Lawmakers are ready to question the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service as Congress holds its first hearing on the tougher scrutiny the IRS gave tea party and other conservative groups that applied for...
Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said...
Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency's acting commissioner.
President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day another top official announced plans to leave the agency amid the...
MOSCOW - A U.S. diplomat disguised in a blond wig was caught trying to recruit a Russian counterintelligence officer in Moscow, Russia's security services announced Tuesday, claiming the American was a CIA officer.
MOSCOW - A U.S. diplomat was ordered Tuesday to leave the country after the Kremlin's security services said he tried to recruit a Russian agent.
Texas - Additional funding has been approved for several health services in Texas. Lawmakers are continuing to negotiate a two-year state budget but they've made some progress Monday night.
Texas - Additional funding has been approved for several health services in Texas. Lawmakers are continuing to negotiate a two-year state budget but they've made some progress Monday night.
A Republican senator says she's disappointed that President Barack Obama hasn't personally condemned the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election.
Republicans said Sunday that the Internal Revenue Service's heightened scrutiny of conservative political groups was "chilling" and further eroded public trust in government.
Paul Harpole has been re-elected for his second term as Mayor of Amarillo. In an interview, he told us he is looking forward for his next two years in office.
Paul Harpole has been re-elected for his second term as Mayor of Amarillo. In an interview, he told us he is looking forward for his next two years in office.
Amarillo, TX - Both sides of Congress are working to protect the helium supply left in the Texas panhandle. The shortage has been a problem for some time now but it continues to get worse.
Amarillo, TX - Both sides of Congress are working to protect the helium supply left in the Texas panhandle. The shortage has been a problem for some time now but it continues to get worse.
Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that quickly became...
Offering a more upbeat view of the economy, President Barack Obama resurrected his jobs proposals Thursday, advancing modest initiatives as he pushed for action on more ambitious efforts that face resistance from...
The Obama administration announced late Wednesday that it would appeal a federal judge's order to eliminate any age restrictions on who can buy morning-after birth control pills without a prescription.
The Obama administration announced late Wednesday that it would appeal a federal judge's order to eliminate any age restrictions on who can buy morning-after birth control pills without a prescription.
Amarillo, TX - A proposed amendment to the Texas Constitution would establish a funding mechanism for the maintenance of county roads used for oil and gas operations.
Amarillo, TX - A proposed amendment to the Texas Constitution would establish a funding mechanism for the maintenance of county roads used for oil and gas operations.
This week we examine ways in which inflation nibbles away at your retirement income, especially in light of the President's proposal for Chained CPI adjustments to Social Security.
This week we examine ways in which inflation nibbles away at your retirement income, especially in light of the President's proposal for Chained CPI adjustments to Social Security.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is nominating Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx, a rising star in Democratic politics, to run the Transportation Department, a White House official said.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is nominating Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx, a rising star in Democratic politics, to run the Transportation Department, a White House official said.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has ordered that the U.S. flag at federal buildings and military facilities in Texas be flown at half-staff Thursday in memory of the victims who died in the fertilizer plant explosion.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has ordered that the U.S. flag at federal buildings and military facilities in Texas be flown at half-staff Thursday in memory of the victims who died in the fertilizer plant explosion.
Commercial airline flights moved smoothly throughout most of the country on Sunday, the first day air traffic controllers were subject to furloughs resulting from government spending cuts.
Commercial airline flights moved smoothly throughout most of the country on Sunday, the first day air traffic controllers were subject to furloughs resulting from government spending cuts.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's budget plan would increase taxes by $1 trillion over the next decade, relying on many proposals that have been repeatedly rejected by Congress.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's budget plan would increase taxes by $1 trillion over the next decade, relying on many proposals that have been repeatedly rejected by Congress.
A Senate bill could require greatly expanded surveillance of the U.S. border with Mexico and greatly increased apprehensions of border crossers in high risk areas.
WASHINGTON - A person familiar with proposed bipartisan immigration legislation being written in the Senate says the bill would require greatly expanded surveillance of the U.S. border with Mexico and greatly increased apprehensions of border crossers in high risk areas.
Amarillo, Texas - The convenience of straight-ticket voting could one day no longer be an option in Texas. Three Texas politicians are seeking to end or limit straight-ticket voting.
Amarillo, Texas - The convenience of straight-ticket voting could one day no longer be an option in Texas. Three Texas politicians are seeking to end or limit straight-ticket voting.
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas' top Republicans guns, Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, have teamed up to oppose expanding Medicaid services in the state.
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas' top Republicans guns, Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, have teamed up to oppose expanding Medicaid services in the state.
