Pete Kasperowicz

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The government watchdog for the Department of Veterans Affairs says a top official in Philadelphia misused her position by convincing other senior officials to attend a party at her home, where the wife of a subordinate would charge them to conduct "psychic readings." (AP Photo)

Watchdog slams top VA official for organizing ‘psychic reading’ party for other workers

Pete Kasperowicz · May 29, 2015 1:32 am

"Yeah...I kept the cash," Dennis Hastert told investigators. The indictment said Hastert knew that statement and others like it were false, a violation of the law. (AP Photo)Â

Report: Former House Speaker Hastert indicted

Pete Kasperowicz · May 28, 2015 10:37 pm

Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee have asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch for an update on whether she will pursue criminal charges against former IRS employee Lois Lerner for her role in the IRS targeting scandal.Â (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Loretta Lynch has a Lois Lerner decision to make

Pete Kasperowicz · May 28, 2015 5:22 pm

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen will testify at aÂ Senate Finance Committee hearing next Tuesday, June 2, to examine how criminals were able to steal the data of 100,000 taxpayers directly from the IRS' website. (AP Photo)

Senate panel to grill IRS over data breach

Pete Kasperowicz · May 27, 2015 10:37 pm

The IRS' admission that thieves were able to access 100,000 taxpayer accounts is just the latest reason to doubt that any serious reform is taking place at the IRS, House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Boehner: Theft of taxpayer data ‘another reason to doubt’ the IRS

Pete Kasperowicz · May 27, 2015 4:01 pm

The IRS said it determined last week that "unusual activity" took place on an area of its site called the "Get Transcript" application. (AP Photo)Â

Paul Ryan on the IRS hack: ‘We need answers’

Pete Kasperowicz · May 26, 2015 9:21 pm

The indictment brought against Rezaian charges that he collected sensitive information regarding Iranian "internal and foreign policy" and then later handed it over to "individuals with hostile intent." (AP Photo)Â

State’s reaction to WaPo reporter’s spy trial in Iran: ‘We continue to monitor this’

Pete Kasperowicz · May 26, 2015 6:22 pm

Hillary Clinton brings the pantsuit to the masses

Pete Kasperowicz · May 26, 2015 1:22 pm

(Image courtey Twitter/@MyPlate)

Government s’mores: Strawberries instead of chocolate, yogurt instead of marshmallows

Pete Kasperowicz · May 25, 2015 6:49 pm

"The president resists saying we're losing it. Well, we're not winning, we know that," House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, said Sunday on ABC News.Â (Image courtesy screenshot)

‘We’re not winning’: GOP rejects Obama’s ISIS claim

Pete Kasperowicz · May 25, 2015 4:41 pm

Boehner railed against an "arrogance that allows our vets to be lied to and ignored and, frankly, to die." (AP)

Boehner ratchets up pressure on the VA

Pete Kasperowicz · May 24, 2015 9:00 am

In this May 9, 2011 photo, Sandra Almanza, 20, stands in the room she and her husband just finished painting for their unborn daughter in their home in Lyons, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

GOP bill blocks pregnant immigrants from entering the U.S.

Pete Kasperowicz · May 24, 2015 9:00 am