Obama’s scandal-plagued second term: Our latest on Benghazi, the IRS tea party scandal, and the Justice Department’s probe of Associated Press phone records.
Why IRS investigation is already Obama’s Watergate - and Benghazi, too
Obama administration targets Fox News reporter in ‘chilling’ echo of AP probe
Might Obama fire Attorney General Eric Holder?
Photos: (Top) President Barack Obama speaks under an umbrella held by a Marine as a light rain falls during a news conference Thursday at the White House. Jacquelyn Martin/AP
Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Second-term curse? The burst of controversy out of the IRS and Justice Department, in addition to lingering GOP pressure over Benghazi, has sidelined attention to President Obama’s agenda.
Why Benghazi talking points make US government seem like Dunder Mifflin
White House reaction to IRS scandal: Too little, too late?
Obama’s ‘juice’ squeezed by scandals?
Cartoons: (top) Stuart Carlson (left) Gary Varvel
Photo: President Barack Obama walking from the Oval Office in Washington May 9. Carolyn Kaster/AP
IRS tea party scandal and political fallout: Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are vowing to hold people accountable and explore legislative changes to ensure the IRS mends its ways after singling out tea party and other conservative groups.
IRS tea party scandal is ‘un-American’ and a ‘travesty,’ lawmakers fume
IRS tea party scandal: How bad for Obama?
IRS tea party scandal unlikely to fade as Congress plans investigations
Photos: (left) The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. Susan Walsh/AP
President Obama gestures during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Monday, at the White House in Washington. J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Immigration reform: 3 reasons it’s got its best chance yet
Immigration reform: When is family reunification also ‘chain migration’?
Marco Rubio, immigration reform, and 2016: the big risk
Photos: (Top left) Demonstrators calling for immigration reform marched to the Minnesota State Capitol on May 1. Jim Mone/AP
(Top right) Sen. Marco Rubio (R) of Florida speaks on an immigration reform legislation April 18, on Capitol Hill in Washington. J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Immigration advocates gather outside the Senate Judiciary Committee room on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 22. J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Roe v. Wade: Six questions about the state of abortion rights today
Graphic by Rich Clabaugh/The Christian Science Monitor
Presidential Parenting: Three takes on President Obama’s strategy to prevent his daughters from getting tattoos.
There’s a loophole in Obama’s tattoo plan, says a newly tattooed mom
Obama daughters: Tattoos for Dad, too. Will that gambit work?
Obama’s tattoo plan for the girls: ‘Mommy and me will get the same exact tattoo’
It’s Tax Day! Do you know where your dollars go?
Are your taxes fair? Increasingly, Americans say no.
Obama’s tax rate is 18.4 percent. Is that too low for a millionaire?
Tax Day freebies: Curly fries, Cinnabon, and document shredding
Graphic by Rich Clabaugh
How the Deals Get Done in Congress: DC Decoder correspondents David Grant and Gail Russell Chaddock profiled two senators who are forces of change, as well as deals that shaped history.
Sen. Tom Coburn: How ‘Dr. No’ helps others say ‘yes’
Lindsey Graham: The senator who revels in the ‘ugly’ issues
Photos: (top) Sen. Tom Coburn, R-O.K., reads in his office March 21 in Washington, D.C. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
(left) Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. (r.), walks through the US Capitol with this aides. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
President Eisenhower (r.) receives ideas for a massive highway program in 1955. Byron Rollins/AP
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This week’s cover story examines the return of the culture wars and how Obama set a contraception trap for the right.
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