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The U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on March 4, 2015, in a major test of President Barack Obama’s health overhaul that threatens insurance coverage for millions of people. The justices are meeting Wednesday to try to determine whether the law makes people in all 50 states eligible for federal tax subsidies to cut the cost of insurance premiums.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOV. MARY FALLIN: The fallout of the latest Obamacare case on the states

By Gov. Mary Fallin

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen (Associated Press) **FILE**

Congress demands Obama-approved IRS emails disclosing taxpayers’ info

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 defends paying refunds to illegals who never filed taxes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., is seen at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in this May 17, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Peter Roskam: House bill would ban IRS from gift taxes on nonprofits

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this May 6, 2014 file photo, Robert De Niro attends &quot;One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute,&quot; honoring Don Rickles, in New York. Rickles is being feted by Spike TV with a 90-minute special, &quot;One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute.&quot; The event, attended by De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Jerry Seinfeld, and others, taped earlier this month at Harlem's storied Apollo Theater, airs Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at 9 p.m. EDT, packed with love and a healthy dose of bile. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Robert De Niro hit with $6.4M IRS tax lien: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

The IRS belatedly told Congress it may have lost some of Lois Lerner's emails after her computer crashed, and asserted that the backup tapes didn't exist. (Associated Press)

IRS watchdog reveals Lois Lerner missing emails now subject of criminal investigation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George. (Associated Press)

IRS cites funding in failure to answer calls

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Some taxpayers were shocked at the minimum $95 penalty for not having insurance in 2014. Many say they will not pay the fine. (associated press)

Taxpayers duck Obamacare tax, snubbing IRS

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 photo, a laptop shows the HealthCare.com web site during an Affordable Care Act enrollment event at the Fort Worth Public Library in Fort Worth, Texas. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

H&R Block study: Majority of Obamacare clients paying back subsidy

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS taxpayer information sharing probe stiff-armed by White House

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Chart to accompany Stephen Moore article "Kill the Death Tax"

STEPHEN MOORE: Kill the death tax

By Stephen Moore

U.S. Government Waste Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

RICHARD RAHN: U.S. government wastes $1 trillion a year

By Richard W. Rahn

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, testifying to the House oversight committee, said the White House never asked him or anyone else at the IRS about the potential tax effects of President Obama's amnesty policy. (Associated Press)

IRS to pay back-refunds to illegal immigrants who didn’t pay taxes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, before the Senate Finance Committee during a hearing to examine the Internal Revenue Service Operations and the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

CHARLES HURT: IRS allows illegal aliens to apply for tax credits, returns

By Charles Hurt

Challenged by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch defends President Barack Obama's decision to shelter millions of immigrants from deportation though they live in the country illegally but she said they have no right to citizenship under the law, as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 during her confirmation hearing before the committee. Lynch made her remarks in the opening moments of a hearing into her appointment as the nation's first black female attorney general. It is the first confirmation proceeding since Republicans took control of the Senate this month. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

ROBERT EVERETT JOHNSON: Loretta Lynch: On civil forfeiture, actions speak louder than words

By Robert Everett Johnson

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

IRS knowingly rehired tax cheats, other employees with ‘performance’ issues: Audit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen confirmed Tuesday that illegal immigrants granted amnesty from deportation under President Obama's new policies would be able to get extra refunds from the IRS for money they earned while working illegally, as long as they filed returns during those years. (Associated Press)

IRS offers extra tax refunds to illegal immigrants granted amnesty by Obama

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times