WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are ready to question the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service as Congress holds its...

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By JONATHAN KARL and DEVIN DWYER/ABC NEWSWith the "fiscal cliff" crisis behind him, President Obama is poised to na...

By JONATHAN KARL, MARY BRUCE and Z. BYRON WOLF / ABC NEWS(WASHINGTON) -- President Obama will today nominate Sen. John Kerry ...

Jake Tapper/ABC NEWSNov. 26,2012-- As President Obama enters his second term, preparations have begun for the traditional shu...

By LUIS MARTINEZ, Z. BYRON WOLF and MARTHA RADDATZ/ABC NEWSNov. 9, 2012CIA Director David Petraeus has resigned his position,...

from ABC NewsTime running short, Vice President Joe Biden faces the greater burden in his debate with Republican Paul Ryan as...

from ABC NewsThe size and "lethality" of the attack on the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya, that left Am...

By KASIE HUNT and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressLEXINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Republican Mitt Romney said Monday the risk of conflict...

BY ABC NEWS/ANTHONY CASTELLANO and KEVIN DOLAKSept. 14, 2012The U.S. embassy in Tunisia was enveloped in a cloud of black smo...