—From Franklin, Tenn.   Permawar: Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the killing of ISIS official Abu Sayyaf inside Syria was “ a significant blow” to the organization, but how serious remains to be seen. While the US showed that its …

National: The recently fired head of the IRS was personally audited by an angry Congressional committee over the agency’s special attention to conservative political groups. But Steven Miller refused to say the audits of groups applying for non-profit status were …