President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S.

The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups has told Congress she did nothing wrong and

The former head of the Internal Revenue Service said he first learned in the spring of 2012 — in the heat of the presidential campaign — that agents had

The former head of the IRS goes in front of Congress to answer questions about what happened at the IRS.

President Barack Obama is trying to turn the tables on Republicans who have criticized his administration's response to last year's deadly attack in Benghazi,

The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency's tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups

Emotions ran high when Attorney General Eric Holder testified on Capitol Hill on issues ranging from the IRS, the Boston Marathon bombing and secret AP phone

The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone

It's been a heated week on Capitol Hill as hearings continue on the 2012 Benghazi attack investigation. Here's a look at a few notable moments.

A University of Texas law student has made history and headlines recently by successfully firing the world’s first 3-D printed gun, but some lawmakers are

Gen Y has been called lazy, haplessly doomed and politically apathetic. Why do they feel this way? Short answer: They just don't trust their leaders in

The days may be numbered for tax discounts for your online purchases. There is a new push in Congress to get you to pay a little more.

Congress easily approved legislation Friday ending furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily, infuriating travelers and

The FAA has no choice but to cut $637 million as its share of $85 billion in automatic, government-wide spending cuts that must be achieved by the end of the

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is not satisfied with her level of knowledge about what the federal government knew about suspected marathon bomber Tamerlan