CBS Political Headlines

• Video: Pruitt: Justice Department's seizure of AP phone records "unconstitutional"
  Associated Press CEO Gary Pruitt called the Justice Department's seizure of some AP telephone records "unconstitutional," saying "I really don't know what their motive was, I know what the message they are sending was - if you talk to the press we are going to go after you."
  
  
• Video: White House not living up to promises of transparency, Chaffetz says
  "Look, this administration says they want to be open and transparent, but they haven't," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, criticizing the lack of accountability from the White House on recent controversies involving the IRS and Benghazi.
  
  
• Adviser on White House scandals: "Partisan fishing expeditions" won't distract Obama
  While admitting IRS scandal is "inexcusable," senior Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer defends administration's handling of three ongoing controversies to Bob Schieffer
  
  
• Video: Cornyn condemns "culture of cover-ups and intimidation" at WH
  Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, says recent controversies over the IRS, Benghazi, and the seizure of Associated Press phone records amount to a "trend line" pointing to a "culture of cover-ups and intimidation" at the White House.
  
  
• 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