By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Three days of hearings have shown that IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations extended beyond a few rogue employees in Cincinnati, that the agency staged its announcement of the bad news to try to limit the damage, and that the White House knew more, and knew it earlier, than it first admitted. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
The woman at the center of the IRS scandal was put on paid administrative leave Thursday, marking the second agency official to be removed over the inappropriate scrutiny of conservative groups. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Commerce secretary-nominee Penny Pritzker told lawmakers Thursday that she regrets the losses suffered by customers of a failed bank she once led, but a lawyer for the depositors said the bank’s owners never fully reimbursed them or the government. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
The odds of finding a good job are significantly better in the nation’s red states than in blue states, according to a new study of business and tax policies across the country released Thursday. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
The legal arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to uphold a lower court ruling that invalidated President Obama’s controversial recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. Published May 23, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Yahoo's board of directors approved an offer to buy the ailing Tumblr company for $1.1 billion in cash. Published May 20, 2013
By Steve Rothwell - Associated Press
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By Joe McDonald - Associated Press
A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs. Published May 20, 2013
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
A besieged White House dug in its heels Sunday and defended figures at the center of the unfolding Internal Revenue Service scandal while reiterating that President Obama knew nothing of the misdeeds inside the agency. Published May 19, 2013
By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times
As a Realtor in Orange County, California, Gary Thomas lives at the epicenter of the last decade’s epic housing boom and bust that is only now beginning to release the economy from its withering grip. Published May 18, 2013
By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press
A plunge in the cost of gas drove down a measure of U.S. consumer prices last month by the most since December 2008. Excluding the drop in fuel costs, prices were largely unchanged. Published May 16, 2013
By MATTHEW CRAFT - Associated Press
Cisco Systems led the Dow Jones industrial average slightly higher Thursday after the technology company reported higher sales. Mixed corporate earnings and economic reports kept the major stock indexes flipping between slight gains and losses. Published May 16, 2013
By Ben Wolfgang and Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
Two of President Obama's second-term personnel picks that have attracted conservative and business opposition moved a step closer to confirmation Thursday. Published May 16, 2013
By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press
U.S. builders broke ground on far fewer homes in April, one month after topping the 1 million mark for the first time since 2008. But applications for new construction reached a five-year peak, evidence that the housing revival will be sustained. Published May 16, 2013
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that President Obama violated the Constitution when he made a recess appointment to the National Labor Relations Board, marking the second panel to rebuke the administration and making the issue even more likely to draw Supreme Court scrutiny. Published May 16, 2013
By Associated Press
BP is seeking to stop paying millions of dollars in what it calls spurious compensation claims stemming from the catastrophic 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Published May 16, 2013
By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press
The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose 32,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the most since late March. The jump comes after applications fell to a five-year low. Published May 16, 2013
By Matthew Craft - Associated Press
The stock market continued its climb Wednesday, despite a handful of disappointing economic reports. Published May 15, 2013
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
From pro athletes who waste money at their charitable foundations to federal employees who don't pay their taxes, legislators have a few suggestions for whom the IRS should have been scrutinizing instead of going after partisan organizations. Published May 15, 2013
By Dave Boyer and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
President Obama forced acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller to resign Wednesday and said he will cooperate fully as he and Congress try to clean up the tax agency after it admitted targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny during last year's campaign season. Published May 15, 2013
