Reid, McConnell bond over concern for injured Nationals player

Democratic and Republican Senate leaders talk baseball in opening floor remarks

• May 14, 2013

IRS chief: We should have done "better"

"Mistakes were made," says the acting commissioner of the embattled IRS, but not for political reasons

• May 14, 2013

Cheney: Obama administration "lied" about Benghazi

Former vice president accuses Obama administration of "cover-up" on response to Libyan attacks

• May 14, 2013

Minnesota set to legalize same-sex marriage

Becomes 12th state nationwide and third in last 10 days to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry

• May 14, 2013

Benghazi, IRS: Grandstanding, or has Congress found its legs?

Do oversight hearings offer Congress the chance to challenge its "do-nothing" reputation, or an excuse to distract from legislative failures?

• May 14, 2013

Vermont about to become 4th state with aid-in-dying law

Governor expected to sign just-passed bill letting doctors prescribe lethal doses of meds to terminally ill patients

• May 14, 2013

Obama: IRS targeting "outrageous" if true

The president vows to find out "exactly" what happened regarding IRS allegations, promises accountability

• May 13, 2013

At high-dollar fundraisers, Obama laments D.C. gridlock

President makes a pitch for donors like Justin Timberlake to support Democrats in the upcoming election cycles

• May 13, 2013

Delaware becomes 11th state to allow same-sex marriage

Divided state Senate approves measure; Democratic governor signs it into law later Tuesday

• May 13, 2013

Benghazi timeline: How the attack unfolded

CBS News-compiled account of deadly consulate assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012

• May 13, 2013

IRS hearing set for Friday

House Ways and Means Committee schedules hearing on alleged IRS targeting of conservative groups

• May 13, 2013

Gun control advocates will "settle" for certain restrictions, Reid says

Senate majority leader says those looking for stricter gun laws will accept limiting purchases among the mentally ill and criminals

• May 13, 2013

"There's no there, there" on Benghazi, Obama says

President calls controversy over talking points a politically-motivated "sideshow" that "defies logic"

• May 13, 2013

Democrat calls for public hearing for Benghazi report authors

Amid ongoing controversy over Libyan attacks, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., asks that authors of controversial report be allowed to testify publicly

• May 13, 2013

How Benghazi, IRS killed hope for bipartisanship

John Dickerson: Republicans will be hard-pressed to explain to constituents why they would want to work with this administration

• May 13, 2013

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