Lois Lerner, the IRS official at the center of the political targeting scandal plans to assert her constitutional right not to answer questions from a congressional committee.
NBC has not yet confirmed the arrest in the Boston bombing the AP is reporting, with CNBC's Eamon Javers. Also, details of security instances on Capitol Hill today.
CNBC's John Harwood offers insight on what White House Press Secretary Jay Carney had to say about suspicious letters sent to President Obama and a Senator.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney says there was a letter addressed to President Obama that contained a suspicious substance, and a second letter under investigation sent to a Senator.
CNBC's John Harwood has breaking news that the Secret Service has intercepted a letter with a "suspicious substance" that was addressed to President Obama. (1:35)
CNBC's John Harwood reports the White House is now handling the Boston explosions as an "act of terror;" and former assistant secretary for homeland security Robert Liscouski, weighs in.
CNBC's Tyler Mathisen looks back at the week's top business and financial stories. Fresh new highs, JC Penney's CEO Ron Johnson was canned, and insider trading charges against a former KPMG Partner.
CNBC's Rick Santelli talks to David Malpass, Encima Global president, discuss President Obama's budget that proposes spreading out spending cuts over ten years.
The president said Thursday that the U.S. would work to reduce tensions with North Korea, but he warned that Washington would take "all necessary steps" to protect itself and its allies.
President Obama submitted a 244-page budget proposal. The Fiscal Times dug through and found five critical—but easily overlooked—takeaways. Here they are.
CNBC's Kayla Tausche; Michael Santoli, Yahoo! Finance columnist; and Leigh Gallagher, Fortune Magazine, discuss the likely topics of conversation at a White House meeting between President Obama and big bank leaders, including Lloyd Blankfein and Jamie Dimon.
One is, as always, expressing the president's priorities. The second is to lure Congressional Republicans, again, into negotiations for a budget "grand bargain."
President Obama sent Congress a $3.8 trillion spending blueprint on Wednesday that strives to achieve a "grand bargain" to tame runaway deficits, raising taxes on the wealthy and trimming popular benefit programs.
Wall Street regulations crafted after the financial crisis were written quickly during turbulent times and need to be changed, the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce told CNBC.
President Barack Obama is expected to formally propose a controversial change in how the government calculates inflation for Social Security and other federal benefits.