IRS probe ignored most influential groups
WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups....

Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
ATLANTA (AP) -- Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections....

Obama to speak on legality of drone program
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorm practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said....

First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit....

Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an effort to weaken him....

Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf - in the rain....

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute....

Obama agenda marches on despite controversies
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office....

Tea party looks to take advantage of moment
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so....

White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers....