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News media confidential sources are often what expose government wrongdoing
It took courage for more than a dozen Allentown police officers to divulge what they felt was wrongdoing by their chief, who they said threatened "retribution" on anyone who did so. It also took solid assurances that the chief would never find out who...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, The Associated Press, Internal Revenue Service, Media Industry, Eric Holder
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Jonah Goldberg: Obama has no use for those who disagree with him
Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And his...Tags: State of the Union Address, Barack Obama, Max Baucus, Taxation, Internal Revenue Service
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GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were...
Tags: Social Issues, Employees, Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Family Planning
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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: Barack Obama, Darrell E Issa, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Taxation, John Cornyn
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Government dysfunction decried by Obama partly due to US founders and political polarization
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so. Yet despite years of hand-wringing in both parties, little progress has been made toward changing congressional rules on...Tags: Barack Obama, New York University, U.S. Department of Justice, Lobbying, Internal Revenue Service
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IRS officials still don't have full explanation of targeting
WASHINGTON – The outgoing head of the IRS said the agency still doesn’t know which staff members were responsible for using politically loaded language to screen out nonprofit groups, as senators pressed them to explain how certain...Tags: Sherrod Brown, Barack Obama, Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, John Cornyn
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Doyle McManus: Second-term scandal plague catches up to Obama
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Internal Revenue Service, George W. Bush, Benghazi
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John Dean: Obama's scandals are more like Harding's than Nixon's
During President Barack Obama's May 16 news conference, reporter Jeff Mason asked as part of his question: "And, more broadly, how do you feel about comparisons by some of your critics of this week's scandals to those that happened under the Nixon...Tags: Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Susan Rice, Bill Clinton, Internal Revenue Service
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Former IRS commissioner 'dismayed' by inspector general's report
WASHINGTON -- The former top official of the Internal Revenue Service told senators Tuesday he was “dismayed and saddened” by an inspector general’s report detailing how, during his tenure as IRS commissioner, the agency...
Tags: Orrin Hatch, Barack Obama, Max Baucus, Taxation, Internal Revenue Service
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Congress expands inquiry into IRS handling of conservative groups
WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators are broadening their inquiry into the Internal Revenue Service's mishandling of groups seeking tax-exempt status, indicating that they plan to examine how the agency dealt with a wide swath of nonprofit...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Taxation, Max Baucus
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Pro-choice groups protest Jackson fundraiser
RICHMOND – Planned Parenthood activists protested outside a fundraiser for GOP nominee for lieutenant governor E.W. Jackson Thursday to highlight what they said were a series of divisive comments he has made over the years. Jackson, a Chesapeake-...Tags: Ku Klux Klan, Government, Timothy M. Kaine, Family Planning, Executive Branch
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Oklahoma's tornado and political cheap shots
It's as predictable as it is disheartening: A red state gets hit hard by a tornado outbreak -- in this case killing at least 24 people, many of them children attending school -- and the first batch of letters from readers (most of them from Southern...
Tags: Employees, Natural Disasters, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, Michael Bloomberg
May 21, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 21, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 22, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
May 21, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 22, 2013
|Story| AP Broadcast
May 21, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 22, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 21, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 21, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 20, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 23, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 21, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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