The IRS Scandal, Day 26

• Bloomberg:  Acting IRS Chief Pledges Fix as Lawmakers Question Funds
• Bloomberg:  IRS Gift Rule Turned on Politics as Crisis Prompts Reform
• Boston Globe:  IRS Victims Testify as New Agency Scandal Emerges
• CNN:  New IRS Chief Asks for Patience Over Targeting Probe
• Daily Caller:  IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel a Howard Stern Fan
• Daily Caller:  Tax Reform Is IRS Scandal ‘Silver Lining’
• Fox News:  Watchdog: IRS Agents Would Not Say Who Ordered Targeting Program
• The Hill:  GOP Threatens IRS Purse Strings
• Legal Ethics Forum:  You Could See This Coming: "Congress Probing Chief Counsel’s Office in Washington in IRS Scandal", by John Steele
• National Journal:  Issa Stirs Echoes of McCarthy as Obama's 'Best Friend' in IRS Probe
• National Review:  Congress Probing Chief Counsel’s Office in Washington in IRS Scandal
• National Review:  Politics and the IRS: Protesting Too Much
• New York Times:  Some Republicans See IRS Troubles as Means to a Big Goal: Tax Overhaul
• NPR:  IRS Chief Tells Panel 'Primary Mission' Is Restoring Trust
• Politico:  House GOP Aims at IRS Headquarters
• Politico:  Werfel's Upfront IRS Strategy Wins GOP Fans
• Reuters:  New IRS Chief Tells Congress He Will Clean Up Tax Agency
• Tax Analysts Blog:  IRS Missteps Will Hurt Tax Administration, by Jeremy Scott
• Tax Analysts Blog:  More than 80% of “Tea Party” Applications Should Have Been Reviewed Anyway, by Martin A. Sullivan
• USA Today:  New IRS Chief to Review 'Broad Spectrum' of Operations
• Wall Street Journal:  Chairman Threatens Limiting IRS Funds
• Washington Post:  As Besieged IRS Faces Another Hearing on Capitol Hill, New Leader Werfel Points Forward
• Washington Post:  New IRS Head Says He Is Committed to Restoring ‘Broken’ Trust in Agency After Tea Party Storm
• Weekly Standard:  Dem. Congressman: IRS Will Have 'More Trouble,' Scandals If More Money Isn't Given to Agency
• Weekly Standard:  IRS Employees Won't Say Who Ordered Targeting of Conservatives

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• IRS Admits to Targeting Conservative Groups in 2012 Election (May 10, 2013)
• WaPo and WSJ Agree: IRS Targeting of Conservatives Is Appalling (May 11, 2013)
• Schmalbeck on the IRS 'Targeting' of Conservative Groups (May 12, 2013)
• The Deepening IRS Scandal (May 13, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 5 (May 14, 2013)
• Jon Stewart and Vic Fleischer on the IRS Scandal (May 14, 2013)
• Inspector General: Ineffective IRS Management Allowed Agents to Target Conservative Groups (May 14, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 6 (May 15, 2013)
• Ellen Aprill, The TIGTA Report on the IRS Scandal: Questions About the IRS and About the Report (May 15, 2013)
• Phillip Hackney, The TIGTA Report on the IRS Scandal: Be on the Lookout for False Partisan Witchunts (May 15, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 7 (May 16, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 8 (May 17, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 9 (May 18, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 10 (May 19, 2013)
• SNL on the IRS Scandal (May 19, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 11 (May 20, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal: Really?! (May 20, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 12 (May 21, 2013)
• Steven Colbert on the IRS Scandal (May 21, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 13 (May 22, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 14 (May 23, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 15 (May 24, 2013)
• Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert on the IRS Scandal (May 24, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 16 (May 25, 2013)
• Jason Jones on the IRS Scandal (May 25, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 17 (May 26, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 18 (May 27, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 19 (May 28, 2013)
• The IRS Scandel, Day 20 (May 29, 2013)
• The Impact of the IRS Scandal on Tax Reform (May 29, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 21 (May 30, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 22 (May 31, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 23 (June 1, 2013)
• 'Cupid Shuffle' Dance Training Video Adds to IRS Woes (June 1, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 24 (June 2, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 25 (June 3, 2013)