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What A Week: White House Rattled By Controversy
Sat, May 18, 2013 12:00pm
NPR's Ari Shapiro joins host Scott Simon to talk about the Obama administration's week. The president was buffeted by revelations that the IRS had targeted Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status and that the Justice Department had subpoenaed reporter phone records. On top of that, Republicans continue to allege that the White House engaged in a cover-up of talking points about the attack in Benghazi, Libya.Read More
Highly Charged IRS Case Pulls In Political Agendas
Sat, May 18, 2013 11:23am
NPR's Peter Overby reports on the Congressional testimony of IRS officials in response to the scandal over special scrutiny of tea party groups. Underneath all the politics, there's a policy question that hasn't been addressed.Read More
Immigration Bill Chugs Along, But Some See Deal-Breakers
Sat, May 18, 2013 9:13am
The bipartisan immigration overhaul proposed by the Senate's Gang of Eight has been the target of scores of amendments. So far, the bill has largely held its own, but its prospects for getting through Congress are uncertain.Read More
Why The IRS Scandal Is Built To Last
Fri, May 17, 2013 11:31pm
Of all the current Washington scandals, the one involving the IRS appears to have the most staying power. It rolls into one package an agency many love to hate, partisan suspicions and the American appetite for conspiracies.Read More
A Field Guide To Democratic Responses To Scandals
Fri, May 17, 2013 7:36pm
A long week of scandal has been tough on more than just the White House. President Obama's allies are struggling with how to respond to their first taste of really bad news within the administration.Read More
Obama U: What Graduation Speeches Say About The President
Fri, May 17, 2013 8:56pm
President Obama's commencement speeches often seem more about the big-picture state of the union than do his State of the Union addresses, which read like to-do lists. And his assessment of where the country stands and where it's going has changed over the past four years.Read More
After Deadly Chemical Plant Disasters, There's Little Action
Fri, May 17, 2013 7:10pm
Proposals for chemical plants to use "inherently safer" design practices have been blocked by industry executives and their allies in Congress, despite deadly accidents and the risk of a potential terrorist attack that could harm an entire community or city.Read More
Outgoing Acting IRS Director Grilled By House Lawmakers
Fri, May 17, 2013 7:00pm
The House Ways and Means Committee became the first oversight panel in Congress to weigh in on the IRS tax-exempt group controversy on Friday morning.Read More
Conservative Advice To GOP: Don't Legislate, Focus On Scandals
Fri, May 17, 2013 6:58pm
The political arm of the conservative Heritage Foundation wants GOP leaders to set aside legislation like the farm bill that might turn attention away from questions about the IRS and Benghazi.Read More
Nearly Half The Country Doesn't Know Health Law Exists
Fri, May 17, 2013 4:00pm
A new poll finds 42 percent of Americans aren't sure that the Affordable Care Act is actually a law. Guest Host Celeste Headlee discusses this and other health care-related issues with Mary Agnes Carey, senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News, and NPR's Senior Washington Editor, Ron Elving.Read More
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