IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel warned lawmakers that reducing the tax-collecting agency’s budget will add to the growing federal deficit and undo many of its service improvements. Appearing before a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Feb. 15, Mr. Werfel defended the Internal Revenue Service’s budget increase, cautioning that clawing back these funds would undermine
Veteran diplomat who negotiated Doha Agreement tells House panel the president remained steadfastly committed to an unraveling plan. President Joe Biden discarded advice to maintain a military presence in Afghanistan unless the Taliban complied with the Doha Agreement, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad told a House panel on Feb. 15. “He decided not
News of the president’s first scheduled trip to the eastern Ohio village was met with criticism by citizens who believe the trip is campaign motivated. EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—On the eve of President Joe Biden’s first visit to East Palestine more than one year after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed and spilled hazardous chemicals, most
News of the president’s first scheduled trip to the eastern Ohio village was met with criticism by citizens who believe the trip is campaign motivated. EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—On the eve of President Joe Biden’s first visit to East Palestine more than one year after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed and spilled hazardous chemicals, most
Trump’s legal team says there are overwhelming reasons why the case should not go to trial ‘in three months or less.’ Former President Donald Trump, in response to special prosecutor Jack Smith’s filing, on Thursday again urged the Supreme Court to grant a stay of his trial over his alleged actions related to Jan. 6,
***THE DAILY PUBLIC SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN Secretary Blinken is on travel to Albania and Germany from February 14-17, 2024. 12:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken meets with Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov in
‘By going after Trump, she’s able to get her boyfriend more money than they ever dreamed possible,’ the former president said. Former President Donald Trump said that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s courtroom testimony Thursday shows that the case against him is “badly tainted” and another example of lawfare meant to derail his 2024