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IRS official grilled on Mr. Spock video, plastic squirting fish

| Alex Pappas
Video image from an IRS Star Trek parody. IRS/AP.

Lawmakers grilled an ashamed IRS official Thursday about why he allowed taxpayer money to be spent on a Star Trek parody, plastic squirting fish during a 2010 conference

Graham chides Issa for calling Carney 'a paid liar,' but called Reid a liar last fall

| Jeff Poor

South Carolina Republican senator says House Oversight Committee chairman’s remarks about the White House press secretary ‘inappropriate’

Carney paints Issa's IRS investigation as illegitimate

| Neil Munro
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‘We believe that congressional oversight is important, when it is legitimate’

Darrell Issa rips Jay Carney on IRS abuses: A 'paid liar' [VIDEO]

| Jeff Poor

Oversight committee chairman dismisses White House claim that IRS scandal was just ‘a rogue in Cincinnati’

Issa: State Department 'withholding information' on Benghazi

| Alexis Levinson
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House Oversight honcho demands Kerry turn over more documents about talking points

Washington launches four different investigations into IRS scandal

| Patrick Howley
IRS Political Groups Rallies

Your guide to the front-runners, the backsliders and the middling muddlers

Fight over special prosecutor splits GOP

| Patrick Howley
Lindsey Graham

Graham wants executive branch investigation of IRS audit scandal, Issa disagrees

The House GOP leadership is botching the Benghazi investigation

| Fred J. Eckert

They oppose the creation of a select committee to investigate the attack, despite the overwhelming support for such a committee among GOPers.

Issa considering recalling Lerner to testify

| Alexis Levinson
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House Oversight chairman says embattled IRS official waived Fifth Amendment right by making statement

Despite momentum, GOP leadership still against special Benghazi committee

| Alex Pappas
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‘The Speaker has faith in the ability of the chairmen and members of the House Committees’

Issa hasn't recalled Lerner to testify, lawyer says

| Alexis Levinson
IRS Political Groups

Amid reports Oversight chair will recall IRS tea party persecutor to testify, lawyer says, ‘Shedidnt andhehasnt’ [sic]

Issa reviewing whether Lerner waived Fifth Amendment rights by giving opening statement

| Alexis Levinson
IRS Political Groups

Gowdy: ‘You don’t get to tell your side of the story and not be subjected to cross examination’

Lois Lerner's blink-and-you'll-miss-it testimony at IRS hearing

| Grae Stafford

Embattled head of tax-exempt office took the Fifth and bolted for the door

Issa goes after IRS inspector general for not informing Congress sooner

| Alexis Levinson

‘You have a responsibility to keep us continuously and, according to statute, equally informed’

Lerner must attend hearing, even if she does not testify

| Alexis Levinson
Lois Lerner

‘Ms. Lerner remains under subpoena to appear at tomorrow’s hearing’

Issa: IRS 'mea culpa' on tea party 'not an honest one'

| Jeff Poor

House Oversight chairman says last week’s revelations was an effort by the agency ‘to spin the output’

After Benghazi hearings, lawmakers want more 'whistle-blowers' to step forward

| Alex Pappas
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‘Tell us your story, and we’ll make sure it gets told’

Benghazi survivor recalls learning of Ambassador Stevens murder during hearing

| Alex Pappas
Witness Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya, is sworn in. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Images.

On learning of ambassador’s death: ‘I think it’s the saddest phone call I’ve ever had in my life’

Issa reveals testimony contradicting White House on Benghazi [VIDEO]

| Jeff Poor

‘Clearly there was a political decision to say something different than what was reasonable to say’

Congress ignores Obama, pushes ahead on Benghazi

| Alexis Levinson
Obama gestures in defense. AP Images.

Republicans ignore Obama, promise to ‘expose new facts and details’ about deadly attack