Tea Party Movement

Elizabeth Warren to pen new book -- a middle-class call to arms?

2013-05-23 09:16:00

A book can’t rescue the American middle class. But a lot of politicians who say they want to rescue the American middle class are writing books about their travails and their vision — all timed to come out as the 2016 presidential election...

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...

IRS tea party targeting "scandal" does not live up to the name

2013-05-21 05:00:00

Now that more extensive, dispassionate reporting has been done about the "scandal” at the IRS, it is abundantly obvious that what is being called “targeting” of tea party organizations and other conservative groups was the result of...

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...

IRS officials still don't have full explanation of targeting

2013-05-21 11:32:00

WASHINGTON – The outgoing head of the IRS said the agency still doesn’t know which staff members were responsible for using politically loaded language to screen out nonprofit groups, as senators pressed them to explain how certain...

Former IRS commissioner 'dismayed' by inspector general's report

2013-05-21 08:36:00

WASHINGTON -- The former top official of the Internal Revenue Service told senators Tuesday he was “dismayed and saddened” by an inspector general’s report detailing how, during his tenure as IRS commissioner, the agency...

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....

Oklahoma's tornado and political cheap shots

2013-05-21 14:25:00

It's as predictable as it is disheartening: A red state gets hit hard by a tornado outbreak -- in this case killing at least 24 people, many of them children attending school -- and the first batch of letters from readers (most of them from Southern...

Top IRS official will invoke 5th Amendment

2013-05-21 13:17:00

WASHINGTON�— A top IRS official in the division that reviews nonprofit groups will invoke the 5th Amendment and refuse to answer questions before a House committee investigating the agency’s improper screening of conservative nonprofit groups....

White House fights back on IRS as GOP keeps up pressure

2013-05-19 13:02:00

WASHINGTON — A senior White House aide insisted Sunday that President Obama learned only from news reports that an IRS office had singled out dozens of tea party organizations and other conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while...

McManus: The second-term scandal plague

2013-05-18 06:52:00

What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...

Conservatives, tea party leaders seek to block immigration bill

2013-05-20 21:00:00

WASHINGTON – Top conservative leaders, along with tea party activists from across the nation, have crafted a letter of opposition to the Senate’s bipartisan immigration overhaul. The open letter to the Senate, which will be released Tuesday,...

Ousted IRS chief Steven Miller testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. (AP Photo/J.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn chairwoman of the Tea Party Caucus, center, speaks on Capitol Hill during a news conference with tea party leaders to discuss the IRS targeting of conservative groups.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

The IRS is under fire for giving extra scrutiny to applications for tax-exempt status from grass-roots conservative groups. Above, "tea party" demonstrators last June in Newport Beach.

2013-05-14 12:45:12