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In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)

Trump signs ends U.S. sanctions on Syria with executive order

By Fatima Hussein, Matt Lee, and others

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS – JUNE 24: President of the United States Donald Trump arrives at Huis ten Bosch Palace for a dinner during the NATO Summit 2025 on June 24, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images)

Trump’s budget bill and DOGE’s IRS staffing cuts could lead to a nightmare 2026 tax season, watchdog warns

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security’s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security benefits have contributed to closer projected depletion dates. That's according to an annual report released Wednesday.

Social Security and Medicare are going broke—and it’s happening faster than previously thought

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at a military parade commemorating the Army’s 250th anniversary Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Congressional Budget Office digs further into ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ and now says it will raise deficit by $2.8 trillion, $441 billion more than before

By Fatima Hussein, Lisa Mascaro, and others

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