I.R.S. Focus on Conservatives Gives G.O.P. an Issue to Seize On  —  WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service's special scrutiny of small-government groups applying for tax-exempt status went beyond keyword hunts for organizations with “Tea Party” or “Patriot” in their names …

Issa: Obama Covered Up Benghazi Terrorism By Calling It An ‘Act Of Terror’  —  House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) responded to President Obama's forceful condemnation of the GOP's effort to portray his administration's response to the attacks on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi …

Doctor found guilty of first-degree murder in Philadelphia abortion case  —  Philadelphia (CNN) — A jury Monday found a Philadelphia abortion provider guilty of three counts of first-degree murder.  —  Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, was accused of killing babies by using scissors to cut their spinal cords.

White House counsel told of IRS review in April  —  The White House counsel's office was informed in April of an inspector general's review of the Internal Revenue Service, press secretary Jay Carney said Monday.  —  Carney told reporters that the counsel's office was told of the examination …

GOVT OBTAINS WIDE AP PHONE RECORDS IN PROBE  —  You are here  —  Home » Government and politics » Govt obtains wide AP phone records in probe  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press …

Voters trust Clinton over GOP on Benghazi  —  PPP's newest national poll finds that Republicans aren't getting much traction with their focus on Benghazi over the last week.  Voters trust Hillary Clinton over Congressional Republicans on the issue of Benghazi by a 49/39 margin …

Did Obama Cry During His Press Conference?  —  Reuters thinks so, and says in its caption that this wire photo shows a “tear.”  —  Via: JIM BOURG / Reuters  —  The Photo Description  —  Via: JIM BOURG / Reuters  —  View Entire List ›

Bill Gates on Steve Jobs: We grew up together  —  We've seen plenty of Bill Gates on television, but we'd never seen him get emotional before.  It was a striking, yet subtle moment in Gates' 60 Minutes interview this week when Charlie Rose asked him about his longtime business rival, the late Steve Jobs.

GOP Rep. Stockman: ‘Democrats worship abortion’  —  Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Tex.) lashed out at Democrats over the issue of abortion on Monday just minutes after a jury returned a guilty verdict in the high-profile case of an abortion doctor accused of multiple homicides.

Clintons freeze out Weiner  —  Bill and Hillary Clinton will not support Anthony Weiner in his dream of becoming mayor even though they love his wife, Huma Abedin, sources say.  “The Clintons wish Weiner would just disappear.  Every time he pops up, it's a reminder of Bill's scandal with Monica Lewinsky …

A talk with Jason Richwine: ‘I do not apologize for any of my work’ … “It seemed like that day lasted forever,” says Jason Richwine of last Wednesday, when he found himself in the middle of a media firestorm over his writings about Hispanic immigrants and intelligence.  “I knew that this probably would not end well.”