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  • House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Pat Tiberi (left), Ohio Republican, waves a constituent's application to the IRS that was delayed on May 17, 2013, on Capitol Hill  during the committee's hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. From left are Tiberi and fellow Republican Reps. Devin Nunes of California, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Kevin Brady of Texas, and Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan. (Associated Press)

    GOP eager to link IRS scandal to 'Obamacare' takedown efforts

    An exasperated Rep. Pat Tiberi on Friday asked the former acting chief of the IRS to explain to Congress why he would move the leader of the division that targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status to a branch that is overseeing one of the most partisan issues of recent memory — President Obama's health care law.

  • Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    PHILLIPS: The IRS as your M.D.

    Over the past week, details have emerged on how the Internal Revenue Service subjected certain groups to undue scrutiny in a systematic manner over an extended period of time.

  • **FILE** President Obama applauds in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 18, 2013, during his announcement that he would nominate Thomas E. Perez (right) for Labor secretary. (Associated Press)

    Perez, McCarthy pass hurdle to confirmation

    Two of President Obama's second-term personnel picks that have attracted conservative and business opposition moved a step closer to confirmation Thursday.

  • Job seekers fill out employment applications at the Green Mountain Flagging table at the fourth annual Central Vermont Job Fair in Montpelier, Vt., on Thursday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

    Jobless claims jump to highest level in 6 weeks

    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.

  • MLB improves diversity among senior administration

    While Major League Baseball teams improved racial diversity in hiring senior administrators, the employment of women is still lagging, according to the annual report by Richard Lapchick's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida.

  • Illustration: Immigration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times.

    RAHN: Putting out the welcome mat for prosperity

    How many new immigrants should the United States allow each year? How many guest workers? These are not easy questions, which is why there is as much fierce debate within the two parties as between them.

  • Md. school district considers dress code amid complaints teachers show too much skin

  • ** FILE ** Judy Pepenella, a New York resident and member of the Conservative Society for Action, protests the health care reform law Monday outside the U.S. Supreme Court. She said she is part of a group of 50 doctors who filed a friend-of-the-court brief advocating that so-called Obamacare be struck down. (Raymond Thompson Jr./The Washington Times)

    Health premiums could hike 400 percent under Obamacare

    Prepare your wallet. Health premiums are set to rise by as much as 400 percent under Obamacare. That's according to a new report from the House Energy and Commerce Committee released this week that uses information from the nation's largest health insurance companies to estimate the emerging costs of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

  • Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    YOUNG: The ripple effect of high unemployment

    America's abnormally extended period of high unemployment threatens to generate ever-widening circles of pain throughout the U.S. economy.

  • Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    EDITORIAL: The NLRB's unfair labor practice

    The impish lexicographer Ambrose Bierce defined a lawyer as someone "skilled in the circumvention of the law." By that reckoning, the lawyers at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are among the most experienced lawyers in town.

  • President Obama speaks during his visit to Manor New Technology High School in Manor, Texas, on May 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

    Obama touts improving jobs figures in economic speech in Texas

    As President Obama traveled to Texas to press his case for devoting a billion dollars to more job-growth programs, White House officials back in Washington were denying that interest in solving the country's long-term budget woes is waning among Democrats.

  • Head of employee relations board violating D.C. residency rule

    The executive director of the independent board that rules on labor complaints and resolves collective bargaining impasses between unions and the D.C. government is not a resident of the District, as required by law, but of Virginia.

  • Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya, gives his opening testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 8, 2013, before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the September 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, Libya. (Andrew Geraci/The Washington Times)

    State Department denies Benghazi retaliation

    The State Department on Thursday dismissed accusations that it retaliated against one of the key witnesses at this week's Benghazi hearings by demoting him after he questioned the Obama administration's account of the terrorist attack.

  • Job seekers, including Sophonias Gizaw (center) of Seattle, wait in line to attend a job fair in Tacoma, Wash., on Tuesday, April 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

    Jobless-aid applications fall to 5-year low

    The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits fell by 4,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 323,000, a fresh five-year low. The decline signals fewer layoffs and possibly more hiring.

  • ** FILE ** Britain's Queen Elizabeth II leaves the King Edward VII Hospital in London on Monday, March 4, 2013, following a one-day stay caused by a stomach ailment. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

    Britain moves right: Queen Elizabeth II, parliament to kick off conservative agenda

    Britain's government is moving to the right, ideologically speaking. Prime Minister David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth II have joined forces to tighten up immigration policy, overhaul the pension system and reduce bureaucratic hurdles so businesses can grow.

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