Tag: IRS

A quick reminder: Equifax revealed in September that 148 million people were affected in a massive data breach of its systems. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Beltway Confidential

What could go wrong? IRS awards no-bid fraud protection contracts to Equifax

Becket Adams · October 3, 2017 10:58 pm

Equifax is facing a lawsuit from the state of West Virginia over a 2017 cyberattack that exposed personal data for nearly half the country.

IRS awards $7.25 million fraud prevention contract to Equifax as company reels from massive data breach

Joseph Lawler · October 3, 2017 8:33 pm

Trump just accepted the resignation of disgraced Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. It's the right thing to do, and it's a great move. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

In firing Tom Price, Trump just did what Obama never could: Accept blame and tell a bureaucrat ‘you’re fired’

Philip Wegmann · September 29, 2017 10:00 pm

Mueller asked for assistance from the IRS in August as his team looked into possible tax and financial crimes committed in particular by Manafort. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

IRS sharing info about Paul Manafort with special counsel Robert Mueller: Report

Naomi Lim · September 26, 2017 10:29 pm

The leader of a conservative group on Monday praised a federal judge for ordering the IRS to release the names of employees involved in targeting conservative and Tea Party groups. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Two-thirds of Americans say large corporations pay too little in taxes

Anna Giaritelli · September 26, 2017 2:14 pm

Members of the Indianapolis Colts take a knee during the Nation Anthem before an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Indianapolis, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Beltway Confidential

Flag on the play? The NFL might get in trouble with taxpayers for getting political

Jennifer Kerns · September 25, 2017 6:55 pm

The Unaccountable IRS

The Editors · September 20, 2017 4:02 pm

The Unaccountable IRS

The Editors · September 15, 2017 8:00 am

House Republicans criticized the Justice Department said it wouldn't reconsider the question of whether to prosecute former IRS official Lois Lerner for her role in the tax agency's targeting of conservative groups. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

GOP outraged after Trump refuses to consider Lois Lerner prosecution

Joseph Lawler · September 8, 2017 6:38 pm

Generosity and voluntary sacrifice on the human, local, level ought to be the primary form of helping the needy. Government ought to come in only as a backstop. (iStock by Getty Images)

Tax deductions — the greatest of these is charity

Washington Examiner · September 3, 2017 4:01 am

The Alabama-based SPLC is regarded as an objective arbiter of hate by major media outlets who routinely cite its biased designations of hate groups that lump proponents of traditional Christian values into the same categories as neo-Nazis and the KKK.(Wikipedia Commons)

Beltway Confidential

New report finds Southern Poverty Law Center pours millions into offshore accounts

Emily Jashinsky · September 1, 2017 4:03 pm

Tony Schwartz also predicted that special counsel Robert Mueller will find out Trump is worth far less than he asserts. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

‘Art of the Deal’ co-author: ‘No way’ Trump donates money to Harvey victims

Melissa Quinn · September 1, 2017 3:09 pm