Jan. 27 was the official start date of the 2025 tax season and the IRS expects more than 140 million tax returns to be filed by the April 15 deadline. The IRS told its employees this week that workers involved in the 2025 tax season cannot accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration to
‘It is the policy of my Administration to stop funding NGOs that undermine the national interest,’ Trump’s memo reads. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Feb. 6 ordering a review of all funding to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive money from federal agencies. The executive memo, “Advancing United States Interests When Funding,” directs all heads
Public disclosure of federal spending today is thanks largely to a Republican senator from Oklahoma. News Analysis Revelations that USAID officials are spending hundreds of millions of U.S. tax dollars overseas for controversial projects such as advancing atheism in Nepal and funding “transgender opera” in Columbia are nothing new. Nearly 20 years ago, in October
Ishiba and Trump are expected to discuss new military exercises to counter China and increase Japanese investment in the United States. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday to discuss trade, military, and defense industrial cooperation issues. National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes told reporters during
The DOJ filed a motion of appeal shortly after U.S. District Judge John Coughenour indefinitely blocked Trump’s executive action from moving forward. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is appealing an order issued by a Seattle federal judge this week indefinitely blocking President Donald Trump’s attempt to end automatic birthright citizenship for children born to parents
The program was started in 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Department of Justice (DOJ) disbanded a program started under the Biden administration that sought to seize Russian oligarchs’ assets after the war in Ukraine started. In a memo released this week to DOJ employees on Wednesday, new Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office
Sen. John Fetterman recently voted with Republicans to confirm Attorney General Pam Bondi. A potential swing vote for two of President Donald Trump’s nominees disappeared on Feb. 6 as Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) announced that he opposes Trump’s picks for national security adviser and health secretary. Fetterman said on the social media platform X that