CBS Political Headlines

• For GOP, scandals could be an electoral plus - or minus
  A series of scandals in Washington could help Republicans make gains in 2014, GOP strategists say, but the challenge is to not overreach
  
  
• Obama to host concert honoring Carole King
  Singer-songwriter is the first woman to receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress
  
  
• FBI seeks anonymous source behind Menendez allegations
  Investigators are trying to determine who was behind the unsubstantiated accusation that Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., patronized prostitutes
  
  
• Video: IRS chief: Disclosure of targeting was intentional
  Acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller told Congress that senior IRS official Lois Lerner's disclosure last week that the agency had engaged in excessive targeting of conservative groups was the result of a "planned Q&A," and that he "talked about" the question with the questioner before the event began.
  
  
• Hagel: No "silver bullet" to reducing military sexual abuse
  Defense secretary says the problem is largely an "accountability" issue but must be tackled in several different ways
  
  
• Video: No "silver bullet" to stop military sexual assaults, says Hagel
  After a "very important, productive meeting" with President Obama and military leaders on the "huge problem" of sexual assault in the military, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that while there is no "silver bullet" to stop the problem, "We all have committed to turn this around, and we're going to fix the problem."
  
  
• Thomas Pickering, Benghazi probe co-chair, subpoenaed by House panel
  GOP move aims to force Thomas Pickering to testify in closed session about review board's findings on deadly attack in Libya
  
  
• Video: Obama on infrastructure: "We've got to up our game"
  Announcing a new proposal to expedite the timeline of big infrastructure projects, President Obama said, "I'm big on rebuilding our infrastructure - bridges, airports, ports," but warned that as the rest of the world continues building their own infrastructure, "We've got to up our game."