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IRS Commissioner Resigns Over Targeting Scandal

IRS Commissioner Resigns Over Targeting Scandal

  Stephen Miller, the acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, resigned on Wednesday after admitting to his knowledge of IRS employees targeting conservative groups in May. The IRS was…

FBI Starts Criminal Probe of IRS

FBI Starts Criminal Probe of IRS

In a possibly unprecedented move, on Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder ordered the FBI to launch a criminal investigation into the targeting of conservative political groups by IRS, which has…

Obama Condemns IRS Practice of Targeting Conservative Groups

Obama Condemns IRS Practice of Targeting Conservative Groups

  President Barack Obama discussed the current Internal Revenue Service targeting scandal, condemning the officials that singled out politically conservative groups prior to the 2012 elections. Reports released on Friday…

McCain Hesitant to Call for Impeachment of Obama

McCain Hesitant to Call for Impeachment of Obama

  As Republican lawmakers scurry to impeach President Barack Obama for his response to the Benghazi attacks, Senator John McCain called for caution in what he described as a “serious…

IRS Apologizes to Tea Party Groups

IRS Apologizes to Tea Party Groups

On Friday, the IRS apologized to Tea Party groups and other groups considered as conservative for singling them out for overzealous audits of their applications for tax-exemption. The director of…

NRA Criticizes Demonizing of Law Abiding Gun Owners

NRA Criticizes Demonizing of Law Abiding Gun Owners

On Friday, National Rifle Association leaders, speaking at the first NRA convention since the Newtown school massacre, heavily criticized the anti-gun lobby for misdirected hysterics. Chris Cox, the executive director…

Obama: Maybe I Should Pack Up and Go Home

Obama: Maybe I Should Pack Up and Go Home

  Having a job is not always fun, and having the job of leading the most powerful nation in the world likely has its bad days as well. What’s rare,…

Background Checks for Guns

Background Checks for Guns

  According to The Huffington Post, there are senators in several states who voted in early April 2013 to not increase background checks for gun purchasers despite the concerns over…

Obama, O’Brien Crack Wise at White House Correspondents Dinner

Obama, O’Brien Crack Wise at White House Correspondents Dinner

  After several serious weeks for the American public, President Barack Obama showed his lighter side this weekend at the annual White House Correspondent’s Association dinner. Obama was joined by…

North Korea Enters “State of War” with South Korea

North Korea Enters “State of War” with South Korea

On Saturday, North Korea stated that it was entering a “state of war” with South Korea, though South Korea maintains the two Koreas have been technically in a state of…

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