Trump cans IRS commissioner and replaces him with Scott Bessent for now
Critics argue that it's a distraction from the continuing anger from the MAGA base about the administration's refusal to release all Jeffrey Epstein files.
AUGUST 8, 2025
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IRS Will Pay NOM to Settle Disclosure Suit
The action settles a lawsuit the antigay group had brought over the disclosure of donor names.
JUNE 27, 2014
Satirical Song Draws Ire From Westboro
The owner of a New York gay bar knew he would get some attention for a song he wrote, but he didn't expect it would come from the very subjects of his song, members of the Westboro Baptist Church.
JUNE 24, 2014
'Enemies of Equality' Report Draws Liberty Counsel's Ire
Freedom for All Americans charts the interlocking relationships of anti-LGBT groups, and Liberty Counsel protests, especially against conservative LGBT rights supporter Paul Singer.
JULY 12, 2016
NOM Wants IRS Probed for Released Donor Information
Leaders behind the antigay National Organization for Marriage say they believe IRS employees released their donor information to the press.
MAY 14, 2013
Georgetown's LGBT Student Housing Draws Right-Wing Ire
The space, to open in the fall, is designed for students exploring issues of gender and sexual orientation, and the far right claims the Georgetown is abandoning its Catholic roots.
JANUARY 23, 2018
IRS: No Matter Which State, Same-Sex Marriages Recognized
As the U.S. government implements the Supreme Court ruling on DOMA, legally wed same-sex couples will be able to file their federal taxes as such.
AUGUST 29, 2013
'WWE in the West Wing:' Elon Musk got into a screaming match with Scott Bessent
Witnesses said Bessent criticized Musk's DOGE for failing to make good on its promised cuts, and Musk called Bessent a "Soros agent" who ran "a failed hedge fund."
APRIL 23, 2025
NOM Testifies on Capitol Hill on IRS Leak
John C. Eastman, the chairman of the National Organization for Marriage, said the IRS's alleged leak of tax records to the Human Rights Campaign hurt NOM's efforts.
JUNE 5, 2013
IRS sued over sex-change deduction
After a tormented existence as a father and a construction worker, a 57-year-old suburban Boston man underwent a sex-change operation. Then she wrote off the $25,000 in medical expenses on her taxes. But the IRS disallowed the deduction, ruling the procedure was cosmetic, not a medical necessity.
JULY 17, 2007
IRS Revokes Antigay Groups Tax Exempt Status
The IRS revoked tax-exempt status for Americans for Truth About Homosexuality last year after it failed to file multiple required forms for three consecutive years, Ex-Gay Watch reports. (Pictured: AFTAH president Peter LaBarbera)
AUGUST 1, 2011
Antigay Teacher Raises Ire of Reality Star, Susan Sarandon
A Facebook posting creates a mini-firestorm.
MARCH 12, 2015
Prince George Loves Ballet, and 'GMA' Laughter Draws Twitter Ire
Were the GMA hosts laughing at the child's love of ballet, his overscheduled childhood, or both?
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AUGUST 23, 2019
Musk might be on his way out, but what happens to all the destruction he wrought on the federal government?
Opinion: Musk dug a hole for himself and plunged the United States into a chasm of inefficiency and discord, writes John Casey.
APRIL 3, 2025
Fox News Hosts Confused About Whether to Call Gay Man Mr. or Ms.
Right-wing extremists and Republican politicians have been obsessed with pronouns for so long that their media darlings have forgotten how to speak.
JULY 19, 2023
Morrissey Sparks Ire After Defending Spacey, Weinstein
The sexually ambiguous pop star is known for being a contrarian, but defending an alleged rapist and a man accused of preying on a 14-year-old was too far for some.
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
WATCH: Antigay Ad Raises Ire in Colorado Springs
A minister's full-page newspaper ad denouncing the 'homosexual agenda' is nothing more than hatemongering, say some local residents.
APRIL 28, 2015
Georgia gubernatorial candidate faces ire of gay voters
Gay voters in Georgia are threatening to boycott the state's upcoming Democratic gubernatorial primary after Cathy Cox, one of the two candidates, reversed position and announced her support for a special legislative session to reinstate the state's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
MAY 30, 2006