May 20 In Further Firming of Relations, Myanmar President Visits White House By Larisa Epatko Myanmar President Thein Sein becomes the first leader of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, to visit the White House in 47 years on Monday. Their meeting is viewed as an affirmation of the Southeast Asian nation's democratic transition. Continue reading
May 20 Republicans Still Fired Up Over IRS Scandal Following Hearing Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images At this point, there appears to be more heat than light when it comes to discussion of the Internal Revenue Service's singling out of conservative groups for extra… Continue reading
May 17 Watch Shields and Brooks on Government Scandals, Remembering Watergate Shields and Brooks on Government Scandals, Remembering Watergate… Continue watching
May 17 Watch Outgoing IRS Chief Admits Mistakes, but Dismisses Notion Scrutiny Was Political Outgoing IRS Chief Admits Mistakes, but Dismisses Notion Scrutiny Was Political… Continue watching
May 17 Military Sexual Assault Crisis Prompts Congress to Act President Barack Obama met with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, right, and other Pentagon leaders at the White House Thursday to discuss sexual assault in the military. The U.S. Continue reading
May 17 House Committee Holds First Hearing on IRS Scandal The House Ways and Means Committee will hold the first hearing on the IRS scandal. Watch a live stream of the hearing. The former acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, will take his place… Continue reading
May 17 A Look Back at the Senate Watergate Hearings EmbedVideo(6481, 482, 304); The Watergate hearings began on May 17, 1973. Public Television aired all 250 hours of testimony that summer. Here are some of the highlights. Video edited by Justin Scuiletti The Watergate scandal began with a… Continue reading
May 17 Gwen's Take: I See Your Benghazi and Raise You One IRS It was scandal week in Washington, but because of an accident of scheduling, I had the opportunity to view it through an altered lens. The president's week was turning into a very bad one -- with new revelations about… Continue reading
May 16 Watch 16:07 Covering Watergate: 40 Years Later With MacNeil And Lehrer By PBS News Hour On May 17, 1973, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer launched public broadcasting's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings. Forty years later, the two recount their memories after some of the more gripping moments and how their partnership changed not… Continue watching
May 16 Watch Keeping on Top of Priorities When White House Deals With Drama Keeping on Top of Priorities When White House Deals With Drama… Continue watching