by Ben Wolfgang — Published May 19, 2013
Veteran CBS newsman Bob Schieffer on Sunday morning unloaded on a top White House official, comparing the Obama administration's handling of the ongoing Internal Revenue Service scandal to former President Richard Nixon's initial strategy for dealing with Watergate.
by Ben Wolfgang — Published May 19, 2013
When it comes to the unfolding scandal at the Internal Revenue Service, the Obama administration and its critics agree on one thing: Don't take everything the White House says at face value.
by David Eldridge — Published May 19, 2013
Barack Obama may have had one of the roughest weeks of his presidency, but a new CNN poll released Sunday indicates that the IRS, AP and Benghazi scandals haven't dragged down the president's approval rating.
by Amanda Comak — Published May 19, 2013
On a day the Nationals again demanded near perfection out of Jordan Zimmermann, he came very close with his pitching. Tossing eight innings on just 85 pitches, Zimmermann required the fewest pitches in a non-rain-shortened complete game in Nationals history. But without any margin for error, a pickoff throw he yanked just wide of first baseman Adam LaRoche in the eighth stuck with him, and cost the Nationals.
by Amanda Comak — Published May 18, 2013
The traveling continued for Jayson Werth on Saturday as the right fielder went to Chicago to visit with another specialist about his strained right hamstring. The Nationals are hopeful that Werth will be ready to return to the active roster on Friday, but he has been ruled out for the remainder of the team's road trip.
by Amanda Comak — Published May 18, 2013
Left-handed long reliever Zach Duke will get the spot start in place of Ross Detwiler on Monday in San Francisco as Detwiler deals with a right oblique strain and the Nationals gauge how long he may need to recover.
by Amanda Comak — Published May 18, 2013
When Bryce Harper arrived at Petco Park on Saturday, his left knee was sore and swollen. The issue, still a residual effect of Harper's vicious collision with the right field wall at Dodger Stadium on Monday, will keep him out of Saturday's lineup and possibly out of Sunday's, too.
by Amanda Comak — Published May 18, 2013
Ryan Zimmerman committed his ninth error of the season Friday night, and while plenty of those nine have been deserved as Zimmerman's throwing woes have become one of the Nationals' central storylines on the young season, this one was a difficult call.
by Amanda Comak — Published May 18, 2013
Hours before they'd turn the music up loud and the Washington Nationals would celebrate a hard-earned, 10-inning, 6-5 victory over the San Diego Padres, manager Davey Johnson sat in the visitors' dugout at Petco Park and answered a question about his bench. The Nationals' pinch hitting stats, among the league's elite in 2012, were bleak. "They're awful," Johnson said of the numbers. "Just come out and say it."
by Amanda Comak — Published May 17, 2013
When Washington Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth went on the disabled list last week with a slight right hamstring strain, he did so with the hope that he would be ready to return as soon as he was eligible --- on May 18. But his return has been delayed at least a few days.
by Amanda Comak — Published May 17, 2013
Ross Detwiler will miss his next start with a slight strain of his right oblique, but the Washington Nationals are still uncertain about whether they will lose their talented left-hander for more than that.
by Amanda Comak — Published May 17, 2013
Danny Espinosa returned to the Nationals' lineup on Friday evening, after a one-day break for the slumping second baseman.
by Rich Campbell — Published May 17, 2013
Third-round pick Jordan Reed, a tight end from the University of Florida, is Washington's only unsigned draft pick.
by Tom Howell Jr. — Published May 17, 2013
An Arizona congressman said Friday he will amend a bill that would ban abortions in the nation's capital 20 weeks after fertilization so that it applies nationwide, a bid to fight late-term abortions in the wake of the Kermit Gosnell trial in Philadelphia.
by Douglas Ernst — Published May 17, 2013
Piers Morgan has given the tea party and gun rights advocates a hard time since the Newtown massacre, but he appears to have had a change of heart after the Obama administration's IRS and Associated Press scandals.
by Dave Boyer — Published May 17, 2013
Singer-songwriter Carole King, who campaigned for President Obama's re-election, will become the first woman to receive the Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize at a concert at the White House on Wednesday.
by David Sherfinski — Published May 17, 2013
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the advocacy group co-chaired by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is out with a new ad targeting Sen. Jeff Flake, Arizona Republican, over his vote against a failed measure to expand gun-purchase background checks last month.
by Jennifer Harper — Published May 17, 2013
Yankee Candle CEO: "I'd love it if our new ‘MMM, Bacon!’ candle can help ease the tension between Congress and the White House.”
by Jennifer Harper — Published May 17, 2013
China has embraced Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Witness the fact that 1,000 Chinese Harley lovers recently roared into Zhejiang Province, decked out in black leather, skull masks and Viking warrior helmets. Or no helmets.
by Ben Wolfgang — Published May 17, 2013
The vast majority of Americans believe the ongoing Benghazi affair and the unfolding scandal swirling around the Internal Revenue Service need to be investigated, according to a new Gallup poll out Friday.
