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IRS replaces head of division that targeted conservative groups

2013-05-23 15:20:00

WASHINGTON -- Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, was replaced by the agency's acting commissioner on Thursday, a day after she insisted she had done nothing wrong and refused to answer...

Key IRS official refuses to testify

2013-05-22 19:39:00

WASHINGTON — In a contentious climax Wednesday to a series of congressional hearings, Lois Lerner, a key IRS manager, invoked her right to not testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups, igniting howls from Republicans and...

Top IRS official pleads the 5th Amendment at testy House hearing

2013-05-22 08:47:00

WASHINGTON — A top Internal Revenue Service official invoked the 5th Amendment and declined to testify Wednesday before a House committee investigating the agency’s mishandling of applications by some conservative groups for tax-exempt status....

IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th

2013-05-21 19:13:00

WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...

Rep. Issa tested by the spotlight

2013-05-21 21:18:00

WASHINGTON — During the 2010 campaign, Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from Sherman Oaks, joked, "Every time I try to encourage the White House to do more to help us elect Democrats to the House of Representatives, I send them a picture of Darrell...

Letters: Journalists have rights -- and responsibilities

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Re "Journalists' records secretly collected," May 14 With any right there are associated responsibilities and restrictions. The 2nd Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms — well, not if you are a convicted felon or criminally insane. The...

Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry

2013-05-15 19:12:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...

Government secretly obtains phone records from journalists

2013-05-13 21:33:00

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot...

House committee hearing on Benghazi attack opens on partisan note

2013-05-08 10:10:00

WASHINGTON -- A hearing on the deadly September 2012 attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, began with sharp exchanges Wednesday morning when the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform accused the Republican...

Partisan politics, little new information at House Benghazi hearing

2013-05-08 12:38:00

WASHINGTON — Partisan politics loomed over a House hearing Wednesday� on the deadly September 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound� in Benghazi, Libya, as Republicans and Democrats clashed over the meaning of testimony from three witnesses...

Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Orphan Black' on BBC

2013-05-03 12:22:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 5 - 11, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black A trip to the suburbs...

McCain again calls for special congressional panel on Benghazi

2013-05-12 11:27:00

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) pressed Sunday for a special congressional committee to investigate the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last year, insisting that questions about former Secretary of State...

Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Vista), left, with Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), at a House oversight panel hearing this month on the attack on a U.S. facility in Benghazi, Libya.

2013-05-22 00:00:00

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa displays a letter of praise from President Obama to Greg Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

There may have been a time when the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee lived up to its name, investigating and bringing to light incidents of government waste, fraud and abuse. But I can't remember back that far.

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