Speaking at a prominent historically black college, the president said African-Americans have "no time for excuses" if they want success.

Five separate House committees are investigating facets of the attack and its aftermath, and the five chairmen compared notes on Thursday at a meeting organized by House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

An outgoing IRS official said the agency made "foolish mistakes" but not out of political bias. CNN's Dana Bash reports.

The man who headed the Internal Revenue Service when it targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status offers his first public explanation of what happened Tuesday in an appearance before the Senate Finance Committee.

As the Senate Judiciary Committee neared completion of its consideration of comprehensive immigration reform legislation on Tuesday, a top Democrat refused to indicate whether he would move forward with a pair of controversial gay rights amendments vehemently opposed by congressional Republicans.

Voters in the nation's second-largest city will elect a new mayor Tuesday in a race that will make history and offer a possible indicator on public sentiment toward unions representing municipal employees during a budget crisis.

A former top Justice Department official in Arizona leaked an internal memo from a federal agent who had criticized the politically charged "Fast and Furious" gun trafficking operation, a government report found.

The man who headed the Internal Revenue Service when it targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status offers his first public explanation of what happened Tuesday in an appearance before the Senate Finance Committee.

Joseph Nye says history shows that external events can shape the plans of presidents in a final term, even when scandal intervenes