IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions....

House panel moves to curb military sexual assaults
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers have approved legislation to stem the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the military....

Judge apologizes for lag in unsealing documents
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge is apologizing for an 18-month delay in unsealing documents in a case involving an alleged leak of classified information to a reporter....

Garcetti elected LA mayor after promising jobs
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- City Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become the next mayor of Los Angeles after a caustic campaign in which he depicted his fellow Democrat as a pawn of powerful labor bosses....

Who else took the 5th? Baseball star, banker, more
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The baseball star, the Hollywood 10, Oliver North. And Lois Lerner of the IRS....

Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation by House Republicans that would avert a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1 but allow them to vary with the markets going forward....

Wis. governor to court Iowans, stoke 2016 talk
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Another year, another campaign....

Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the Assad regime's military gains and Washington still unwilling to join those providing the rebels with lethal military aid....

Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A key House committee chairman says a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee falls far short of what is needed to end the problem of illegal immigration....

Benghazi review leader OKs meeting with committee
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House committee chairman has withdrawn a subpoena to compel a retired diplomat to answer questions in private about an independent investigation of last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya....