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  • Republicans Press IRS for Details as Democrats Seek Rules

    Updated 41 minutes ago

    The U.S. Senate’s first hearing on the Internal Revenue Service controversy looks more like two: Republicans pressed the tax agency for details of what happened and what they knew, while Democrats sought tougher rules for nonprofit political groups.

  • Obama’s Defense in IRS Case Is Pre-Election Ignorance

    Updated 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

    Whether the Internal Revenue Service controversy explodes into something bigger comes down to this: Did anyone in the Obama administration know before the Nov. 6 election that the agency singled out Tea Party groups for extra screening?

  • Musk Says Tesla Probably Will Pay Off U.S. Loan Wednesday

    Updated 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

    Elon Musk, Tesla Motors Inc.’s chief executive officer and co-founder, said in a Twitter post the electric-car maker will “probably” repay its Energy Department loan as early as tomorrow.

  • How to Humble a Wing Nut

    There is no standard definition of the all-important term “wing nut,” so let’s provide one. A wing nut is someone who has a dogmatic commitment to an extreme political view (“wing”) that is false and at least a bit crazy (“nut”).

  • Obama Chief of Staff Got Early Word of Improper IRS Scrutiny

    President Barack Obama’s chief of staff was told that an investigation found IRS employees improperly scrutinized Tea Party and small-government advocacy groups seeking tax-exempt status before the report was made public, White House press secretary Jay Carney said.

  • Obama Aims to Take Control of Three Scandals

    President Barack Obama is facing a make-or-break week as he tries to seize control of three scandal story lines that could upend one of the top priorities of his second term: revising the nation’s immigration laws.

  • How Obama Can Rescue His Presidency From Faux Scandals

    Here’s the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama’s second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn’t without some merit.

  • Republicans Unsatisfied by IRS Answers Press for More

    House lawmakers say ousted Internal Revenue Service chief Steven Miller failed to fully explain why he didn’t inform them for more than a year that small-government groups seeking tax-exempt status were subject to extra scrutiny.

  • Lew Orders Review of IRS Systems After Groups Scrutinized

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said he learned in general terms about a probe into IRS screening of tax-exempt groups in March and now has ordered agency officials to deliver within 30 days a plan to correct any “systemic” shortcomings.

  • Anti-Women Exchanges Dominate Virginia Governor Campaign

    It’s a contest driven by caricatures.

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