Jay Carney

Congress expands inquiry into IRS handling of conservative groups

2013-05-20 20:38:00

WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators are broadening their inquiry into the Internal Revenue Service's mishandling of groups seeking tax-exempt status, indicating that they plan to examine how the agency dealt with a wide swath of nonprofit...

President Obama offers encouragement for reforms in Myanmar

2013-05-20 16:09:00

WASHINGTON -- President Obama welcomed Myanmar President Thein Sein to the White House on Monday with tokens of encouragement as the former military ruler pushes democratic reforms in the once-authoritarian Southeast Asian nation. Obama praised Thein...

White House officials knew of IRS audit findings weeks in advance

2013-05-20 15:37:00

WASHINGTON — Top officials in the White House learned in April that an investigation of the IRS would probably end up showing that the agency targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny, the White House spokesman conceded Monday, contrary to...

McManus: The second-term scandal plague

2013-05-18 06:52:00

What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...

Obama responds to criticism with 'fix it' strategy

2013-05-16 19:07:00

WASHINGTON — At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama and the Turkish prime minister had weighty matters to discuss — the bloody civil war in Syria, a disastrous Syrian refugee crisis and Turkey's strained...

Attorney general orders criminal review of IRS

2013-05-15 03:00:00

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department began a criminal investigation Tuesday into overzealous scrutiny by the IRS of applications for tax exemptions by conservative groups, an improper targeting that an inspector general's report blamed on a...

White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists

2013-05-15 18:46:00

WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources....

Obama dismisses Benghazi criticism as 'sideshow'

2013-05-13 19:20:00

WASHINGTON — A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to make political hay from the deaths of four Americans....

Goldberg: Benghazi's smoking guns

2013-05-14 00:00:00

President Obama was asked about the metastasizing Benghazi scandal in a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday. Referring to the Americans who died in Benghazi, the president said, "We dishonor them when we turn things...

Administration emails raise new questions on Libya attack

2013-05-10 21:54:00

WASHINGTON — Email traffic exchanged during the drafting of talking points about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last year shows that the State Department and White House were more involved in shaping the...

Holder defends subpoena of journalists' phone records

2013-05-14 21:03:00

WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday strongly defended the criminal investigation into the leak of classified details about a successful U.S. undercover operation, calling it "within the top two or three most serious leaks" of...

Obama calls controversy over Benghazi talking points a 'sideshow'

2013-05-13 10:45:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama tried to dismiss a brewing controversy over the White House handling of the terrorist attack on Benghazi as a “sideshow” and accused critics of using an attack that killed four Americans for political gain....

Press Secretary Jay Carney acknowledges that the top White House lawyer learned last month that the inspector general's investigation had found the IRS targeted conservative groups for special attention. But President Obama wasn't told about it right away.

2013-05-20 00:00:00

White House press secretary Jay Carney starts a daily news briefing with a joke of the "many faces of Jay Carney," supplied to him by the Washington Post, of moments from his testy briefing on the IRS, Benghazi and the AP leak.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney answers questions on recently disclosed emails about the Benghazi attack.

2013-05-10 00:00:00