President To Hold Press Conference At White House

President Obama: "Lives have been saved" by surveillance programs, at least 50 threats averted BERLIN (AP) — President Obama: "Lives have been saved" by surveillance programs, at least 50 threats averted.

The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator.

WaPo on new ABC/WaPo poll (above graphic): Americans are divided when it comes to charging Edward Snowden with a crime for leaking portions of the National Security Agency’s sweeping surveillance of phone records and Internet activity, but they clearly want to know more, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Philadelphia architect Plato Marinakos owes the city $17,301 in business privilege and net profits taxes.