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Ousted IRS chief Steve Miller, right, and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, are sworn in on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Official’s testimony reveals IRS planned crackdown rules in 2012

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 23, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama is applauded after signing the Affordable Care Act into law in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Big retail stores, hotels, restaurants and other firms with lots of low-wage and part-time workers are among the main beneficiaries of the Obama administration’s latest tweak to health care rules. Those companies will now be able to avoid the biggest of two potential employer penalties in the Affordable Care Act by offering coverage to 70 percent of their full-time workers, easier than the previous 95 percent mandate. But the wiggle room is only good for next year. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Health care tweak: Big companies get wiggle room

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Wiggle room for big firms under new coverage rule

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Judge: NJ must disclose records in long dispute

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Treasury sells last shares in ‘Government Motors’

By Tim Devaney and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, gestures as he talks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in Washington. Leaders reached a last-minute agreement to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown. Cruz said he would not try to block the agreement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate leaders announce agreement to end shutdown, raise debt

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Fitch puts U.S. credit rating on negative watch

The Washington Times

A pedestrian walks past the U.S. Treasury Building in Washington in the rain on Oct. 10, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Fitch warns that impasse could threaten AAA credit of U.S.

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks during a news conference on the ongoing budget battle outside his office on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

House conservatives sabotage Boehner plan to end shutdown

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, reported some progress Monday toward a deal to avoid a threatened default and end a two-week partial government shutdown. "Everyone just needs to be patient. Perhaps tomorrow will be a bright day. We're not there yet," he said. (Associated Press photographs)

Senate works to end shutdown, raise debt limit

By Seth McLaughlin and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

Congress flies blind during shutdown with deficit of budget reports

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** John Lewis (left) and Stuart Gaffney embrace outside San Francisco's City Hall shortly before the U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for same-sex marriage in California on June 26, 2013. The justices issued two 5-4 rulings in their final session of the term. One decision wiped away part of a federal anti-gay marriage law that has kept legally married same-sex couples from receiving tax, health and pension benefits. The other was a technical legal ruling that said nothing at all about same-sex marriage, but left in place a trial court's declaration that California's Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. (Associated Press)

Treasury: Gay couples get tax benefits, drawbacks of filing jointly

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

With a debt-ceiling deadline looming, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew reminds Congress of its responsibility to protect "the full faith and credit" of the U.S. (Associated Press)

Lew’s message to Congress on debt ceiling: It’s your responsibility

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Christine O'Donnell (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

Coons denies knowledge of or involvement with O’Donnell tax breach

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration: IRS shakedown by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times.

EDITORIAL: Slaying the IRS hydra

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., asks a question during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing of organizations that say they were unfairly targeted by the Internal Revenue Service while seeking tax-exempt status, in Washington, on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

IRS’ Anaheim trip far from costliest; two agency officials placed on leave

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Then-IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Answers on IRS only raise more questions and calls for a special investigation

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

‘Fiscal cliff’ debt truce nears its end with no solution in sight

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A recent trip to Cuba by Jay-Z and Beyonce has drawn scrutiny from Cuban-American lawmakers who don't believe the visit should have been approved. (Associated Press)

Marco Rubio: Visit by Jay-Z, Beyonce to Cuba was ‘hypocritical’

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times