National Politics

Inside the IRS office that targeted conservative groups
Employee who worked in IRS Cincinnati office for 24 years says she doesn't recall any discussion of politics
Video: McCain jokes to reporters: We'll "subpoena" you if you don't mute your phones
In a strange reference presumably to news that the Department of Justice secretly subpoenaed two months' worth of phone records from the Associated Press, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., joked with reporters that "we're going to subpoena all of you if you don't go to mute on your phones."
Video: Former employee of Cincinnati IRS office speaks out
Dean Reynolds speaks to Bonnie Esrig, a retired employee of the IRS office that's accused of political targeting. She says that in her 24 years in the office under two Democratic and two Republican presidents, she never heard anyone say, "The president wants this done."
Video: Carney: U.S. to refer "more frequently" to Burma as "Myanmar"
As a "diplomatic courtesy," the United States "has begun to allow limited use of the name Myanmar" to describe the former pariah state of Burma as it inches closer toward democracy, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Monday - but official U.S. policy, he added, "remains that Burma is the name of the country."
Video: Obama hosts Burmese president at the White House
In a photo op Monday afternoon with Burma's president, Thein Sein, President Obama repeatedly referred to the nation as Myanmar - new acknowledgement of a "diplomatic courtesy" allowing "limited use of the name" to describe the former pariah state, though official U.S. policy "remains that Burma is the name of the country."
Burma or Myanmar? WH grappling with name game
President says "Myanmar" in meeting with the former pariah state's president, but official policy remains "Burma"
Top Obama officials knew about IRS probe, says WH
Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and others learned of looming IRS report last month, but didn't tell the president
Video: Senior WH aides knew about IRS probe, Carney says
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Denis McDonough, President Obama's chief of staff, was among a handful of senior aides informed of the Treasury inspector general's findings that the IRS was targeting conservative groups for heightened scrutiny in their tax-exempt application process - but insisted he did not intervene in the "ongoing" investigation, or tell the president.
Immigration bill would require fingerprinting at 30 airports
Senators amend immigration bill with fingerprint requirement for foreigners leaving country through nation's 30 busiest airports
Kerry: Religious freedom is a "birthright"
Unveiling annual religious freedom report, Secretary of State John Kerry pledges ongoing action to safeguard "fundamental freedom" of religion