAIN): The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted Tea Party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation, ABC’s JOHN PARKINSON and… Read More »
Watergate Hearings Televised 40 Years Ago
Richard Milhous Nixon was “not a crook,” or so the 37th U.S. president would have us believe. But such denials at a Nov. 17, 1973, news conference meant little or nothing by then, six months to the day after North Carolina Sen. Sam Ervin opened… Read More »
Immigration Overhaul: House Has Agreement in Principle
The House bipartisan “Gang of Eight” has reached an agreement in principle on immigration overhaul, including major points such as a pathway to citizenship, border security, health care and guest workers, a member of the group told ABC News tonight. The lower chamber now expects… Read More »