Lew: IRS actions "unacceptable and inexcusable"

file photo, Donald Trump speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. On Tuesday, May 14, 2013, Trump is expected to testify at federal court in Chicago where several of his companies have been named in ...

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As the Post reported last week , the IRS specifically targeted conservative political action type organizations involved in…educating on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, along with those of other motives. After the 2010 Citizens United ...

The IRS targeting of conservative political groups may not have been political itself. But it shows a serious need for more civics education in America about basic freedoms like the First Amendment. Congress has much to investigate with the news ...

The outgoing head of the IRS told US Congress on Friday that the US tax agency made "foolish mistakes" in targeting conservative groups but insisted the action was not politically motivated. Lawmakers hammered Steven Miller, who resigned this week at the ...

One of the wonderful things about America is that no matter your politics, be they wacky or mainstream, you have a right to have your say without fear of government retribution. Well, almost. The disturbing news that some groups were singled out for ...

President Barack Obama upped his condemnation of the IRS investigation of conservative political groups on Monday, three days after his deputies described the targeting as inappropriate. If the agency's investigations were not politically neutral, ...

Richard D. Kahlenberg, Century Foundation A conservative Supreme Court ruling on race could create a unique political space in which progressive public policy proposals aimed at class inequality could prevail. Patricia J. Williams, professor, ...

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has already promised investigations and hearings on the IRS? targeting of conservative groups who had applied for tax-exempt status. Now, Rep. Mike Turner, a Republican from Ohio, has announced legislation making it ...