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Timeline: Events in IRS 'Tea Party' scrutiny scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A controversy at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service involving extra scrutiny in 2010-2012 of politically conservative groups is dominating the political agenda in Washington, with congressional hearings set for Tuesday and Wednesday....Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Danny Werfel, U.S. Congress
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Tea Party group sues IRS over inappropriate targeting
Reuters(Reuters) - A California-based Tea Party group sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Monday in what marked the first lawsuit to stem from an investigation finding the agency singled-out conservative organizations. In a lawsuit filed in U.S....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Trials
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Factbox: Four key questions in the unfolding IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional and Justice Department investigators are examining the Internal Revenue Service over its inappropriate scrutiny of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. President Barack Obama, seeking to contain the...Tags: Jack Lew, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Civil and Public Service, Barack Obama
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IRS officials back on Capitol Hill hot seat over targeting
Reuters* Former IRS head Shulman to give first public testimony * Lawmakers seek specifics about who knew of practice, and when By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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FACTBOX-Four key questions in the unfolding IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Congressional and Justice Department investigators are examining the Internal Revenue Service over its inappropriate scrutiny of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. President Barack Obama, seeking to...Tags: Jack Lew, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Barack Obama, Republican Party
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Apple, Congress spar over taxes ahead of Tuesday hearing
ReutersWASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Using an unusual global tax structure, Apple Inc has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government, a Senate report on the company's offshore tax structure said...Tags: Politics, Google Inc., Personal Income, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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White House to brief Democrats on economy on Tuesday
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic lawmakers has been invited to the White House on Tuesday for a briefing about economic issues from two top advisers to President Barack Obama on Tuesday. White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Alan...Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Alan Krueger, Washington, DC, Barack Obama
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AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal...
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Former GOP Senator Judd Gregg named CEO of lobbying group SIFMA
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association named former Republican Senator Judd Gregg as its chief executive officer, the lobbying group said Monday. The appointment of the veteran politician, who also was governor...Tags: Politics, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Republican Party, Finance, Corporate Officers
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EDITORIAL: Thumbs up, thumbs down
The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif.Making 'islands' part of Santa Rosa Kudos to Santa Rosa's elected leaders for listing the annexation of Roseland -- and those other unincorporated "islands" -- among their priorities for the next two years. In a Feb. 13 editorial ("Fulfilling a...Tags: Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Sports
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EDITORIAL: Free press guaranteed for a reason
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.Newspapers and media outlets have become used to governments withholding and blocking information. What we're not accustomed to is a government spying on us and taking reporter records without consent. But with the revelation that the U.S. Justice...Tags: Eric Holder, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, National Government, News Agency
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OPINION: Pence, Schumer both on right side
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.Disclosure last week that the U.S. Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for the Associated Press rocked the journalism community. Commandeering the work and personal phone records of individual...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, National Government, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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