WASHINGTON -- In spring 2010, agents in the Cincinnati office of the Internal Revenue Service, which handles applications for tax-exempt status, faced a surge of filings by new advocacy groups, with little guidance on how to treat them.
Their ...
NEW DELHI -- Myanmar President Thein Sein released some 20 political prisoners Friday, just days before a historic summit with President Barack Obama in Washington early next week, according to officials and prisoner rights groups.
The ex-general...
WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for giving extra scrutiny to conservative organizations that asked for tax-exempt status. But the scandal begs a broader question: Why are political organizations getting this government ...
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans voted for the 37th time Thursday evening to repeal all or part of President Barack Obama's health care law, underscoring once again the deep partisan divide over the landmark 2010 legislation.
The bill to roll back...
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama Thursday ruled out unilateral U.S. military action in Syria even if there is proof that Syrian forces used lethal chemical weapons in the nation's civil war.
"This is ... an international problem," Obama said ...
WASHINGTON -- In a one-two punch from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue on Thursday, lawmakers introduced a sweeping revision to military sexual-assault law and the president summoned his uniformed service chiefs. The politically popular bill and ...