CBS News chief Washington correspondent and host of "Face the Nation" Bob Schieffer discusses President Obama's response to the media in the wake the Associated Press scandal, as well as the the president's recent counter-terrorism speech.
Lois Lerner, the head of the tax-exempt organizations division is placed on leave after scandal. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, says she was asked to resign, but refused. Ken Corbin has been named to take over her department.
Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, President Barack Obama on Thursday revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes.
Sen Al Franken (D-MN) and Chuck Schumer run away from TRN's Jason Mattera's tough questions about their involvement in the IRS scandal.
Islamist militants staged twin suicide car bombings on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, killing at least 20 people.
The murder of a British soldier on the streets of London appears to be the work of Islamic radicals. Police arrest two more suspects. British Prime Minister says the attack will "bring us together."
The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders, a move that LGBT activists are calling the "first step" to full inclusion of gays in scouting.
President Barack Obama announced a renewed push to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, including lifting a moratorium on prisoner transfers to Yemen.
In a wide-ranging national security speech, the president will address controversial drone strikes and transparency around their use.
British Prime Minister Speaks out against gruesome murder of soldier.
Protesters vented their anger at the IRS in Cincinnati on Tuesday. The IRS is under investigation, amid revelations that a Cincinnati-base IRS division singled out conservative groups for additional scrutiny.
Law enforcement sources say police have evidence of a criminal connection between Ibragim Todashev and Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's involvement in an unsolved grisly triple murder in Waltham, Mass.
The star witness at a hearing investigating the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups invoked her constitutional right to not answer questions.
Law enforcement officials say a man was fatally shot while he was being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife.
State Department Deputy Spokesman Patrick Ventrell announced on Monday that employees identified by the Accountability Review Board as responsible for the security failures that lead to the Benghazi attacks are receiving pay five months after being put on administrative leave.
White House Spokesman Jay Carney became a little defensive when he was asked by CBS' Major Garrett if the recent scandals were "partisan fishing expeditions" on Tuesday. After Carney asserted that Benghazi, IRS targeting, and Department of Justice seizure of AP records all had partisan elements.
In Tuesday's Senate hearings into the ever-widening IRS scandal, outgoing IRS chief, Steve Miller, acknowledged that the planted question that broke the story last week was his idea. The "planted question" refers to the way in which the IRS chose to release the findings of the Inspector General's report a week ago Friday.
A federal appeals court has backed the U.S. government's refusal to make public photos and video of Osama Bin Laden taken after his death.
In an online video, ex-congressman Anthony Weiner says he's going to run for NYC mayor. Weiner resigned from Congress after admitting he sent lewd pictures of himself to several women via Twitter.
Myanmar President Thein Sein invited US companies to help create a "market economy" and end the isolation of his once-reclusive state, during a landmark visit to Washington.
American Ryan Fogle, who was arrested in Russia on charges of spying for the U.S., was spotted at the Moscow airport. He is believed to be headed home.
Three families from Newtown, Connecticut will lobby Illinois senators today to enact a controversial new gun control law.
NewsBusted takes a comedic look at the headlines of last week.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Monday that President Barack Obama is endorsing a federal shield law for reporters seeking to protect their confidential sources, and 'is very happy to see the Senate take it up again."