On IRS issue, senior White House aides were focused on shielding Obama  —  As soon as White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler heard about an upcoming inspector general's report on the Internal Revenue Service, she knew she had a problem.  —  The notice Ruemmler saw on April 24 gave …

London attackers British, of Nigerian origin: source  —  (Reuters) - British authorities believe that two men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries are British of Nigerian descent, a source close to the investigation said Thursday.

TIME Exclusive: President Obama's 1979 Prom Photos  —  Tucked away in someone else's shoe box of adolescent artifacts, there might be a picture of you in garish clothes and with an outdated 'do, your arm around a high school squeeze.  The President of the United States is no different.

U.S. Acknowledges Killing 4 Americans in Drone Strikes  —  WASHINGTON — One day before President Obama is due to deliver a major speech on national security, his administration on Wednesday formally acknowledged that the United States had killed four American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.

Darrell Issa: Lois Lerner lost her rights  —  House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa said embattled IRS official Lois Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights and will be hauled back to appear before his panel again.  —  The California Republican …

Anthony Weiner Ready For Apology Campaign  —  The disgraced former congressman says he's apologized to his wife “many, many times,” and he'll apologize to voters, too.  “I know that part of this process is going to be doing a lot of apologizing.”  —  View Video ›  —  Via:

Kathleen Sebelius, Meet Oliver North  —  Is the Department of Health and Human Services engaged in a domestic Iran-Contra?  —  Major news outlets in recent days have reported that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is raising money from the private sector …

Getting started with login verification  —  Every day, a growing number of people log in to Twitter.  Usually these login attempts come from the genuine account owners, but we occasionally hear from people whose accounts have been compromised by email phishing schemes or a breach of password data elsewhere on the web.

How to Save the GOP  —  What Republicans can learn from the Democrats' revival  —  The party is in desperate straits.  It has lost the popular vote in five of the past six presidential elections.  It consoles itself with a majority in Congress, but even there its ranks are dwindling.

Exclusive - Bill O'Reilly Extended Interview Pt. 1  —  In this exclusive, unedited interview, Bill O'Reilly explains his prolific book production, and admits to being too easy on President Obama.

Ecuador Pegasus satellite fears over space debris crash  —  The Ecuadorean space agency (EXA) is trying to pick up signals from its satellite after it was found to be on a collision course with space debris.  —  The nano-satellite, called Pegasus, was launched from the Jiuquan spaceport in China less than a month ago.

New gay-rights battleground: Virginia  —  Welcome to the gay rights battleground of Virginia.  —  Yes, you read that right.  In the 2013 off-year elections, a state that once leaned solidly to the center-right has become the newest focal point in the national debate over same-sex relationships.

Tom Tancredo to formally announce run for governor Thursday on conservative radio  —  Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, known for his strong stances on immigration, said late Wednesday night he plans to formally announce a run for governor on a conservative talk radio show Thursday.

Ted Cruz's Path From George W. Bush Adviser to Immigration Reform Opponent  —  Republican critics scoff at Cruz's opposition to a pathway to citizenship.  —  In 2000, Ted Cruz was known only as a Texas-raised, Harvard-trained domestic policy adviser to the George W. Bush campaign.

Appeals court limits labor board's lawlessness  —  Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge A. Raymond Randolphsaid: “Although the parties have not raised it, one issue needs to be resolved before we turn to the merits of the case.”

City prosecutor investigating McDonnell's disclosures  —  In a letter, Cuccinelli directed Richmond's Herring to conduct the investigation  —  Va. Governor Bob McDonnell and Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney Michael N. Herring.