Oklahoma state Rep. Mark McBride has toured the devastation left by Monday's monster tornado and admits it's been overwhelming. Read More

Lois Lerner's decision to take the fifth stirred up anger among Republicans. "She ought to stand here and answer our questions," Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina declared during a heated congressional hearing. Read More

The city councilman, who will be the city's first Jewish mayor, defeated fellow Democrat Wendy Greuel in Tuesday’s runoff election, bringing an end to the bitter, two year long race. Read More

Disgraced former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner is looking for a comeback in his bid for mayor. Read More

Tea Party groups hope the scandal at the IRS fires up their base the same way as heath care reform did in 2010, plus other political stories that are driving our day. Read More

The former congressman, disgraced by a Twitter scandal in 2011, announces his plans to run for mayor of New York City in a web ad released early Wednesday. Read More

Check with NBCNews.com for the very latest on the devastation in Oklahoma. Governor Mary Fallin and state officials are expected to give updates on the victims… Read More

In the wake of last week's parade of controversies, new polls show divergent trends in Americans' reactions to the Obama administration's troubles. Maybe the determining factor is not party affiliation but economic optimism. Read More

The full Senate will now get to debate and vote on a bill that would provide a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. But a provision allowing same-sex couples to apply for visas for spouses or partners was dropped. Read More

The enormous twister at least a mile wide with winds as strong as 200 mph ripped through Oklahoma City suburbs on Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, crushing a school, and killing at least 24 people. Read More

Kentucky’s Sen. Mitch McConnell has seized on the IRS scandal as he heads into a 2014 reelection bid, a move that may help him shore up support on the right. Read More

President Obama's approval ratings don't seem to be affected by the IRS scandal taking center stage. Read More

The acquisition of a Fox News reporter's email records under the Espionage Act is an even bigger deal than the AP phone records seizure, said an ACLU spokesperson. Read More

The best photos from April, a month full of highs and lows for President Obama, from the aftermath of the Boston bombings and West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion to meeting Jackie Robinson's widow Rachel Robinson and reuniting with his fellow presidents at the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas. Read More

The report comes as the DOJ is under fire for issuing a subpoena for Associated Press journalists’ phone records. Read More

The nomination of E.W. Jackson during Saturday’s Virginia GOP convention is about to make an already lively off-year contest in the Old Dominion even more interesting. Read More

The march comes after months of bitter conflict between the Chicago Teachers Union and the government of Mayor Rahmn Emanuel, President Obama's former chief of staff. Read More

Sen. Rand Paul insists there's a revealing memo on the IRS scandal (although he hasn't seen it); Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says it shows a "culture of intimidation" within the Obama administration; and more GOPers are trying to tie the president to the IRS scandal without any evidence. Read More

President Obama touched on issues of race, inequality, and "breaking the cycle" of absent fathers in his commencement address to the Morehouse College class of 2013. Read More