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Beyond Rosen and the AP: Who Else Has the DoJ Put Under Surveillance? Reuters

Beyond Rosen and the AP: Who Else Has the DoJ Put Under Surveillance?

The AP, Fox News, and WikiLeaks were not the only outlets to find their sources embroiled in leak investigations.

How the Obama Administration Talks to Black America Jason Reed/Reuters

How the Obama Administration Talks to Black America

"Convenient race-talk" from a president who ought to know better

3 Followups on 3 'Scandals' Reuters

3 Followups on 3 'Scandals'

Searching for leakers inside an organization is one thing; dragging in reporters -- or doctors, or clergy -- is another, and usually a mistake.

How Obama Has Contributed to His Own Aura of Scandal Joshua Roberts/Reuters

How Obama Has Contributed to His Own Aura of Scandal

In his handling of multiple national security-related uproars, the president's biggest sin is being aloof and disengaged.

There Was No Surge in IRS Tax-Exempt Applications in 2010 Reuters

There Was No Surge in IRS Tax-Exempt Applications in 2010

Fewer groups sought recognition as 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations that year than in 2009, according to the Treasury Department.

Obama Goes on the Offensive, Hold the Charm AP

Obama Goes on the Offensive, Hold the Charm

The president's flurry of activity includes a challenge to the GOP on embassy security.

The Biggest Obama Scandals Are Proven and Ignored Reuters

The Biggest Obama Scandals Are Proven and Ignored

There is clear evidence that he has broken the law on multiple occasions. And not even Republicans seem to care.

How to Prevent the IRS From Abusing Its Power Again Reuters

How to Prevent the IRS From Abusing Its Power Again

Evaluate tax-exempt groups based on behavior rather than speculation, and compensate them for compliance costs.

A Newcomer's Guide to the 3 Obama Scandals Reuters

A Newcomer's Guide to the 3 Obama Scandals

Three dissimilar episodes, one of which is very bad.

The Real Benghazi Scandal Reuters

The Real Benghazi Scandal

Congressional investigators are pointing fingers in the wrong direction if they want to save more U.S. lives.

Sympathy for a Thwarted Eric Cantor Reuters

Sympathy for a Thwarted Eric Cantor

The tea-party movement he helped foster won't fall in line behind his efforts to push an alternative conservative agenda.

Why It Should Be Harder to Impeach a President Reuters

Why It Should Be Harder to Impeach a President

The majority of Republicans wanted to impeach Obama before the latest scandals. High partisanship and a low legal threshold are a recipe for self-destruction.

This Is Congress's Chance to Rein In the War on Terror Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

This Is Congress's Chance to Rein In the War on Terror

Today, the Armed Services Committee will hear more about proposed changes to the key law authorizing the never-ending conflict.

Chris Christie Is the Only Potential Presidential Contender with Crossover Appeal Reuters

Chris Christie Is the Only Potential Presidential Contender with Crossover Appeal

The numbers suggest that Christie could be the GOP's best candidate in a general election.

How Obama Could Start Fixing the IRS AP

How Obama Could Start Fixing the IRS

Step one, name a Republican--preferably a prominent one--to head the agency.

Government Should Run Like a Business—but Not in the Way You Think Reuters

Government Should Run Like a Business—but Not in the Way You Think

Regimes around the world are under pressure to deliver more and cost less. Here's a plan for how to actually make that work.

If the Plan to Beat Hillary Is 'Benghazi,' the GOP Is in Trouble

If the Plan to Beat Hillary Is 'Benghazi,' the GOP Is in Trouble

The alleged scandal didn't matter in Election 2012, and it is very unlikely to matter in Election 2016 either.

Remember When Andrew Joseph Stack Flew a Plane Into a Texas IRS Building? Reuters

Remember When Andrew Joseph Stack Flew a Plane Into a Texas IRS Building?

That was February 18, 2010. A week later, the agency's scrutiny of the Tea Party began. Here's what happened leading up to the two events.

Harold Koh's Latest Plan for Closing Gitmo Reuters

Harold Koh's Latest Plan for Closing Gitmo

The former Obama Administration official lays it out in four parts, but is perhaps too deferential to have any impact.

How the 'Cult of Smartness' Distorts the Immigration Debate Flickr/Liz Henry

How the 'Cult of Smartness' Distorts the Immigration Debate

Even if it were possible to select newcomers by intelligence it wouldn't be wise or just.

Hillary Clinton Has The Most To Lose From Obama's Scandals Bethany Egan/Flickr

Hillary Clinton Has The Most To Lose From Obama's Scandals

It's not just Benghazi. By tying herself closely to Obama, she'll have trouble distancing herself if his political standing worsens.

This Is Why People Hate the Government Paul Keleher/Flickr

This Is Why People Hate the Government

One guy in an office sat on Tea Party tax-exempt applications for 13 months after they were improperly selected for review.

Why Eric Holder's Excuse for Spying on Reporters Isn't Enough Reuters

Why Eric Holder's Excuse for Spying on Reporters Isn't Enough

If the enemy already benefited from a serious leak, why can't he tell us the details that they already know?

Support for Same-Sex Marriage Has Doubled Since 1996 flickr

Support for Same-Sex Marriage Has Doubled Since 1996

53 percent of U.S. adults now favor marriage equality.

Democrats in Triage Mode on White House Scandals Reuters

Democrats in Triage Mode on White House Scandals

Republicans are hoping to fold the three scandals into a single narrative of an unaccountable and overreaching White House that cannot be trusted.

Calm Down, People: Obama's Second Term Was Already in Tatters Reuters

Calm Down, People: Obama's Second Term Was Already in Tatters

From appointments to gun control to the budget and taxes, Washington had reverted to its gridlocked self well before the latest scandals broke.

Is This the End of Eric Holder's Tenure at the Justice Department? Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Is This the End of Eric Holder's Tenure at the Justice Department?

Benghazi, the IRS, and now the AP phone-records bombshell: If Obama wants a symbol of accountability in a time of scandal, the attorney general is the only one left to fire.

No, President Obama Isn't Trying to 'Wish Away' Islamist Terrorism Reuters

No, President Obama Isn't Trying to 'Wish Away' Islamist Terrorism

Some conservatives are still clinging to the idea, but it's a foreign-policy critique that can't succeed.

False Equivalence: We Have a New Champ

Senators bravely overcome a filibuster -- so that they can filibuster a bill.

Why Is It So Hard to Keep the IRS Out of Politics? Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Why Is It So Hard to Keep the IRS Out of Politics?

Government officials need a refresher course in the First Amendment "anti-retaliation" principle.

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