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FILE -,This June 25, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking in Washington. The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the president's power to fill high-level vacancies with temporary appointments, ruling in favor of Senate Republicans in their partisan clash with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

DeLAY: A president who’s getting what he wants — unfortunately

By Tom DeLay

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said in an email to employees that bonuses were an appropriate way for taxpayers to reward the agency that polices them. "I believe that rewarding our high-performing employees is a vital investment for our nation's tax system," he said. (Associated Press)

IRS to pay $50K to the National Organization for Marriage for donor leaks

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - This May 22, 2013 file photo shows Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Lois Lerner on Capitol Hill in Washington. The IRS says it has lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy. The IRS told congressional investigators Friday it cannot locate many of Lois Lerner's emails prior to 2011 because her computer crashed that year. Lerner headed the IRS division that processed applications for tax-exempt status. The IRS acknowledged last year that agents had improperly scrutinized applications for tax-exempt status by tea party and other conservative groups. The IRS was able to generate 24,000 Lerner emails from 2009 to 2011 because Lerner had copied in other IRS employees. But an untold number are gone. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

EDITORIAL: Another ‘smidgen of corruption’ at IRS

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

White House press secretary Josh Earnest pauses during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio said Wednesday the Republican-controlled House will file an election-year lawsuit accusing President Barack Obama of failing to carry out the laws passed by Congress. In response, Earnest accused congressional Republicans of obstruction and said they had left Obama with little option but to make greater use of his executive authority. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

O’DONNELL: What difference does it make: IRS edition

By Christine O’Donnell

**FILE** Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 5, 2014. (Associated Press)

IRS’s Lerner sought tax audit of Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley over his wife’s free meal

The Washington Times

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen testifies under subpoena before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers continue their probe of whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the IRS, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 23, 2014. The IRS asserts it can't produce emails from several officials connected to the tea party investigation because of computer crashes, including the emails from Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the center of the investigation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jon Stewart: IRS, federal government behavior ‘borders on criminal idiocy’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Jackie Speier, California Democrat. (Associated Press)

Oversight Democrats: IRS, agencies need IT help, not just criticism

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2014, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the "IRS Obstruction: Lois Lerner&#8217;s missing e-mails. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Top archivist says IRS ‘did not follow the law’ on missing emails

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Paul Gosar, Arizona Republican (Associated Press)

Rep. Paul Gosar: Why pass new laws if IRS won’t follow them?

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight Committee, joined at left by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the ranking member, leads the questioning of Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen as lawmakers continue their probe of whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the IRS, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 23, 2014. The IRS asserts it can't produce emails from seven officials connected to the tea party investigation because of computer crashes, including the emails from Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the center of the investigation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP probe into IRS political targeting gets ‘hostile’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. listens to testimony regarding social security and disability benefits, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Four Social Security judges are facing accusations they rubber-stamped claims for disability benefits, approving billions of dollars in payments from the cash-strapped program. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Rep. Darrell Issa: IRS has done little for its reputation over last few days

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

IRS Flying eMail Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

SEKULOW & CLARK: ‘Lost’ IRS emails show missing government credibility

By Jordan Sekulow and Matthew Clark

Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican and the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has a rare light moment as his panel questions Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen in the probe of whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for scrutiny. (Associated Press)

GOP airs ‘credibility problem’ with IRS

By Stephen Ohlemacher - Associated Press

HUMPHRIES: Liberal Bully of the Week

By Rusty Humphries

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 20, 2014, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the IRS. The IRS asserts it can't produce emails from seven officials connected to the tea party investigation because of computer crashes, including the emails from Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the center of the investigation who has invoked her Fifth Amendment right at least nine times to avoid answering lawmakers' questions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

IRS commish: No apologies for losing Lerner emails

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

HUMPHRIES: The liberal bully of the week Is … Obama’s gremlins

By Rusty Humphries

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Crashed-server claim fails smell test

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 5, 2014. (Associated Press)

ISTOOK: Quit wasting time — The House should arrest Lois Lerner until she testifies

By Ernest Istook

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GOP to investigate IRS computer crash, claim of lost Lerner emails

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times