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US President Donald Trump

Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ tax bill would cost poor Americans $1,600 a year while boosting highest earners by $12,000, CBO says

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

Rep. Billy Long

Ex-congressman and auctioneer Billy Long once sought to abolish the IRS. Now he’s leading it

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

FILE – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, April 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

The U.S. government is offering a $10 million reward for information that leads to the capture of El Chapo’s fugitive sons

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent walks at the White House, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

U.S. Treasury won’t label China a currency manipulator but blasts it for lack of transparency in exchange rate policy

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One

Trump tariffs would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over 10 years—while shrinking the economy and raising inflation, CBO says

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

two stacks of pennies

U.S. Mint says it’s stopping penny production

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

Billy Long before the Senate

Ex-congressman who sponsored bill to abolish the IRS now in line to lead agency under Trump

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

Scott Bessent in a crowd

U.S. and China officials agree on first high-level trade talks since Trump announced tariffs

By Zeke Miller, Fatima Hussein, and others

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivers remarks during the International Finance Institute Global Outlook Forum

Scott Bessent slams IMF and World Bank for ‘vapid, buzzword-centric marketing’

By Fatima Hussein, Chris Megerian, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 15: A sign marks the front of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building on September 15, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Tax season was an absolute nightmare for the IRS this year thanks to DOGE’s staffing cuts—and experts fear it could lead to refund delays

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

FILE – This March 22, 2013, file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Elon Musk’s DOGE reportedly wants to kill the IRS tool that makes filing free for American taxpayers

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – APRIL 15: Former U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a conference hosted by the Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled (ACRD) on April 15, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. ACRD champions the rights of those who depend on Social Security and disability services. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump has ‘taken a hatchet’ to Social Security, Biden says in first remarks since leaving office

By Steve Peoples, Fatima Hussein, and others

FILE – IRS Criminal Investigator Joseph Ziegler, right, and IRS Special Agent Gary Shapley, appear before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing to argue that the Justice Department interfered with a yearslong investigation into Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, July 19, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

IRS whistleblower who testified about Hunter Biden tax investigation is set to be named acting commissioner

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

FILE – This March 22, 2013, file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Personal Finance

Tax season nightmare: The IRS is so understaffed from DOGE they ‘don’t have time to look at certain cases’

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

Demonstrators gather outside of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore, on Friday, March 14, 2025, before a hearing regarding the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Social Security data. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Social Security is classifying more than 6,000 living immigrants as dead to get them to leave the country

By Will Weissert, Fatima Hussein, and others