IRS Official Who Took The Fifth Replaced
A day after she refused to answer hearings at a congressional hearing, the IRS official who oversaw targeting of conservative groups was replaced.
A day after she refused to answer hearings at a congressional hearing, the IRS official who oversaw targeting of conservative groups was replaced.
More congressional hearings are expected next month into IRS targeting of conservative groups.
The president Thursday defended the use of drone strikes against U.S. citizens abroad whom the administration believes to be a national security threat.
The U.S. House Thursday approved a measure that would peg student loan interest rates to financial markets.
Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, the government said Thursday.
The U.S. Senate has rejected a GOP bid to turn the food stamp program over to the states.
The IRS official at the center of the scandal engulfing the agency told Congress she’s done nothing wrong and then invoked the Fifth Amendment.
The president plans to visit tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla. Sunday.
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the IRS’ targeting of conservative political groups was “unacceptable and inexcusable.”
Vermont has become the fourth state to allow physician-assisted suicide.
Senior White House officials first learned on April 24 of an audit targeting inappropriate targeting of conservative groups by the IRS, but didn’t tell the president.
Democrats are striking back after two years of GOP success in passing voter ID laws and purging voter rolls.
A senior White House adviser insisted Sunday that the president first learned that the IRS targeted tea party groups from news accounts.
The CEO of The Associated Press says the government’s seizure of journalists’ phone records was unconstitutional.
The GOP is hoping the scandal that’s engulfed the IRS could snag the president’s health care overhaul.
The president is hosting a concert next week honoring Carole King.
The number of Americans seeking jobless benefits rose last week to the highest level in six weeks, the government said Thursday.
A U.S. House committee Thursday approved a bill that would tie student loan interest rates to financial markets.
The acting commissioner of the IRS has resigned after an investigation found the agency improperly targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama said Wednesday evening.
The FBI’s investigation of the IRS could include potential civil rights violations, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday.
