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A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Too big too fast? Skeptics see dangers in IRS rush to expand

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. President Joe Biden waves on his arrival on Air Force One at Cornwall Airport Newquay, in Newquay, England, ahead of the G-7 summit, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden’s budget scalpel missing: Spend & tax plan breaks tradition of trying to cut waste

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and other Republicans on Capitol Hill introduced their far-reaching tax overhaul on Thursday. Republican tax-writers have decided to shift the tax code's inflation index from the Consumer Price Index, or CPI, to something known as chained CPI, which is a slower-growing method of calculating cost-of-living increases. (Associated Press/File)

Tax bill’s chained CPI sneaks in rate hikes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Trump is looking to shift responsibility for the air traffic control system from the government to a private, nonprofit corporation run by airlines and other aviation interests. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump has little federal infrastructure to privatize

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama shares a laugh as he makes a surprise visit into the Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington, Friday, May 30, 2104, to announce that White House press secretary Jay Carney, right, will be stepping down later next month. The president announced Carney's departure in a surprise appearance at in the White House press briefing room Friday. He said principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest will take over the job. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama administration hires hundreds of PR staffers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

GOLDEN HAMMER: Amtrak spends millions on fancy high-speed cars, little on basic maintenance

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, with First Lady Michelle Obama, toasts with Vice President Joe Biden during the inaugural luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Feds’ tax-take hits all-time high

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican was shocked at the Congressional Budget Office's cost estimate to fix the VA, calling it "grotesquely out of line."

VA fix could cost billions

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Stingy Congress finds funds for veterans’ health care

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Foul play not suspected in Pa. inmate’s death

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Sen. Cory Booker, New Jersey Democrat, says the newest proposed unemployment benefits bill is a step in the right direction in getting people long out of the labor force back to work. (Associated Press)

Latest unemployment benefits bill fails to satisfy critics

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

BANDOW: It’s time to shut down the Transportation Safety Administration

By Doug Bandow

Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent and one of 29 budget negotiators, wants to expand social safety nets and proposes paying for it by taxing stock trades, increasing the estate tax and raising income tax rates for the top 2 percent of earners. (Associated Press)

Sanders lays out plan to raise taxes to pay for expanded entitlements

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. (Associated Press)

GOP governors ace fiscal exam; report praises executives elected in tea party wave

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 28, 2012. (Associated Press)

Convention puts spotlight on GOP governors

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks in the East Room the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama faces skeptics in 3rd try for jobs

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Obama helps ’12 bid with concessions in debt deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Social Security reform looms with or without Obama

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Unions battle for public job benefits

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times