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IRS replaces head of division that targeted conservative groups
WASHINGTON -- Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, was replaced by the agency's acting commissioner on Thursday, a day after she insisted she had done nothing wrong and refused to answer...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. Congress, John McCain
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IRS puts head of problem office on leave
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has replaced the head of the office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, a day after she invoked the 5th Amendment and refused to answer questions before a congressional committee. Lois...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Tea Party Movement, Government
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Key IRS official refuses to testify
WASHINGTON — In a contentious climax Wednesday to a series of congressional hearings, Lois Lerner, a key IRS manager, invoked her right to not testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups, igniting howls from Republicans and...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements, Georgetown, Solyndra LLC, Jay Carney
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Top IRS official pleads the 5th Amendment at testy House hearing
WASHINGTON — A top Internal Revenue Service official invoked the 5th Amendment and declined to testify Wednesday before a House committee investigating the agency’s mishandling of applications by some conservative groups for tax-exempt status....
Tags: Parties and Movements, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Elijah E. Cummings, Trey Gowdy
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IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th
WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Jay Carney, Tea Party Movement
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Rep. Issa tested by the spotlight
WASHINGTON — During the 2010 campaign, Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from Sherman Oaks, joked, "Every time I try to encourage the White House to do more to help us elect Democrats to the House of Representatives, I send them a picture of Darrell...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Internal Revenue Service, Tom Davis, Elections, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Letters: Journalists have rights -- and responsibilities
Re "Journalists' records secretly collected," May 14 With any right there are associated responsibilities and restrictions. The 2nd Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms — well, not if you are a convicted felon or criminally insane. The...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Personal Weapon Control, Personal Data Collection, Freedom of the Press, Civil Rights
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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Tea Party Movement, Jack Lew
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McCain again calls for special congressional panel on Benghazi
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) pressed Sunday for a special congressional committee to investigate the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last year, insisting that questions about former Secretary of State...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Lindsey O. Graham, John Boehner, Jay Carney, Government
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Government secretly obtains phone records from journalists
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. Department of Justice, Freedom of the Press, Media Industry
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IRS targeted conservative groups, official says
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their applications for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for investigations into an organization...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Internal Revenue Service, Paul Ryan, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Elections
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Letters: Benghazi and partisanship
Re "Lawmakers hear official's account of Benghazi events," May 8 After failing to connect President Obama to any real scandals, Republicans have resurrected the 8-month-old attack in Benghazi, Libya. This, while also taking a shot at Hillary Rodham...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Barack Obama, Elections, U.S. Military, Politics
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