WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service official who first disclosed that the agency had targeted conservative groups, and in doing so ignited a controversy that has ensnared the White House, denied on ... Read more
WASHINGTON — The allegations had all the makings of a perfect election-year scandal that might threaten President Obama’s chances for a second term and re-energize a listless Tea Party movement: an ... Read more
WASHINGTON — The allegations had all the makings of a perfect election-year scandal that might threaten President Obama’s chances for a second term and re-energize a listless Tea Party movement: an ... Read more
They are getting the band back together. In the well-burnished legend of its founding, the Tea Party movement sprang to life at grass-roots rallies, a spontaneous protest against government ... Read more
Q. When did the possibility that the Internal Revenue Service was improperly targeting conservative groups first become public? A. The first reports emerged in February 2012 on conservative Web ... Read more
WASHINGTON — The chief White House lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, learned last month that a Treasury inspector general had concluded an audit of the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative ... Read more
During the summer of 2010, the dozen or so accountants and tax agents of Group 7822 of the Internal Revenue Service office in Cincinnati got a directive from their manager. A growing number of organizations ... Read more
WASHINGTON — President Obama announced Wednesday night that the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service had been ousted after disclosures that the agency gave special scrutiny to conservative ... Read more
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that its chief counsel did not tell Treasury superiors of I.R.S. efforts to target conservative groups for special scrutiny, nor did he participate ... Read more
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that its chief counsel did not tell Treasury superiors of I.R.S. efforts to target conservative groups for special scrutiny, nor did he participate ... Read more