Tea Party News

THIS WEEK , Arizona became the 24th state to approve Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare-but only because of the efforts of an extremely unlikely advocate: Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, a Tea Party hero who had once memorably wagged her finger in President Obama's face on an airport tarmac.

Some local members are considering abandoning Tea Party groups and instead joining Americans for Prosperity, a grassroots organization aimed at educating and mobilizing citizens around economic policy issues.

More Americans are coming to believe that the IRS 's scrutiny of conservative and Tea Party groups was ordered by the White House , according to a new national poll, CNN reported on Tuesday.

Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell swears in members of the House of Representatives on the first day of the Alaska State Legislature in Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 15, 2013.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Democratic ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, released more than 200 pages of interview transcripts Tuesday afternoon after the committee's Chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa , refused to do so.

An Internal Revenue Service employee who looks at 20 to 25 nonprofit applications a day flagged a single Tea Party case as a potential high-profile issue in 2010, his manager told congressional investigators.

Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, leaves a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in May. Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, leaves a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in May. Hundreds of pages ... (more)

Representative Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Republican whose status as the leading Tea Party voice in Congress has faded in the wake of a widening investigation into her campaign spending, announced that she would not seek re-election in 2014.

Monday, CNN released a poll showing that a full 50% of Americans no longer trust President Obama.

On Wednesday, at two rallies bracketing the Capitol, Tea Party and conservative activists will again take center-stage on two issues dominating the national political dialogue.

Last night, on The O'Reilly Factor , Fox News' most beloved host asked House Oversight dragonslayer Trey Gowdy about the latest in the IRS story.

Tea Party activists are threatening to put up primary challengers against Republican lawmakers who vote to expand Medicaid in Michigan.

It portends to be a fierce demonstration, as in days of yore: The Tea Party Patriots will assemble at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday for an "Audit the IRS" rally in support of conservative groups that were subject to some uncomfortable scrutiny by the federal agency in recent years.

It never stops. CBS News is at it again. This time, they've compared radical Islamic men running for the Iranian presidency to....the Tea Party.

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Yet another Tea Party group has come out publicly against the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill, as TheTeaParty.net has announced its opposition to the legislation and published online an alternative plan for immigration reform.

Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly and conservative columnist Michelle Malkin tore into CBS News anchor Scott Pelley and his network over a number of issues, including a recent interview in which Pelley dismissed all of cable news and significantly underestimated Fox News Channel's ratings.

Over the weekend, USA Today reported on revelations that an agency executive in D.C. admitted to reviewing Tea Party applications.

Embattled IRS official Holly Paz is believed to have been fired from the scandal-ridden agency, indicating that the growing IRS scandal could end up implicating more IRS agents than previously thought.

Sarah Palin wants Republicans in Congress to let Sen. Ted Cruz have his say. In Palin's first appearance back on Fox News on Monday, there was a bit of Tea Party love traded between the former Alaska governor In Palin's first appearance back on Fox News on Monday, there was a bit of Tea Party love traded between the former Alaska governor and the ... (more)