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Lawmakers urge caution on US intervention in Syria
Published June 17, 2013
Sending Syria arms and aid and possibly more is a commitment that could haunt the U.S. for years to come, according to some Washington lawmakers. They are cautioning the Obama administration to carefully consider history, a still-fragile U.S. economy and the need to develop a clear end-strategy before agreeing to help fight and fund a civil war 6,000 miles away.
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Collision of national, NYC immigration bills could add thousands to voter rolls
Published May 31, 2013
Thousands of immigrants could be added to the U.S. voter rolls in the coming years, if two otherwise unrelated immigration overhauls -- one in Washington, the other in New York -- are approved.
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Tea Party, Democrats team up to block lawmakers looking for gun perks
Published May 29, 2013
It’s not a political alliance people are used to seeing. But in states like Texas and North Carolina, Tea Party supporters have been teaming up with Democrats to defeat measures that would expand gun rights for lawmakers but not the general public.
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Top IRS official to invoke Fifth Amendment, decline to testify at House hearing
Published May 22, 2013
Lois Lerner, the director of the IRS division that singled out conservative groups, is expected to invoke the Fifth Amendment Wednesday when she appears before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Fox News has learned.
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California Tea Party group files lawsuit against the IRS
Published May 21, 2013
True the Vote, a Texas-based Tea Party-related group, claims it was unfairly targeted by the Internal Revenue Service and wants the government to admit its mistake and pay for damages totaling more than $85,000, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.
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'We could lose everything': Tea Party groups prepare to sue IRS
Published May 18, 2013
Jay Devereaux hadn’t paid much attention to the daily drumbeat of partisan politics in D.C. He wasn’t a Washington nerd, didn’t know who said what during congressional hearings nor did he care. But when news broke that the government was using taxpayer money to bail out big Wall Street banks, he started paying attention and didn’t like what he was hearing.
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New IRS scandal revives past allegations against agency
Published May 14, 2013
The IRS’s admission it targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny has drawn political condemnation but it isn’t the first, second or third time the agency has been accused of playing fast and loose with the law.
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Security concerns after 500 pounds of still-missing explosives stolen from federal bunker
Published May 10, 2013
Around the same time the nation was transfixed on the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers last month, thieves on the other side of the country pulled off a little-noticed heist -- swiping 559 pounds of explosives from a federal storage facility in Montana.
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Texas appealing to other states for radioactive trash, looks to expand program
Published May 07, 2013
A measure that would allow three-dozen states to dump even hotter radioactive waste at a West Texas nuclear facility is picking up steam as it makes its way through the state legislature -- despite growing opposition from environmental groups who argue the economic incentives shouldn’t trump public safety concerns.
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Boston probe sheds light on 'astonishing' problems in student visa system
Published May 07, 2013
Confirmation that the students from Kazakhstan linked to the Boston bombers and arrested last week are living in the U.S. on expired or invalid student visas has exposed an immigration problem that's festered for years.
