Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 19, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including Sen. John McCain's hypocrisy on "secret emails" and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's revelation about the scary way a GOP-controlled Senate would act. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 5, 2013
Given his personal familiarity with investigations -- hey, he's been on the receiving end of them a number of times!--Congressman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is uniquely qualified to chair the House Oversight Committee, according to Salon editor-at-large Joan Walsh. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 4, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including former RNC Chairman Michael Steele weighs a political comeback and Rep. Darrell Issa gets some pushback from his own party after calling the White House's spokesman a "paid liar." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 2, 2013
Congressman Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told Candy Crowley on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday morning that interviews with workers from the IRS' Cincinnati office revealed that the order to target conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status likely came from Washington. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigMay 23, 2013
An interview with Thomas Pickering, the distinguished American diplomat who oversaw the State Department's Benghazi review board and has found himself a target of Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of California, the excitable partisan who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 23, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including Rep. Darrell Issa decides to withdraw a subpoena related to the Benghazi hearings and a top IRS official pleads the Fifth. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 21, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including a GOP candidate once trying to criminalize not reporting a miscarriage to police and Bob Woodward delivers some bad news for Republicans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigMay 11, 2013
Those who are trying to make the Benghazi tragedy into a scandal for the Obama administration really ought to decide what story line they want to sell. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The HillMay 10, 2013Dig deeper
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