Joseph Lieberman News

First and foremost, let me say that the administration has now entered the "not since Nixon" phase of its tenure.

This morning, an IRS official named Lois Lerner apologized for inappropriately targeting non-profit groups for scrutiny in 2012 based on the fact that they had the words "Tea Party" or "Patriot" in their names .

"It may not be a smoking gun or a warm slingshot," Republican Rep. Doug Collins said in the hearing's final hour.

A reputed Connecticut mobster is facing sentencing in a weapons and prescription drugs case that revealed federal authorities' belief that he had information on the largest property heist in U.S. history.

"Though it would not have been easy, it was possible to have prevented the terrorist attacks in Boston," said former Sen.

Major public events in the United States like the Boston marathon need greater security but officials must steer clear of moving toward a "police state," Boston's top cop said on Thursday at a congressional hearing into last month's bombing.

Sen. Tom Carper, the new chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is looking for answers to problems plaguing the federal government.

The House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on May 9 to examine the deadly Boston marathon bombings and their impact on national security.

Connecticut's U.S. Attorney David Fein will announce Tuesday that he plans to leave office, three years into his four-year term, federal law enforcement officials familiar with the decision said Tuesday morning.

Julian Assange had been using that term for a time, but economic censorship is as close to the mark as any.

Barbara Scavotto-Earley leads students during a program titled " Home and Commyounity" at the Sandy Hook Arts Center for Kids, known as The Shack in Newtown, Conn., Wednesday, April 17, 2013.