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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...

IRS puts head of problem office on leave

2013-05-24 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has replaced the head of the office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, a day after she invoked the 5th Amendment and refused to answer questions before a congressional committee. Lois...

Apple slips billions through loopholes of U.S. tax laws

2013-05-22 05:00:00

Apple, America’s richest, most innovative consumer technology company, is also the most creative in hiding billions of dollars in profits from the taxman, according to congressional investigators. But on Tuesday in testimony before the Senate...

Taxes, schmaxes: Congress wants you to know it loves Apple

2013-05-22 10:15:00

You could be forgiven for thinking that the big hearing before the�U.S. Senate’s�Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations�this week was a chance for lawmakers to grill Apple about some of its controversial tax practices. And yes, there was some of...

Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy

2013-05-22 00:00:00

� WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over the company's...

Apple skirts U.S. taxes, panel finds

2013-05-20 19:41:00

WASHINGTON — Apple Inc., one of the most successful and valuable companies on the planet, will be tested Tuesday when Chief Executive Tim Cook testifies about the company's controversial tax practices before a hostile Senate subcommittee. Should...

Report: Apple avoided billions in U.S. taxes on foreign income

2013-05-20 14:04:00

This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. has used an elaborate web of offshore subsidiaries to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes on $44 billion in foreign income over the past four years,...

Apple CEO Tim Cook strongly defends tax policy at Senate hearing

2013-05-21 09:22:00

� WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook strongly defended the company's tax practices Tuesday at a Senate hearing highlighting the technology giant's use of Irish subsidiaries to shelter billions of dollars in income from U.S. taxes....

Soldier in sexual assault prevention program accused of abuse

2013-05-14 22:52:00

WASHINGTON — A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Tuesday. The...

Congress speaks with a loud, muddled voice on Syria

2013-05-11 19:28:00

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein made headlines recently by demanding a forceful U.S. response to Syria's use of chemical weapons against its population. Less noticed was that the California Democrat wasn't urging deeper military involvement...

Mississippi man arrested, accused in ricin letters case

2013-04-17 17:36:00

OXFORD, Miss. — A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday, accused of sending letters to President Barack Obama and a senator that tested positive for the poisonous ricin and set the nation's capital on edge a day after the Boston Marathon bombings....

Step toward possible military intervention in Syria

2013-04-17 18:16:00

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to Jordan, the vanguard of a potential U.S. military force of 20,000 or more that could be deployed if the Obama administration decides to intervene in Syria to secure chemical weapons arsenals...

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich left, and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) speak to reporters during a briefing on Capitol Hill.

2013-05-20 00:00:00

From top: Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.). A trio of Senate leaders have condemned the Kathryn Bigelow movie "Zero Dark Thirty," calling elements of its dramatization of the Osama bin Laden manhunt "grossly inaccurate and misleading.

2012-12-21 12:29:16

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (I-CT) (L) and committee chairman Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) (C) talks as committee ranking member Senator John McCain (R-AZ) speaks during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Armed Service Committee on Capitol Hill November 15, 2012 in Washington, DC.

2012-11-27 06:15:39