Bob Woodward criticizes IRS ‘fiction’  —  The Washington Post's Bob Woodward says the Obama administration has explaining to do on the IRS scandal and needs to answer questions about who knew what, when.  —  “This fiction that somehow [The IRS is] totally an independent agency is absurd,” …

Emails of top Obama appointees remain a mystery  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of President Barack Obama's political appointees, including the Cabinet secretary for the Health and Human Services Department, are using secret government email accounts they say are necessary to prevent their inboxes …

Erick Erickson Shows Everything That's Wrong With The GOP  —  Conservative pundit Erick Erickson doesn't like me.  This morning he wrote 900 words about why.  —  But the main thing his post reveals is what's wrong with Erickson - and with a Republican party that is built to appeal to people like Erickson.

The Latest Navy SEAL Book Could Impact the Military's Transgender Rules  —  In every Navy SEAL is a memoir, it seems lately.  Retired SEAL Kristin Beck's new memoir, published on Tuesday and titled Warrior Princess, is a bit different, though.  In it, Beck describes how …

How Christie Can Maximize the G.O.P.'s Chances in New Jersey  —  The death of Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, Democrat of New Jersey, creates a confusing electoral situation in the state.  There are conflicting interpretations of exactly what New Jersey's law requires — whether a special election …

Democrats' 2014 strategy: Own Obamacare  —  Scarred by years of Republican attacks over Obamacare, with more in store next year, Democrats have settled on an unlikely strategy for the 2014 midterms: Bring it on.  —  Party strategists believe that embracing the polarizing law …

Court's DNA Ruling Brings U.S. a Step Closer to ‘Gattaca’  —  The day that DNA cheek swabs officially became the new fingerprints deserves to be marked and remembered — and not just because of the inevitable march of technology.  —  No, the Supreme Court's 5-4 holding today in Maryland v. King …

Is Obama waging psychological warfare on Americans?  —  I believe that the Obama administration is conducting psychological warfare on conservative Americans.  Not only that but it is also waging this war on all Americans who previously viewed themselves, their country …

Citing Stand Your Ground, Jury Acquits Man Who Killed Wife's Lover  —  As trial approaches for the man who generated national controversy over Stand Your Ground laws when he shot dead 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on a Florida street, a jury has acquitted another man under Florida's controversial law …

Mississippi governor: Educational troubles began when ‘mom got in the workplace’  —  Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) said Tuesday that America's educational troubles began when women began working outside the home in large numbers.  —  Bryant was participating in a Washington Post Live event focused …

Obama to Name 3 to Top Appeals Court in Challenge to Republicans  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama set a confrontation with Senate Republicans in motion on Tuesday morning by naming a slate of judges to a top appeals court and daring his rivals to block their confirmations.

Treasury IG official compares IRS scandal to Nixon  —  The Treasury Inspector General who uncovered the improper targeting of Tea Party groups by the Internal Revenue Service said Monday he was stunned by what his investigation uncovered.  —  Russell George, the Treasury Inspector General …

House Republicans broken into fighting factions  —  On New Year's Day, in a cramped room in the Capitol basement, House Republican leaders faced an angry caucus.  Democrats had negotiated them into a corner — virtually every American would be hit with a massive tax increase unless …

Military brass oppose removing sexual assault cases from chain of command  —  Military leaders on Tuesday expressed unified opposition to stripping commanders of the power to decide where sexual assault cases are prosecuted.  —  In testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee …

U.S. publishes details of missile base Israel wanted kept secret  —  TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's military fumed Monday over the discovery that the U.S. government had revealed details of a top-secret Israeli military installation in published bid requests.  —  The Obama administration …

Behind the Rise in House Prices, Wall Street Buyers  —  The last time the housing market was this hot in Phoenix and Las Vegas, the buyers pushing up prices were mostly small time.  Nowadays, they are big time — Wall Street big.  —  Large investment firms have spent billions of dollars …

License to Scribe?  —  The New York Times broadens its opposition to the First Amendment rights of others.  —  “We are concerned that the process of news gathering is being criminalized,” Jill Abramson, executive editor of the New York Times, said yesterday on CBS's “Face the Nation.”