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The IRS Tea Party scandal plaguing the Obama administration has shed light on a murky and controversial area of the nation's excruciatingly complex tax code.

The resolution, sponsored by state Sen. A.G. Crowe, R-Slidell, and backed by Tea Party groups from around the state, would urge state education officials to block the implementation of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, a set of education ...

Representatives from the Greater New Orleans Tea Party and the Louisiana Family Forum also spoke in favor of the resolution. Speaking against Crowe's bill, state Superintendent of Education John White said the standards were meant to bring students "back ...

Tea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans held rallies outside federal buildings across the country to protest the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative ...

Trey Gowdy, R-S.C. "She waived her right against self-discrimination, she ought to sit here and answer our questions." But Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., dismissed Lerner, saying she could be recalled if committee lawyers determine that she ...

They’re an upstart political movement intent on “taking back” the country from an out-of-touch political elite accused of ignoring opposition to immigration and threats to what they consider the nation’s Christian heritage. The ...

They’re an upstart political movement intent on “taking back” the country from an out-of-touch political elite accused of ignoring opposition to immigration and threats to what they consider the nation’s Christian heritage. The ...

They’re an upstart political movement intent ... who Nigel met recently and they got on famously together,” says Mr. Finch, the UKIP county councilor in Hampshire. “We do believe as the Tea Party believes that people should be left ...

Hamilton’s Jolie Tea Company hosted author, cook, historian and "Tea Master" Bruce Richardson at the shop on Tuesday, May 7. Richardson is the author of 13 books on tea and numerous articles, contributing editor to several tea-related publications ...

5/22/13 10:15:58 AM -- Washington, DC, U.S.A -- Lois Lerner, Director of Exempt Organizations; Internal Revenue Service, reads her opening statement ... educating on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, social economic reform/movement."

Back in their day, the tea party folks were riding high, fueling indignation over alleged government-run death panels, a treasonous Federal Reserve and the like.

ASHEVILLE — Tea party supporters protested in front of the Internal Revenue Service building downtown on Tuesday with signs calling for an end to the agency as it continues to weather criticism for targeting conservative groups. “The IRS is ...

For an hour Tuesday, roughly 50 supporters of the locally based Red River Tea Party met outside the IRS offices at 3700 Knight St. as part of a nationwide effort to express outrage over the federal tax agency targeting conservative political ...

IRS e-mails released by the House Oversight Committee Wednesday ... advocacy activities "to make America a better place to live," and "statements in the case file that are critical of how the country is being run." "Unbeknownst to me," Lerner ...

Back in their day, the tea party folks were riding high, fueling indignation over alleged government-run death panels, a treasonous Federal Reserve and the like.

Back in their day, the tea party folks were riding high, fueling indignation over alleged government-run death panels, a treasonous Federal Reserve and the like.

Tea party supporters rallied outside Internal Revenue Service offices in Albuquerque on Tuesday to protest federal targeting of conservative political groups seeking tax-exempt status.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The average price of Kenya's top grade Broken Pekoe Ones tea rose for the first time in four weeks, nudging higher to $3.27 per kg at auction from $3.26 at the previous sale, trader Africa Tea Brokers (ATB) said on Tuesday. The east African economy is the world's leading exporter of black tea, which is a major source of foreign exchange, earning 112 billion shillings last ...

Tea party members gathered outside the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. Tuesday to protest the targeting of conservative groups that had identified themselves as “tea party” or “patriots” on applications for tax-exempt status.

CHERRY HILL — Tea party activists gathered outside the Cherry Hill office of the IRS Tuesday to protest the agency’s scrutiny of conservative groups. The controversy surrounds improper targeting by the IRS of certain groups seeking nonprofit ...