WASHINGTON -- Top officials in the White House learned in April that an investigation of the IRS would probably end up showing that the agency targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny, the White House spokesman conceded Monday, contrary ...

WASHINGTON -- Alaska is trying to drum up publicity for its offer to pay some of the cost of exploratory drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but the pitch appears to have no real chance.

Gov. Sean Parnell appeared by video to make ...

WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. has used an elaborate web of offshore subsidiaries to avoid paying at least $44 billion in U.S. taxes in the past four years, a Senate investigation has found.

Many of the tactics, such as cost-sharing arrangements, are ...

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Friday condemned Russia's delivery of advanced anti-ship missiles to Syria and its buildup of warships in the eastern Mediterranean, arguing that the Kremlin's escalating support for its longtime ally in ...

WASHINGTON -- A senior White House aide said Sunday that President Barack Obama learned only from news reports that an Internal Revenue Service office had singled out dozens of conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while Republicans vowed...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama urged graduates of a celebrated historically black college Sunday to use their education to help others and to work for "something larger than yourself," citing the example of civil rights leader Martin Luther ...