Timely and adequate health care is needed to help U.S. military personnel and their families readjust to life after deployment, an Institute of Medicine report finds.
Timely and adequate health care is needed to help U.S. military personnel and their families readjust to life after deployment, an Institute of Medicine report finds.
Amarillo, TX - Our nation has become highly politicized in recent months, with gun control and the economy taking center stage in the American mindset.
Amarillo, TX - Our nation has become highly politicized in recent months, with gun control and the economy taking center stage in the American mindset.
Amarillo, TX - Thursday morning area congressman Mac Thornberry will be in Amarillo to address possible impacts the across-the-board cuts could have on our community.
Amarillo, TX - Thursday morning area congressman Mac Thornberry will be in Amarillo to address possible impacts the across-the-board cuts could have on our community.
Amarillo, TX - Water is taking a high priority in Austin, as our legislators work to hash out the final price tag for the Texas State Water Plan, and their decision will have a trickle-down effect in our area.
Amarillo, TX - Water is taking a high priority in Austin, as our legislators work to hash out the final price tag for the Texas State Water Plan, and their decision will have a trickle-down effect in our area.
AUSTIN, Texas - The Senate Education committee has referred to the full chamber a bill overhauling high school graduation requirements to better emphasize workforce development.
AUSTIN, Texas - The Senate Education committee has referred to the full chamber a bill overhauling high school graduation requirements to better emphasize workforce development.
With sequestration cuts set to take place , Congressman Mac Thornberry introduced a bill today to replace those arbitrary cuts for the rest of the fiscal year by delaying the full implementation of Obamacare until 2016.
With across-the-board sequestration cuts set to take place on March 1, Congressman Mac Thornberry introduced a bill today to replace those arbitrary cuts for the rest of the fiscal year by delaying the full implementation of Obamacare until 2016.
President Barack Obama is asking Congress for a short-term deficit reduction package of spending cuts and tax revenue that will delay the effective date of steeper automatic cuts now scheduled to kick in on March 1.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is asking Congress for a short-term deficit reduction package of spending cuts and tax revenue that will delay the effective date of steeper automatic cuts now scheduled to kick in on March 1.
Secretary of State Clinton, insisted on Wednesday that the department is moving swiftly and aggressively to strengthen security at U.S. missions worldwide after the deadly Sept. 11 raid on the consulate in Libya.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, at times emotional and fierce, insisted on Wednesday that the department is moving swiftly and aggressively to strengthen security at U.S. missions worldwide after the deadly Sept. 11 raid on the consulate in Libya.
WASHINGTON - Declaring "our journey is not complete," President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his second term before a crowd of hundreds of thousands.
WASHINGTON - Declaring "our journey is not complete," President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his second term before a crowd of hundreds of thousands.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is promising to uphold the Constitution in a public swearing in ceremony that signals the beginning of his second term in office.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is promising to uphold the Constitution in a public swearing in ceremony that signals the beginning of his second term in office.
A Texas House draft budget that would pull funding from statewide standardized tests likely won't be approved, but it's the first time in recent memory lawmakers have tried such a move.
AUSTIN, Texas - A Texas House draft budget that would pull funding from statewide standardized tests likely won't be approved, but it's the first time in recent memory lawmakers have tried such a move.
The White House has responded to a petition to allow Texas to secede by saying the Founding Fathers who created the Union "did not provide a right to walk away from it."
The White House has responded to a petition to allow Texas to secede by saying the Founding Fathers who created the Union "did not provide a right to walk away from it."
Amarillo, TX - In an era of shrinking budgets and tightening belts, the budget is on every state legislature's mind this time around - but Texas is looking a lot rosier than most.
Amarillo, TX - In an era of shrinking budgets and tightening belts, the budget is on every state legislature's mind this time around - but Texas is looking a lot rosier than most, according to State Comptroller Susan Combs' office.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, calling him "the leader our troops deserve."
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, calling him "the leader our troops deserve." He also said he had chosen White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency.
Amarillo, TX -- The congressional compromise that staved off the "fiscal cliff" for a while also made some major changes to the U.S. tax code.
Amarillo, TX - ATRA 2012 will bring about a host of changes to the U.S. tax code - what that means for most Americans is likely a slightly smaller paycheck in 2013.
AUSTIN, Texas - Tea party darling Ted Cruz has been sworn in as U.S. senator and says his first order of business will be introducing a bill he knows will never pass.
AUSTIN, Texas - Tea party darling Ted Cruz has been sworn in as U.S. senator and says his first order of business will be introducing a bill he knows will never pass.
