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Lois Lerner's emails became an issue after she was singled out as a key figure in the IRS's treatment of tea party and conservative groups who sought tax-exempt status. The IRS improperly delayed hundreds of applications and sent out intrusive questionnaires asking what the agency now says were inappropriate inquiries. (Associated Press)

IRS finds yet another Lois Lerner email account

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS cuts cyber-hack victims a break

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on IRS harassment of Tea Party groups by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: IRS power abuse, political interference more than ‘bureaucratic bumbling’

By Robert Knight

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS can’t verify illegal immigrant IDs, vulnerable to fraud: Audit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

10 tea party groups still awaiting approval from IRS

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Tim Constantine late edition news cover July 30, 2015

Late Edition with Tim Constantine (July 30, 2015)

By Tim Constantine

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen (Associated Press) **FILE**

Judge threatens to hold Obama’s lawyers in contempt over Lerner’s IRS emails

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 2, 2015, file photo, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing examining the IRS data breach. The IRS is joining with state and private industry to combat identity theft by sharing more data about how tax returns are filed and taking other steps, Koskinen announced Thursday, June 11. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Obama won’t fire IRS Commissioner John Koskinen

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Tim Constantine Late Edition July 29, 2015

Late Edition with Tim Constantine (July 29, 2015)

By Tim Constantine

Lois G. Lerner, who was head of the IRS division that scrutinized the tea party applications until she retired while under investigation in 2013, suffered a computer hard drive crash that cost potentially thousands of emails that should have been part of the record. (Associated Press)

Lois Lerner’s lost IRS email shows agency tried to block congressional scrutiny: watchdog

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 2, 2015, file photo, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing examining the IRS data breach. The IRS is joining with state and private industry to combat identity theft by sharing more data about how tax returns are filed and taking other steps, Koskinen announced Thursday, June 11. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) — FILE

John Koskinen, IRS chief, must resign, say House Republicans

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS risks ‘unfair’ audits of nonprofits: Watchdog

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, left, talks with Jon Stewart, host of &quot;The Daily Show&quot; during a taping, on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama defends IRS, says tea party targeting didn’t happen

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 2, 2015, file photo, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing examining the IRS data breach. The IRS is joining with state and private industry to combat identity theft by sharing more data about how tax returns are filed and taking other steps, Koskinen announced Thursday, June 11. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) — FILE

Obamacare fraudulent claims cost government $2 billion

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on exposing government officials who contribute to government abuse and oppression by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

RICHARD RAHN: Government employees not above the law

By Richard W. Rahn

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg smiles prior to be conferred with the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur by France's Foreign minister Laurent Fabius, at the Quai d'Orsay, in Paris, in this Sept. 16, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

DREW JOHNSON: Sierra Club has become front group for donors’ financial interests

By Drew Johnson

FILE - In this March 5, 2014, file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. In remarks prepared for a Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 Senate Finance Committee event in Palo Alto, Calif., Wyden, a leading Senate critic of online surveillance, wants the government to stop spying on phone calls, texts and emails, saying the “digital dragnet” doesn’t make the country safer, and only hurts the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Ron Wyden: No actual fraud in Obamacare fake-enrollee study

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

Rand Paul sues Obama over foreign banking law

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Daily Briefing Kelly Riddell June 26, 2015

Exclusive Washington Times Daily Briefing (June 26, 2015)