Obama Optimistic Despite 'Shortage of Common Sense' in DC

ATLANTA — President Obama said today he remains optimistic about the prospects for his second term agenda despite what he called a “shortage of common sense” in the nation’s capital. “We’ve got good, common-sense solutions that we can implement right now. The bad news is,...

'Nation' Editor on Potential Anthony Weiner NYC Mayoral Bid: He 'Needs a Few More Years in the Wilderness'

During an exclusive to web interview with “This Week,” Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of “The Nation,” addressed the possibility of a New York City mayoral bid by Anthony Weiner, saying the former New York congressman, who resigned in 2011, needed a “few more...

Obama Tells Grads 'I Might Have Been in Prison'

ATLANTA — President Obama said today that he is motivated by the knowledge that “but for the grace of God … I might have been in prison,” in a commencement address at historically black Morehouse College, where he spoke frankly about race and young men’s...

George Will: Impeachment Talk Is 'Silly'

Below you can find some of the notable comments made Sunday on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” Appearing on today’s show was Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. Plus, our...

'This Week' Transcript: White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer

Dan Pfeiffer is interviewed on 'This Week'

Pfeiffer: IRS Behavior 'Inexcusable' Whether or Not Illegal

This morning on “This Week,” White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” that the legality surrounding the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue service is “irrelevant,” but called the behavior “inexcusable.” “I can’t speak to the law...

Republicans Informed of IRS Investigation Last Year

Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year’s the Presidential election. Republicans who requested the investigation were also told about it...

Michelle Obama Makes Light of President's Failures

Delivering her only speech at a high school graduation this year, first lady Michelle Obama joked about the failures her husband, President Obama, has encountered in life as she told a graduating class of high school seniors in Nashville, Tenn. today that in order to...

Obama Goes Golfing After Week of Political Scandals

WASHINGTON — President Obama — despite dealing with a trio of political scandals that flared up this week — squeezed in some time on the golf course today, and included a woman in his foursome for the first time this year. The president played golf...

Obama Pivots to Jobs Tour

After a week filled with political scandals, President Obama turned to promoting his jobs tour in his weekly address Saturday. “That’s why I like getting out of the Washington echo chamber whenever I can – because too often, our politics aren’t focused on the same...

Watch: Michele Bachmann: The IRS Targeting of Tea Party Groups Tied to Obama's Political Agenda

Chair of the Tea Party Caucus discusses IRS scandal, health care, and possible presidential aspirations.

General Sorry for 'Hook-up' Comments

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh apologized Friday for comments he made last week that a “hook-up mentality” among America’s youth might be responsible for some sexual assaults in the military. The comments were criticized by members of Congress and victims’ advocacy groups....

IRS Planted Question About Tax Exempt Groups

The Internal Revenue Service planted a question at an American Bar Association conference in order to reveal that it had inappropriately targeted conservative groups prior to the 2012 elections. But members of Congress are questioning why they weren’t told earlier. The question that prompted Lois...

Treasury Secy Told of IRS Probe in March

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was first informed in March that there was an investigation into the IRS’ screening of nonprofit groups, but did not learn the details of that probe until last week, he said today. “In mid March, I had had a conversation, just...

Watch: Miller: 'I Did Not Mislead Congress'

IRS commissioner testifies on Capitol Hill following alleged targeting of conservative political groups.

Watch: Michelle Obama Inspires Bowie State Students at Commencement

First lady of the United States receives a rousing ovation from graduates at Bowie State University.

President Obama Talks Jobs, Not 'Distracted by Chasing Every Fleeting Issue'

Trying to change the subject after a week of political scandals, President Obama today said the nation’s “focus cannot drift” from rebuilding the economy and that lawmakers should focus their attention on putting Americans back to work. “I know it can seem frustrating sometimes when...

Congress Grills IRS Commish

Irate lawmakers today accused the acting IRS commissioner of misleading them about the agency's selective scrutiny of tea party-affiliated groups, demanding to know who was responsible and why no one told Congress about it.

IRS Defends Agency 'Obamacare' Official

Despite her congressional testimony, the Internal Revenue Service today denied that the former commissioner of tax exempt and government entities – now running the agency’s health care office – was in charge of the unit’s day-to-day operations after Dec. 2010. Sarah Hall Ingram retained the title of...

Coming Up on 'This Week': White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer

As second-term scandals engulf the White House, Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer goes one-on-one with George Stephanopoulos, Sunday on “This Week.” Controversy consumed Washington this week, with bipartisan outrage over the revelation of the IRS’ scrutiny of conservative groups and the Justice Department obtaining AP...

Immigration Reform: Where we Stand

Immigration reform is quietly moving ahead in Congress.

Watch: White House Has a Plan to Tackle 3 Separate Scandals

The Obama administration has a plan to contain damage from three recent scandals.

Grilling Season Starts on Capitol Hill

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES THE PLOT THICKENS (AGAIN): The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted Tea Party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation, ABC’s JOHN PARKINSON and...

Watergate Hearings Televised 40 Years Ago

Richard Milhous Nixon was “not a crook,” or so the 37th U.S. president would have us believe. But such denials at a Nov. 17, 1973, news conference meant little or nothing by then, six months to the day after North Carolina Sen. Sam Ervin opened...

Obama Names New Acting IRS Commish

President Obama today appointed Office of Management and Budget official Danny Werfel to serve as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.

Ft. Campbell Assault Boss Arrested

An Army lieutenant colonel in charge of the sexual-assault prevention office at Fort Campbell, Ky., has been removed from his job after his arrest for allegations that he violated a protection order filed by his former wife. It is the third high-profile incident in 10...

George Stephanopoulos Hosts Facebook Q&A

George Stephanopoulos, anchor of ABC’s “Good Morning America” and “This Week,” hosted his first Facebook Q&A today, answering questions from fans on a plethora of topics. You can read a selection of his responses below or you can read the entire conversation here. Favorite Movie? Greg Waite:...

Watch: Leader of Targeted Tea Party Group 'Pissed Off' By IRS Questioning

Susan McLaughlin reveals absurd questions from federal tax authority

House Has Tentative Immigration Deal

After three days of immigration bill markups, the Senate Judiciary Committee appears to be steadily plowing ahead, while the House group finally makes headway on its own bipartisan proposal. The House bipartisan group that seemed to have stalled earlier today announced it is finally moving...

House Tries 37th Time to Turn Back 'Obamacare'

It’s déjà vu on Capitol Hill. The House voted yet again today, 229-195, to repeal the nation’s health care law. It marked the 37th time lawmakers have tried to overturn the entire landmark act or a piece of it. “Some critics have suggested it’s a waste...