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4 hrs ago | International Business Times

IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandal

The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, Barack Obama

6 hrs ago | WKRN

TVA execs meet with Obama administration on "sale" issue

Nashville's News 2 has learned that top Tennessee Valley Authority executives will head to Washington on Tuesday to begin "initial talks" on the federal budget issue that prompted rumors the giant utility might be sold.

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Related Topix: Tennessee Valley Authority, Energy, US News

8 hrs ago | Washington Times

PETA accuses IRS of 'Nixon' and 'totalitarian' tactics

PETA said it's been targeted, too. Politico reported that Jeffrey Kerr , the general counsel for the animal rights group, sent a letter on Thursday to the Treasury Department alleging that PETA was unfairly audited on three separate occasions: Between 1990 and 1992, from 2003 to 2005 and in 2009.

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Related Topix: Animal Rights, US News

12 hrs ago | Mediaite.com

IRS Official On Targeting Of Conservative Groups: 'It Is Not...

During a hearing before the House Ways & Means Committee on Friday regarding the news that the Internal Revenue Service had singled out conservative groups for undue scrutiny, one official with the Treasury Department clarified whether the IRS views that behavior as being illegal.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, Mike Thompson, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Television

Thu May 16, 2013

Big News Network.com

Obama to meet Treasury Department officials to discuss IRS probe

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Tea Party

Fox News

Treasury Moves to Buy Time Under Debt Ceiling

The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday announced the first of a potential series of emergency cash measures to allow the government to keep paying the nation's bills once a temporary suspension of the debt ceiling lapses this weekend.

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Related Topix: US News, Personal Finance, Mortgage, Business News

KSFY

Obama accepts IRS commissioner's resignation after scrutiny scandal

President Barack Obama broke into local news coverage Wednesday evening to announce the Treasury Department has accepted the resignation of acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller.

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Related Topix: US News, Pierre, SD, Sioux Falls, SD

The Weekly Standard

Did Obama Cause Jack Lew to Break Jewish Holiday for IRS Scandal?

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Related Topix: US News

Philly.com

Obama Fires Acting Leader of IRS

Moving to quell a growing scandal, President Obama on Wednesday fired the acting chief of the IRS and vowed to work closely with Congress in determining who ordered lower-level employees to target tea party groups and other conservative organizations.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, George Bush, US Politics, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Mitch McConnell

Wed May 15, 2013

Detroit News

Michigan projects $483 million in extra tax revenue

The state of Michigan expects to reap $483 million in additional tax revenue this year, an unexpected increase being attributed to higher-than-expected income tax receipts.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, Tax, US News, Rick Snyder, US Governors

The Weekly Standard

NBC: W.H. Blaming Treasury Dept. for IRS Scandal

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Related Topix: US News

USA Today

Obama to meet with Treasury officials on IRS controversy Obama to...

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney shows the many faces he made during the previous day's press briefing as he speaks May 15, 2013 in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Tea Party

Patch.com

Police Unity Tour 2013: Kevin Whalen's Ride From Richmond to D.C.

Whalen, a senior special agent with the Treasury Department who rode in honor of fallen Prince William County Officer Chris Yung, shared scenes from his sixth tour in the photo gallery above.

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Silicon Alley Insider

Barack Obama: The Irs Report's Findings Are 'Intolerable And Inexcusable'

I have now had the opportunity to review the Treasury Department watchdog's report on its investigation of IRS personnel who improperly targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status.

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Politico

The IRS wants YOU - to share everything

A POLITICO review of documents from 11 tea party and conservative groups that the IRS scrutinized in 2012 shows the agency wanted to know everything - in some cases, it even seemed curious what members were thinking.

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Tue May 14, 2013

Christian Science Monitor

IRS report shows why tea party scandal was almost inevitable

The John Weld Peck Federal Building houses the main offices for the Internal Revenue Service in Cincinnati.

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Related Topix: Tax, Non-Profit, US News, University of Notre Dame

JD Supra

At Last: Final Regulations Issued Under Section 336

In a move that was nearly 27 years in the making, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued long-awaited final regulations under A 336 on May 10.

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Related Topix: US News, Tax

National Journal

How Many House Committees Are Currently Probing the Obama Administration?

J. Mark McWatters, Ted Kaufman, and Damon Silvers of the Congressional Oversight Panel listen to Phyllis Caldwell, chief of the Homeownership Preservation Office at the Treasury Department, during a hearing last month about foreclosure mitigation.

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Related Topix: US News

Newsday

Aurigny 'could cover Gatwick route'

Any loss of routes between Guernsey and Gatwick Airport can be covered by States-owned airline Aurigny, a Treasury Department spokesman has said.

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KRMG-AM Tulsa

Obama Decries IRS Targeting of Political Groups

President Barak Obama joined a growing chorus of lawmakers demanding answers into the IRS' admission it targeted conservative political groups.

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