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Law and Government
Federal judge threatens to hold IRS commissioner in contempt
U.S District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan has threatened to hold the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and Justice Department attorneys…
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Law and Government
House Oversight Committee to Obama: Get rid of IRS chief or we will
Sick and tired of the obfuscation and out-and-out lying, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee on Monday called on President Obama…
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Law and Government
10 things the feds could buy with the $60 billion they squandered on Medicare fraud, abuse
When federal investigators visited the address listed for a Medicare provider last December, they instead found a fast food restaurant.…
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Law and Government
Smoking gun: IRS used Tea Party donor lists to target audits
So it wasn’t a coincidence. The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch reports having obtained IRS documents that prove that the tax agency used…
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Politics
Obama prepares more ‘executive actions’ on global warming
President Barack Obama is preparing to unleash a series of “executive actions” aimed at boosting the green energy industry as…
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Law and Government
Federal court issues ruling compelling IRS to provide answers on Lerner emails
The watchdog group Judicial Watch announced today that Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of…
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Law and Government
Is the Justice Department watching your social media account?
The Justice Department is studying social media, though it’s not entirely clear what individual accounts or groups of targeted accounts…
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Media
David Brooks salutes Obama for having run an ‘amazingly scandal-free administration’ (Video)
Barack Obama is not the only person who thinks his administration has not been sullied by “even a smidgen of corruption.” New…
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Law and Government
Judges tear IRS lawyers new one for arguing agency free to discriminate against U.S. citizens
Attorneys for the Internal Revenue Service made an argument to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Monday that was so…
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Unyielding
IRS employees openly cheated on taxes, received promotions anyway
It seems to be a policy of the government under Barack Obama. Employees of agencies are derelict and, as “punishment,”…
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Law and Government
Miracle: IRS Inspector General finds 6,400 ‘missing’ Lois Learner emails
It’s a real life miracle! Remember when IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told Congress there was no way that Lois Lerner’s…
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Politics
What kind of scandal would force Hillary to withdraw her candidacy?
Let’s get creative! Let’s imagine a scandal that would force Hillary Clinton to drop out of the 2016 presidential race.…
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Economy
13 troubling facts about U.S. taxes and the tax code
If you’re reading this, rather than feverishly poring over columns of numbers in 6-point type, chances are you’ve finished your…
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Law and Government
Clinton crack: Highly habit-forming for Republican political junkies
Here are three stashes of “Clinton crack” that are sure to keep political junkies like me thoroughly addicted in the…
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Economy
IRS giving tax refunds to illegal immigrants who NEVER paid taxes *UPDATE*
The Washington Times reports that he Internal Revenue Service is allowing illegal immigrants to claim up to three years’ refunds on income…
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Unyielding
Oops! Among IRS emails unearthed is one by Lerner that pretty much admits cover-up
Here’s hoping for Lois Lerner’s sake that orange is her color and that she looks good in jumpsuits. As noted…
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Law and Government
Is it time to garnish the IRS’s pay?
The IRS has abused its power and misused its resources, so it deserves the budget cuts it got in the…
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Email Featured
Supreme Court gives Obamacare opponents second bite at apple
In what Richard Wolf, writing for USA Today, described as “a setback for the [Obama] administration and proponents of Obamacare,”…
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Law and Government
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Economy
Video: Time running out on buying tix to film exposé of IRS
It’s called “Unfair,” it’s 90 minutes long, and after viewing it you will have a new appreciation not for the Internal…
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Unyielding
My interview with Jay Sekulow: IRS targeting had undeniable impact on 2012 election
Jay Sekulow is Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which focuses on constitutional law. He is…
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Economy
Independents hold key in Maine governor’s race
Outspoken and under fire, Republican Gov. Paul LePage of Maine is in danger of losing his re-election bid. One of the…
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Law and Government
Shocker: Lerner emails intact but feds refuse to retrieve them (Video)
Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton announced Monday that a Department of Justice lawyer made a stunning admission. Former IRS official…
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Economy
Obamacare could be hazardous to your tax refund’s health
Americans who underestimated their income for 2014 when they applied for health insurance might see their tax refund reduced or…
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Law and Government
Judge makes ‘extraordinary’ ruling that IRS come up with better excuse
A federal district court judge ruled Thursday, in what has been described as an “extraordinary” order, that he wasn’t completely…
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Economy
GAO: Investors in low-income community projects double-dipping on tax credits
Approximately 62% of projects benefiting from a federal tax credit also received other forms of federal, state or local assistance…
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National Security
Imams inciting anti-Semitism: Free speech at the crossroads (Video)
Baby and bath water.
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Law and Government
Obamacare architect caught in huge lie over exchange subsidies (Video); *UPDATE*
Update: Mr. Gruber tried to “explain” his earlier comments about the subsidies, and only ended up digging himself in deeper.…
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Law and Government
Lerner’s hard drive not irreparably damaged, lost IRS tapes found
During the last two days, investigators and House members have been deluged with contradictory statements during their ongoing probe of…
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Economy
CBO issues wake up call: It’s still the economy, stupid’
Over the last few months our attention has been diverted from the economy. Not that there haven’t been other important things…
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Law and Government
Exclusive: An odd discrepancy in the IRS targeting scandal
Although the House Ways and Means Committee has been diligently keeping notes on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting scandal, a recent…
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Law and Government
Obama and IRS (yes, THAT IRS) cracking down on tax-cheating fat cats with FATCA
Arriving 18 months late on the scene, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) came into effect this week in…
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