IRS investigates NAACP&#39;s anti-Bush talk
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NAACP leaders are questioning the timing of an IRS investigation into the civil-rights group&#39;s tax-exempt status saying the probe is politically motivated.
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During his speeches to Philadelphia children, J. Whyatt Mondesire, the head of that city's NAACP branch, likes to offer &#36;20 to the student who can decode his group's acronym.
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With the campaign season in full swing, a liberal church is locked in an escalating dispute with the IRS over an anti-war sermon &#151; delivered two days before the 2004 presidential election &#151; that could cost the congregation its tax-exempt status.
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WASHNGTON -- The NAACP did not violate the conditions of its tax-exempt status when its chairman gave a speech that criticized President Bush, according to a newly released letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the civil rights group.
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WASHINGTON President George W. Bush, facing pressure to act against groups attacking Senator John Kerry&#39;s war record, will pursue legal action against all &quot;shadowy&quot; outside groups that use unregulated funds to run political advertising, the White House
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The NAACP is needed now more than ever because the Bush administration has done little to support blacks, the civil rights organization's national chairman said Sunday as its 98th annual convention opened.
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A senior U.S. lawmaker said on  Friday that he would hold a hearing on whether President George  W. Bush had undermined a new law designed to promote divestment  from Sudan by expressing reservations about it as he signed it.
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Bipartisan political pressure is building for the Bush administration to settle a lawsuit by Hungarian Jews who claim the United States plundered family riches that had been seized by the Nazis during World War II.
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The NAACP filed a civil rights lawsuit challenging a purge of Louisiana voters believed to have registered in other states following Hurricane Katrina.
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A civil rights group on Thursday  accused the deputy U.S. attorney general of breaking ethical  rules by making public statements that could bias proceedings  against an American held as an enemy combatant.
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Leaders of a divided federal  civil-rights watchdog agency accused President Bush of  deepening racial divisions, in a parting shot after years of  sparring with his administration.
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The NAACP is close to making a deal to move its headquarters from Baltimore to the nation's capital, District of Columbia officials and the civil rights group's president said Monday.
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A theme party which appeared to mock African Americans is being investigated by a US university.
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About 60 charities, churches and other tax-exempt groups are being investigated for potentially breaking federal rules that bar them from participating in political activity, the Internal Revenue Service said Friday.
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A bogus letter circulating in South Carolina, purporting to be from the NAACP, threatens the arrest of voters who have outstanding parking tickets or failed to pay child support. The NAACP said Friday the letter is a scare tactic and called for an investigation.
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The Internal Revenue Service is looking for a few taxpayers -- no it is not for overdue taxes -- the agency says it has nearly $767,000 in tax refund checks that could NOT be delivered to about 1,096 Alabamians.
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Congressional Democrats and the Treasury Department disagree over the amount of unpaid taxes that could be collected.