CBS Political Headlines

• Video: Obama on the economy: "Things are looking up"
  President Obama channeled optimism on America's economic future in his weekly address on Saturday, noting positive news on deficit reduction, the housing market, the auto industry, and the energy sector to make his case that "in a lot of sectors, things are looking up."
  
  
• Video: GOP links Obamacare with IRS targeting scandal
  The IRS is charged with overseeing part of the implementation of the president's healthcare reform law, and that's a problem, according to Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., who warned in the weekly GOP address today that the recent targeting scandal at the tax agency proves "that the IRS needs less power, not more."
  
  
• Video: Shane Todd: Suicide or cyber-espionage?
  Was death of an American computer engineer in Singapore a suicide -- or, as his parents contend, murder? The mystery has possible links to the dark world of cyber-espionage. Seth Doane reports from Beijing.
  
  
• Video: IRS scandal: What is the political fallout?
  CBS' Political Director John Dickerson joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" from Washington to talk about the controversy with the IRS and if Republicans are being fair in their critism.
  
  
• Republicans use IRS scandal to tar Obamacare
  GOP congressman warns troubled tax agency has too much control over health care law as Obama pushes D.C. to focus on jobs in weekly addresses
  
  
• IRS targeting overlooked biggest players in outside political spending
  Tax agency unduly scrutinized smaller conservative groups but ignored larger groups on left and right that spent the most money on the 2012 election
  
  
• 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