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Jesse Eisenberg in Zombieland

The NRA's List of "Coolest Gun Movies" Is Astoundingly Dumb

"Zombieland"?! "The Godfather"?! Is this serious?

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| Wed May. 22, 2013 10:51 AM PDT

Conservatives Crawl out of the Woodwork to Claim IRS Persecution

Libertarian Wayne Allyn Root claims to be the "face" of the Obama IRS scandal. His tax records suggest otherwise.

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| Wed May. 22, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Is This Big Tea Party Group Really an Innocent Victim of the IRS?

The tax agency may have had good reason to scrutinize Tea Party Patriots—including a formal complaint I filed in 2011.

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| Wed May. 22, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

WATCH: What Does 400 ppm Mean? Talking with Climate Scientist Michael Mann

"We are engaged in an unprecedented experiment."

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| Wed May. 22, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

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Former IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman

Former IRS Chief: "I Certainly Am Not Personally Responsible" for Tea Party Scandal

A contentious Senate hearing Tuesday made clear that the fallout could extend to campaign finance rules.

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| Tue May. 21, 2013 11:55 AM PDT

White House Learned of IRS Tea Party Probe Early—But Didn't Tell Obama

There's still no evidence that Obama or his top aides knew about the investigation during last year's election.

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| Tue May. 21, 2013 6:48 AM PDT

IRS Speaks Out: We Messed Up, But We Would've Scrutinized Tea Partiers Anyway

Here's the agency's most detailed response to the tea party debacle.

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| Thu May. 16, 2013 5:50 PM PDT
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Actually, Tea Party Groups Gave the IRS Lots of Good Reasons to Be Interested

IRS profiling was a fiasco. Yet, some tea party groups have left a trail of fiscal problems and possible tax-code abuse.

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| Fri May. 17, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

How Congress Helped Create the IRS-Tea Party Mess

Lawmakers could clear up the confusing rules for dark money groups. But do they really want to?

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| Fri May. 17, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Study: Conservative Anti-Immigration Paper by Controversial Scholar Had Basic Errors

Jason Richwine's Heritage Foundation study on the costs of immigration reform had far-reaching problems, a new study finds.

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| Thu May. 16, 2013 2:47 PM PDT

5 Things You Need to Know in the Inspector General's IRS Tea Party Scandal Report

How and why IRS staffers subjected conservative nonprofits to special scrutiny.

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| Wed May. 15, 2013 7:14 AM PDT

Ex-IRS Director: Tea Party Groups Deserved Scrutiny, But IRS Bungled the Job

Marcus Owens, who used to run the IRS division now rocked by scandal, weighs in.

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| Wed May. 15, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Dick Cheney, Benghazi, and White House Lies

The former veep knows all about misleading the public.

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| Wed May. 15, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Did the Acting IRS Commissioner Mislead Congress?

A House subcommittee is set to investigate.

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| Tue May. 14, 2013 9:41 AM PDT
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Shocking IRS Witch Hunt? Actually, It's a Time-Honored Tradition

Tea partiers join a club including the Communist Party, Christian schools—and Mother Jones.

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| Tue May. 14, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

The IRS Tea Party Scandal, Explained

It's Washington's new outrage. What exactly happened and who is responsible?

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| Tue May. 14, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Finally, a Real Scandal for Conservatives to Chew On

Conservatives have been complaining for a while that the IRS singled out tea party groups for audits, and it turns out they were right.

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| Fri May. 10, 2013 9:37 AM PDT
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Conservative Immigration Scholar: Black and Hispanic Immigrants Are Dumber Than European Immigrants

Jason Richwine, who coauthored a Heritage Foundation study on immigration, didn't just argue that certain minorities are dumber in his scholarship—he also said it at a public panel.

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| Wed May. 8, 2013 2:04 PM PDT

Koch-Linked Women's Group Takes Credit for Mark Sanford's Win

The Independent Women's Voice said it wouldn't spend "any money" influencing elections. Then it did.

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| Wed May. 8, 2013 12:57 PM PDT

Lew Slams Wall Street Deregulation Bills

A House committee will vote this week on a spate of bills that would undermine Wall Street reform.

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| Tue May. 7, 2013 7:35 AM PDT