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The ousted chief of the Internal Revenue Service Steven Miller is telling Congress that his agency made errors in targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he says the mistakes were not the result of partisan views. (May 17)

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Thursday announced new legislation to deal with the issue of sexual assault in the military. The Democratic from New York said the time to act is now. (May 16)

It started to rain during a joint news conference with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Rose Garden at the White House, so President Barack Obama called for relief from the Marines (May 16)

Officials in Washington state took their first stab at setting rules for the state's new marijuana industry Thursday, nearly eight months after voters here legalized pot for adults. (May 17)

WASHINGTON (AFP) - (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the White House for talks with Barack Obama on Thursday. The two leaders held a press conference where they discussed the situation in Syria.

President Obama has a new acting commissioner of the IRS. Danny Werfel is taking over for Steven Miller. Miller stepped down on Wednesday amid a growing scandal over the IRS' targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. In a statement today, the president called Werfel an effective leader who can, "lead the agency at this important time."

President Obama told the press on Thursday that working with Congress and the Inspector General to address the scandal within the IRS was "sufficient" to "fix" the problems. The President announced that the Inspector General was going to recommend an investigation into the claim that the IRS unfairly targeted conservative groups for additional audits and regulations based on the names of the groups. "Between those investigations," the President said, "I think we're going to be able to figure out what happened, who was involved, what went wrong, and we're going to be able to implement steps to fix it."