CBS Political Headlines

• Video: Schieffer: "Welcome to dumb and dumber" in Washington
  On the news that the IRS targeted conservative groups for burdensome scrutiny during the 2012 election, Bob Schieffer says, "Surely no one could be dumb enough to think you could get away with that in an election year. But they were! So, welcome to dumb and dumber."
  
  
• Video: Pfeiffer: "Partisan fishing expeditions" won't "distract" White House
  White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer defends administration's handling of recent controversies, says "partisan fishing expeditions" won't distract the White House from pushing President Obama's policy agenda.
  
  
• Video: Open: This is Face the Nation, May 19
  The latest on the Benghazi, IRS and AP leak investigations with White House senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Associated Press President and CEO Gary Pruitt. Then a roundtable discussion on all of that and more with the New York Times' David Sanger, POLITICO's Lois Romano, The Washington Post's Dan Balz and CBS News Political Director John Dickerson.
  
  
• Evidence emerges that Obama administration official knew of IRS targeting during 2012 campaign
  Evidence emerges that inspector general informed Treasury deputy of probe during middle of 2012
  
  
• Video: Did the WH know about IRS targeting?
  New questions are being raised concerning if anyone in the White House was aware of IRS targeting of conservative groups. Margaret Brennan reports on the new evidence that's heating up the controversy.
  
  
• Mitt Romney condemns "breach of trust" in Washington as controversy reigns
  2012 Republican presidential nominee pans Obama administration's handling of IRS scandal, Benghazi attack
  
  
• 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."