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RI tea party members protest IRS

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:40:25 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Tea party activists are rallying outside IRS offices in Rhode Island to protest the federal agency's scrutiny of their groups.

NJ citizens rally at IRS offices over scrutiny

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:37:35 -0400

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey - Conservative activists have gathered outside Internal Revenue Service offices across New Jersey to protest the agency's scrutiny of conservative groups.

Protesters chant 'Stop the IRS' in Cincinnati

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:30 -0400

CINCINNATI - Tea party activists have rallied outside the federal building in Cincinnati waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting "Stop the IRS!"

Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:33:12 -0400

WASHINGTON - The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.

Lew: IRS actions "unacceptable and inexcusable"

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:52:04 -0400

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups was "unacceptable and inexcusable" and he has directed the agency's acting director to hold people accountable.

Former IRS agent faces sentencing for theft

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:41:17 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Kansas - A former Internal Revenue Service agent faces sentencing after admitting she was paid for meetings with taxpayers that never occurred.

Ambrose: Regulatory bedlam? Yes, and it's growing

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:17:29 -0400

By JAY AMBROSE - A guy's walking across a college campus, sees a young woman, grins, winks and, even though he doesn't know her, says he'd sure like to take someone so beautiful out on a date. She's offended.

Illinois tea party to protest at IRS offices

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:11:58 -0400

CHICAGO - Members of Illinois' tea party movement say they'll protest outside IRS offices in four cities over revelations that the agency targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

Tea Party activists plan IRS protest in Boston

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:11:04 -0400

BOSTON - Tea Party activists are planning to hold a demonstration in downtown Boston to protest the Internal Revenue Service for improperly targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.

AP source: Treasury told WH of IRS disclosure plan

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:42:05 -0400

WASHINGTON - A Treasury official says the department told the White House twice that the IRS was preparing to make public its targeting of conservative political groups.

Thomasson: Scandals imperil Barack Obama's 2nd term

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:40 -0400

WASHINGTON - The late John Williams, once known as the conscience of the U.S. Senate, must be up there shaking his head in disgust over the predicament of the Internal Revenue Service.

AG Wilson seeks calls from groups targeted by IRS

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:19:18 -0400

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - South Carolina's attorney general is soliciting calls from conservative groups that believe they were wrongfully targeted by the Internal Revenue Service.

Anti-IRS protest planned at Ohio federal building

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:17:05 -0400

CINCINNATI - Tea party groups are planning a protest rally at the Cincinnati federal building tied to targeting of conservative groups.

GOP ponders how to capitalize on Obama's woes

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:31:28 -0400

WASHINGTON - The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses. It's not clear, however, how Republicans can best capitalize on Democrats' woes, legislatively or politically.

Woes notwithstanding, GOP savors a week of gifts

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:45:04 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Ken Cuccinelli and Virginia's Republican Party ticket heading into the state's November bellwether elections couldn't have imagined how the headlines that vexed them a week ago could unite and galvanize the party in a few short days.

Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:49:43 -0400

WASHINGTON - Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

Utah Republicans elect new state party chairman

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:35:22 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Republicans have selected former state senator and Salt Lake County GOP Chairman James Evans as the new leader of their state party.

IRS probe ignored most influential groups

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:44:42 -0400

WASHINGTON - There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

SPIN METER: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:52:14 -0400

WASHINGTON - Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service employees.

Obama meets with new acting IRS head

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:22:39 -0400

WASHINGTON - The White House says President Barack Obama has met with Daniel Werfel, the new acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:49:49 -0400

WASHINGTON - Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.

Tea Party activist says he was singled out by IRS...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:23:12 -0400

CINCINNATI - By LUCY MAY

Christie: Obama wasn't assertive enough

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:21:52 -0400

BURLINGTON CITY, New Jersey - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Friday that President Barack Obama has not been assertive enough as three scandals involving his administration have mounted.

2 more Colorado groups claim IRS discrimination

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:16:25 -0400

DENVER - Two more conservative political groups in Colorado say they were targeted by the Internal Revenue Service to make it hard for them to get tax exemptions. The organizations have small budgets and hold picnics and forums to recruit neighbors to hear about conservative ideas.

Official still probing political pressure on IRS

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:12:34 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department's top investigator for tax matters is telling Congress that he is still investigating whether outside political pressure caused the Internal Revenue Service to improperly target conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.