Newsmax RSS FeedWed, 22 May 2013 18:52:47 EDTFacing criticism from Democratic loyalists, the White House acknowledged on Wednesday that President Barack Obama's team has struggled to get its story straight on who knew what when about the IRS targeting of conservative groups. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:49:41 EDTThree congressional hearings during the past week have allowed lawmakers to vent their anger at the U.S. tax agency for its targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny, but the sessions have yielded few answers about who was responsible. The frustration on Capitol...Wed, 22 May 2013 18:40:53 EDTLois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service s embattled director of Exempt Organizations, could be held in contempt of court and jailed for refusing to testify before Congress, civil-rights lawyer Alan Dershowitz says. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:06:55 EDTThe Obama administration is trying to bully its way out of the Internal Revenue Service targeting scandal, says Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:19:52 EDTThe Republican National Committee filed a Freedom of Information Act request Wednesday seeking to obtain records involving the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:59:55 EDTThe IRS official at the center of a scandal about extra tax scrutiny of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday she had done nothing wrong -- then invoked her constitutional right not to answer questions.Wed, 22 May 2013 13:04:51 EDTThe woman who ran the IRS tax exemption office accused of improperly targeting conservative groups presided over a lengthy investigation of the Christian Coalition when she headed the enforcement office at the Federal Election Commission. Wed, 22 May 2013 09:43:59 EDTPresident Barack Obama should take-up Republican calls for a special prosecutor to investigate IRS targeting of conservative groups, former New York Times editor Bill Keller said. Keller even suggested Kenneth Starr, whose dogged investigation of Bill Clinton, could be...Wed, 22 May 2013 09:33:25 EDTThe New York Times has blasted the Obama White House's move to label a Fox News reporter a possible "co-conspirator" in a criminal investigation of a news leak about North Korea's nuclear missile program.Tue, 21 May 2013 22:26:16 EDTIn Moore, Oklahoma, an area residents call Tornado Alley because it s struck by more ferocious twisters than anywhere in the U.S., two schools destroyed by yesterday s storm lacked safe room shelters that would have cost $600,000 to $1 million per building to...Tue, 21 May 2013 18:03:34 EDTThe woman who asked the planted question that publicly revealed the IRS targeting of conservative groups says Lois Lerner called her personally and asked for her help. Tue, 21 May 2013 17:47:19 EDTAmid expressions of horror, grief, and resolve over the devastating tornado that smashed into suburban Oklahoma City, many U.S. lawmakers expressed relief on Tuesday that they took action in January to bulk up the FEMA disaster relief fund. Tue, 21 May 2013 17:39:25 EDTRescuers went building to building in search of victims and thousands of survivors were homeless on Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado tore through a suburb of Oklahoma City, wiping out entire blocks of homes and killing at least 24 people.Tue, 21 May 2013 17:07:04 EDTRepublican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus says the scandals surrounding the administration and the federal government could possibly reach to the highest levels in the White House. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:18 EDTTrue the Vote, a leading voters' rights organization, has filed suit in federal court against the Internal Revenue Service following disclosures that the IRS has been targeting the tea party and other conservative groups for scrutiny. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:04:10 EDTTop lawmakers and officials say the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma.The government has more than $11 billion in its main disaster relief fund. Recovery costs in Moore, Okla., are...Tue, 21 May 2013 16:02:11 EDTSen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said federal aid for Oklahoma tornado victims is totally different from the Hurricane Sandy bill he voted against. Tue, 21 May 2013 13:36:49 EDTRep. Lynn Jenkins, Chair of House Republican Conference, tells Newsmax that members of Congress were lied to consistently about the IRS' targeting of tea party and other conservative groups. The Kansas legislator also says the IRS and other scandals unfolding recently are...Tue, 21 May 2013 13:06:58 EDTTreasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups was unacceptable and inexcusable and he has directed the agency's acting director to hold people accountable.Lew told the Senate Banking Committee that he has also...Tue, 21 May 2013 11:58:46 EDTTop Internal Revenue Service officials told Congress on Tuesday they were unaware of the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny until recently and were not deliberately misleading lawmakers last year when they did not reveal the...