CBS Political Headlines

• Both parties vow to "get to the bottom" of IRS scandal
  Lois Lerner, the IRS official whose apology turned the scandal into top news, will testify as Congress continues its investigations
  
  
• Benghazi-disciplined diplomat a prolific poet
  Raymond Maxwell, former deputy assistant secretary for the Maghreb region, has been venting in verse since being put on leave
  
  
• Video: Obama raps "shortage of common sense" in Washington
  During remarks at a Democratic fundraiser, President Obama avoiding mentioning recent controversies but criticized the "tendency in Washington to put politics ahead of policy, to put the next election ahead of the next generation," saying, "that mindset is what we need to change" if we hope to move America forward.
  
  
• Obama mourns "shortage of common sense in Washington"
  During speech at fundraiser, the president avoided mentioning recent controversies but knocked Washington's tendency "to put politics ahead of policy"
  
  
• Republicans continue beating Benghazi drum
  As Democrats try to put the controversy over Benghazi attack to rest, GOP continues roasting the administration over talking points, inadequate security, and more
  
  
• Video: Obama: Racism is no excuse for not excelling
  As a young man, "Sometimes I wrote off my own failings as just another example of the world trying to keep a black man down," said President Obama during a commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta, "but one of the things you've learned over the last four years is that there's no longer any room for excuses."
  
  
• AP president blasts "unconstitutional" phone records probe
  Gary Pruitt says there's already been a chilling effect on AP sources after secret Justice Dept. probe was revealed
  
  
• Obama tells Morehouse graduates: "No time for excuses"
  At historically black college, President Obama says racism and discrimination still exist, but they're no excuse to shirk responsibility or "write off" failure