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Then-IRS Commissioner John Koskinen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 6, 2017, before the Senate Finance Committee. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Feds to pay ‘generous’ settlement to tea party groups for targeting

The government apologized Thursday for illegally targeting tea party groups for intrusive scrutiny and agreed to settlements with hundreds of organizations snared in the targeting, bringing to a close one of the more embarrassing episodes of the Obama administration.

October 26, 2017
Former IRS executive Lois Lerner fears threats if her testimony in the tea party-targeting scandal is made public. A judge agreed her testimony can be secret for now. (Associated Press)

Trump administration apologizes for IRS tea party targeting, faults Lois Lerner

The IRS admitted in court Wednesday that it wrongly targeted tea party and other conservative groups for intrusive scrutiny, placing specific blame on former senior executive Lois G. Lerner, and entered into a settlement designed to make sure that kind of political targeting never takes place again.

October 25, 2017
In this April 28, 2011, file photo, Jessica Colotl, an illegal immigrant and student at Kennesaw State University, speaks during a media interview at her lawyer's office in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis, file)

DHS nixes protections for Jessica Colotl; a target for deportation

The Trump administration has refused to renew the DACA status of a prominent illegal immigrant "Dreamer," saying she's now a priority for deportation in a case that has become a key test of the Obama-era deportation amnesty and the new president's handling of it.

October 25, 2017
Former IRS executive Lois G. Lerner. (Associated Press/File)

IRS email points to political affiliation in tea party targeting scandal

Lawyers think they have finally found the smoking gun in the IRS's tea party targeting scandal: an email from an IRS agent to her supervisors alerting them that the agency was, in fact, singling out some groups' applications for extreme scrutiny "primarily because of their political party affiliation."

October 25, 2017
President Donald Trump listens as he is introduced to speak with winners from the National Minority Enterprise Development Week Awards Program, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Supreme Court drops Trump travel ban case

The Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday dismissing Hawaii's challenge to President Trump's refugee policy, as encapsulated in his earlier "extreme vetting" executive order, saying the case is moot because the 120-day refugee pause has now expired.

October 24, 2017
Border Patrol agents on horseback look on as crews work on border wall prototypes Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in San Diego. Companies are nearing an Oct. 26 deadline to finish building eight prototypes of President Donald Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Top border official says illegal immigration at 45-year low

The acting chief of U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday that illegal immigration across the southwest border will be at a 45-year when final 2017 numbers are fully tallied, and he credited President Trump with the success.

October 24, 2017
Protesters march near a Planned Parenthood location in Aurora, Ill., on Sept. 18, 2007. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Abortion clinics built with federal tax law aid

Federal taxpayer funding generally isn't allowed to be spent on abortions, but Republicans say they have spotted a loophole in which tax-free municipal bonds have been used to put federal cash on the line in order to help build abortion clinics -- including Planned Parenthood's headquarters in New York.

October 22, 2017