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    May 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 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.
    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: Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Justice System, Internal Revenue Service, Chuck Grassley

    2. May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 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 questions before a congressional committee.
    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: Danny Werfel, Taxation, U.S. Congress, Politics, Internal Revenue Service

    3. May 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. 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.
    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: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Parties and Movements, Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama

    4. May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 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 rather than answer questions about the screening and why she didn't tell Congress about it.
    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: Crime, Law and Justice, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Federal Election Commission, Justice System, Parties and Movements

    5. May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 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 Issa with the word 'subpoena' underneath."
    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: Jason Chaffetz, Religion and Belief, Parties and Movements, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace

    6. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. 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.
    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: Crime, Law and Justice, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Parties and Movements, White House, Eric Holder

    7. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting

    WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a controversy involving alleged political bias in tax enforcement gathered strength.
    WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a...

    Tags: IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Political Fundraising, Jay Carney, Parties and Movements, Impeachment

    8. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 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 hatched in Yemen.
    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: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Prosecution, Jay Carney, Patrick Leahy

    9. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Obama dismisses Benghazi criticism as 'sideshow'

    WASHINGTON — A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to make political hay from the deaths of four Americans.
    WASHINGTON — A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to make political hay from the deaths of four Americans....

    Tags: Prosecution, U.S. Department of State, Parties and Movements, Jay Carney, Benghazi

    10. May 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. 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 already under fire for its handling of secret political spending by nonprofits.
    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: Political Fundraising, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Parties and Movements, Internal Revenue Service

    11. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Envoy describes night of Benghazi attack

    WASHINGTON — Minutes after Greg Hicks learned that the perimeter of the U.S. mission in Benghazi had been breached by men with guns, he punched a cellphone number to reach Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, his immediate boss, who was at the scene.
    WASHINGTON — Minutes after Greg Hicks learned that the perimeter of the U.S. mission in Benghazi had been breached by men with guns, he punched a cellphone number to reach Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, his immediate boss, who was at the scene....

    Tags: Susan Rice, Police Investigations, Prosecution, Wars and Interventions, Witnesses

    12. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. House committee hearing on Benghazi attack opens on partisan note

    WASHINGTON -- A hearing on the deadly September 2012 attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, began with sharp exchanges Wednesday morning when the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform accused the Republican chairman of making baseless assertions about a potential military response that have been refuted by top generals.
    WASHINGTON -- A hearing on the deadly September 2012 attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, began with sharp exchanges Wednesday morning when the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform accused the Republican...

    Tags: Martin Dempsey, U.S. Department of State, Benghazi, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Military

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U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Photos
Lois Lerner, who supervises the IRS employees handling...
(May 22, 2013)
IRS official Lois Lerner
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Committ...
(May 8, 2013)
Benghazi Hearing
Greg Hicks, center, former deputy chief of mission in L...
(May 8, 2013)
Benghazi testimony on Capitol Hill
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