Wall Street Journal editorial, End of the IRS Investigation?: Republicans are rightly furious about the IRS targeting of conservative political groups—and the agency’s lack of cooperation in finding out what happened. They’ve even cut the IRS budget to get the agency’s attention. So it was odd to learn that the…

The Hill, GOP Gives Thumbs Down to IRS Chief: More than a year into his tenure, some GOP lawmakers say the commissioner has lost his chance to win them over. And while other Republicans, especially in the Senate, give Koskinen higher marks, frustration with the IRS remains at a high…

The Blaze, GOP, Dems: Let’s Make It Easier to Fire IRS Officials: Dozens of House members, including three Democrats, have put forward a new bill that would require the IRS to fire anyone who targets people or groups based on their political beliefs. The Prevent Targeting at the IRS Act…

Bloomberg, IRS Chief: I Don’t Want to Be Seen As Influencing 2016: Rules from the Internal Revenue Service that would limit nonprofit groups’ involvement in politics may not be enforced before the 2016 election, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Tuesday. The tax agency’s first attempt at those rules—released in November…

New York Post, ABCs of IRS Mess: Justice Department Is Tainted, Too: At her confirmation hearings Wednesday, Loretta Lynch said she’s only “generally aware” of the Justice Department’s investigation of IRS targeting of conservative groups. As a service for our likely new attorney general, here’s a primer on why so…

Washington Times, Senate GOP Demands Obama Turn Over All Communications with IRS: Senate Republicans on Thursday asked President Obama to turn over all communications he and his aides have had with the IRS since 2010, hoping to find out whether the tax collection agency shared private taxpayer information with political…

New American, Surveillance of the Right Is Not New: The IRS Scandal in Historical Perspective: The Obama administration’s ongoing coverup of the IRS scandal about targeting the Tea Party is not the first instance of the federal government persecuting the political Right with IRS audits. In fact, the current IRS…

IR-2015-13, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Program Reports on Activities (Jan. 29, 2015): The Internal Revenue Service’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) Program Office has issued its annual program report, which describes how LITCs have assisted thousands of low income taxpayers nationwide with free or low-cost representation, education and advocacy services….

Judicial Watch, Obama Administration Refuses to Release Time Records of Key Attorney in IRS Scandal Investigation: Judicial Watch announced today that the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) is going to extreme lengths to keep from the public the number of hours DOJ Attorney Barbara Bosserman expended on the investigation of…

Bloomberg, Ted Cruz Leads the New Conservative Crusade Against the IRS: Though the first day of Loretta Lynch’s AG hearings went as well as Democrats might have wanted, Senator Ted Cruz managed to steal the spotlight on an issue near and dear to the hearts of many conservatives: reforming the…