Tea Party News

Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, leaves a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in May. Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, leaves a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in May. Hundreds of pages ... (more)

Representative Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Republican whose status as the leading Tea Party voice in Congress has faded in the wake of a widening investigation into her campaign spending, announced that she would not seek re-election in 2014.

Monday, CNN released a poll showing that a full 50% of Americans no longer trust President Obama.

On Wednesday, at two rallies bracketing the Capitol, Tea Party and conservative activists will again take center-stage on two issues dominating the national political dialogue.

Last night, on The O'Reilly Factor , Fox News' most beloved host asked House Oversight dragonslayer Trey Gowdy about the latest in the IRS story.

Tea Party activists are threatening to put up primary challengers against Republican lawmakers who vote to expand Medicaid in Michigan.

It portends to be a fierce demonstration, as in days of yore: The Tea Party Patriots will assemble at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday for an "Audit the IRS" rally in support of conservative groups that were subject to some uncomfortable scrutiny by the federal agency in recent years.

It never stops. CBS News is at it again. This time, they've compared radical Islamic men running for the Iranian presidency to....the Tea Party.

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Yet another Tea Party group has come out publicly against the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill, as TheTeaParty.net has announced its opposition to the legislation and published online an alternative plan for immigration reform.

Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly and conservative columnist Michelle Malkin tore into CBS News anchor Scott Pelley and his network over a number of issues, including a recent interview in which Pelley dismissed all of cable news and significantly underestimated Fox News Channel's ratings.

Over the weekend, USA Today reported on revelations that an agency executive in D.C. admitted to reviewing Tea Party applications.

Embattled IRS official Holly Paz is believed to have been fired from the scandal-ridden agency, indicating that the growing IRS scandal could end up implicating more IRS agents than previously thought.

Sarah Palin wants Republicans in Congress to let Sen. Ted Cruz have his say. In Palin's first appearance back on Fox News on Monday, there was a bit of Tea Party love traded between the former Alaska governor In Palin's first appearance back on Fox News on Monday, there was a bit of Tea Party love traded between the former Alaska governor and the ... (more)

On "Breitbart News Sunday" on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m EDT, Sen. Jeff Sessions will discuss the latest developments concerning the Senate's immigration bill.

Either CNN's Tom Cohen, his headline and subheadline writers, or both thought it was a bit over the top to describe the IRS's targeting of Tea Party, conservative, and religious groups as a "forgotten scandal" in a Friday story .

For many years, the networks have done a sloppy job of comparing "conservatives" around the globe.

When front-line tax agents in Cincinnati used the term 'tea party,' they didn't just mean conservative groups.

On Saturday, CBS News reported on the elections in Iran - by comparing the mullahs to the Tea Party.

Former U.S. Rep Joe Walsh speaks passionately at a town hall meeting Saturday in Huntley.