Sean Sullivan

Foreign policy spat? Check. Budget fight? Done.

Sean Sullivan

The Comedy Central host takes stock of President Obama's Thursday address:

Juliet Eilperin

A proposal to force President Obama's hand on the Keystone XL pipeline this week got 20 fewer votes than it did a year ago.

Nine-year-old Lucas Patteson’s best friend died at Plaza Towers. He and his family survived, but their house was destroyed. Now they are trying to return to normal life following one of the worst tornadoes in American history.

Chris Cillizza and Sean Sullivan

Washington simply can't walk and chew gum.

Josh Hicks and Scott Clement

Polling data shows that 56 percent of Americans disapprove of the government-wide spending cuts.

Glenn Kessler

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) claims the IRS will have control of a vast database with the most intimate health-care secrets of Americans. Not so.

Paul Schwartzman and Errin Whack

E.W. Jackson has long used his booming voice to advance in politics and endear himself to conservatives.

Joe Davidson

Ed Pratt, 80, has been with the Bureau of Labor Statistics for six decades and still loves his work.

Josh Hicks

The White House announced the president’s choice to head OPM on Thursday.

Scott Wilson

ANALYSIS | The commander in chief expresses an unusual ambivalence over the morality of his administration’s counterterrorism policies.

Lisa Rein

Mass furlough of 115,000 employees at the three major federal agencies is the result of sequestration.

Al Kamen

Commerce nominee Penny Pritzker inspires a wave of politeness at Capitol Hill hearing.

Josh Hicks

An internal communication shows that the agency replaced Lois Lerner with Ken Corbin.

Sean Sullivan

Negativity toward the agency has been on the rise since 2009. Still, a majority of Americans say the IRS is either doing an excellent, good, or fair job.

Juliet Eilperin

After the 97-0 vote, Sri Srinivasan, principal deputy solicitor general, joins the D.C. Circuit appeals court.

Melinda Henneberger

Aaron Blake

“You can close Guantanamo today!” Medea Benjamin of Code Pink shouts during address on national security.

Ed O’Keefe and Juliet Eilperin

Move comes as lawmakers mull recalling her before House committee to testify.

Michelle Boorstein

Organization ended its ban on openly gay youths but maintained a prohibition on gay adult leaders.

President Obama’s speech on counterterrorism Thursday touched on drones, renewed efforts to close Guantanamo Bay, and was interrupted by a loud heckler.

Nick Anderson

The plan would allow interest rates on federal student loans to fluctuate with the government’s cost of borrowing.

While speaking about the closing of Guantanamo Bay at National Defense University, a heckler interrupted President Obama’s speech and he addressed her directly.

Sean Sullivan

An interactive look at a question that has split the public right down the middle.

At the National Defense University, President Obama reiterated that it would be unconstitutional for the U.S. government to use drones to target and kill any American citizen without due process, or to use drones on U.S. soil.

Speaking at National Defense University, President Obama said the civilian deaths that have resulted from drone strikes haunt him, but “the unspeakable loss” is better than not acting at all.

Rachel Weiner

There's some of good news for Democrats in today's Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Emily Heil

President Obama’s pick to lead Commerce gets a surprisingly nice welcome from the Senate GOP.

Al Kamen

For $5,000 a person you can spend a weekend hunting alligators with the Louisiana senator.

Rachel Weiner

One thing Republicans and Democrats probably agree on: Lois Lerner should lose her job.