WaPo: The Senate Finance Committee will release on Wednesday a bipartisan report on the 2013 scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups. Much will be made about what led to the controversy, but more than two years… Continue reading

McClatchy: A federal judge has threatened to hold the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in contempt of court. The threat came Wednesday from U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan, who has been presiding over a lawsuit by the… Continue reading

NYT editorial.

Interesting Politico report.

Matea Gold for WaPo: These tax-exempt groups — which can keep their donors secret even as they sponsor hard-hitting ads — are being increasingly embraced by campaign operatives looking for new ways to influence the political environment. While such “social… Continue reading

NYT reports.

Eric Lichtblau for the NYT: As presidential candidates find new ways to exploit secret donations from tax-exempt groups, hobbled regulators at the Internal Revenue Service appear certain to delay trying to curb widespread abuses at nonprofits until after the 2016… Continue reading

Teddy Schleifer for CNN: Secret money groups will have to work harder this year to keep their spending hidden. That’s because of a legal complication that is sending some Republican operatives back to the drawing board this cycle: Since Hillary… Continue reading