WASHINGTON - Politically, the 213th Congress that was sworn in Thursday won't be much of a change from the less-than-stellar 212th Congress it replaces.
WASHINGTON - Politically, the 213th Congress that was sworn in Thursday won't be much of a change from the less-than-stellar 212th Congress it replaces.
WASHINGTON - The House and Senate ushered in a new Congress Thursday, re-electing embattled Republican John Boehner speaker and hailing one of its own senators who returned a year after being felled by a stroke.
WASHINGTON - The House and Senate ushered in a new Congress Thursday, re-electing embattled Republican John Boehner speaker and hailing one of its own senators who returned a year after being felled by a stroke.
Amarillo, TX - Both the nation and the state of Texas are up for some major changes in the near future as lawmakers get set to tackle some highly contested issues.
Amarillo, TX - The 83rd Texas Legislature will tackle some heavy issues, including voter ID, redistricting, and immigration enforcement.
WASHINGTON - House Republicans began deciding their next move Tuesday after the Senate overwhelmingly approved compromise legislation negating a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts.
WASHINGTON - Squarely in the spotlight, House Republicans began deciding their next move Tuesday after the Senate overwhelmingly approved compromise legislation negating a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts.
WASHINGTON - Racing the clock, the White House reached a New Year's Eve accord with Senate Republicans late Monday to neutralize across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts.
WASHINGTON - Racing the clock, the White House reached a New Year's Eve accord with Senate Republicans late Monday to neutralize across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts.
WASHINGTON - Agonizingly close to a New Year's Eve compromise, the White House and congressional Republicans agreed Monday to block across-the-board tax increases set for midnight.
WASHINGTON - Agonizingly close to a New Year's Eve compromise, the White House and congressional Republicans agreed Monday to block across-the-board tax increases set for midnight.
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WASHINGTON - With a Dec. 31 deadline for an agreement to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" rapidly approaching, leaders in each party demanded the other side take the initiative.
WASHINGTON - With a Dec. 31 deadline for an agreement to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" rapidly approaching, leaders in each party demanded the other side take the initiative.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Sen. John Kerry as his next secretary of state, elevating the longtime lawmaker and foreign policy expert to the top diplomatic job he had coveted.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Sen. John Kerry as his next secretary of state, elevating the longtime lawmaker and foreign policy expert to the top diplomatic job he had coveted.
WASHINGTON - Spurred by a horrific elementary school shooting, President Barack Obama tasked his administration Wednesday with creating concrete proposals to reduce gun violence that has plagued the country.
WASHINGTON - Spurred by a horrific elementary school shooting, President Barack Obama tasked his administration Wednesday with creating concrete proposals to reduce gun violence that has plagued the country.
HOUSTON - Gov. Rick Perry has thrown his support behind legislation that would ban abortion in Texas after 20 weeks, the point at which he said a fetus can feel pain.
HOUSTON - Gov. Rick Perry has thrown his support behind legislation that would ban abortion in Texas after 20 weeks, the point at which he said a fetus can feel pain.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met at the White House to discuss the "fiscal cliff."
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met at the White House to discuss the "fiscal cliff," while rank-and-file Republicans stepped forward with what they called pragmatic ideas to break the stalemate.
HOUSTON - Former President George H.W. Bush is undergoing more physical therapy as part of treatment for a painful cough that has forced him to stay in a Houston hospital for almost two weeks.
HOUSTON - Former President George H.W. Bush is undergoing more physical therapy as part of treatment for a painful cough that has forced him to stay in a Houston hospital for almost two weeks.
WASHINGTON - Seeking to jump-start stalled talks on avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff, House Republicans on Monday proposed a new 10-year, $2.2 trillion blueprint.
WASHINGTON - Seeking to jump-start stalled talks on avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff, House Republicans on Monday proposed a new 10-year, $2.2 trillion blueprint.
AUSTIN, Texas - Gov. Rick Perry has picked a former member of the Texas Public Safety Commission as secretary of state, the chief elections officer in Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas - Gov. Rick Perry has picked a former member of the Texas Public Safety Commission as secretary of state, the chief elections officer in Texas.
Texas - The resignation of Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade comes weeks after controversy over dead voters being purged from the state's database.
Texas - The resignation of Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade comes weeks after controversy over dead voters being purged from the state's database.
The State Fire Marshal's Office says a federal safety panel's investigators had access to the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 others.
David Murphy and Adrian Beltre both homered yesterday in the Texas Rangers' 3-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Ross Wolf picked up the win for the Rangers in his first major league start. Jarrod Parker took the loss...
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