A trio of Democratic senators is accusing the Trump administration of intentionally sidelining the Internal Revenue Service by leaving the agency without permanent leadership. The lawmakers argue this vacancy, paired with a gutted workforce, has created a regulatory vacuum that allows wealthy tax dodgers to operate with total impunity.
A fresh Treasury Department analysis suggests the Internal Revenue Service could recover $561 billion from wealthy tax evaders over the next decade, provided the agency retains its current budget. However, that projected windfall faces significant uncertainty as congressional Republicans continue efforts to strip away the funding necessary for robust enforcement.
A federal watchdog report confirms that Internal Revenue Service audit revenue plummeted by 35% last fiscal year, directly following a 27% reduction in examination and collection staff. The cuts, orchestrated by the Trump administration, specifically dismantled units tasked with monitoring the financial filings of billionaires and large corporations.
Advocacy group Social Security Works is demanding the immediate resignation of Frank Bisignano, the current Social Security administrator, following a $30 billion market value implosion at his former company, Fiserv. Critics allege Bisignano inflated sales projections and offloaded stock before the firm’s recent 40% valuation crash.
Award-winning Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara is scheduled for deportation to El Salvador this Friday, following a failed legal bid to block his removal. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a stay of the order on Tuesday, ending his battle to remain with his family in the United States.
U.S. District Judge William Young issued a landmark ruling Tuesday, declaring the Trump administration’s targeting of pro-Palestinian student activists for deportation an unconstitutional effort to chill protected speech. The Reagan-appointed jurist characterized the government’s actions as an authoritarian attempt to silence dissent through intimidation.
President Donald Trump initiated a federal lawsuit in Miami on Friday against The Wall Street Journal, its parent company News Corp, and Rupert Murdoch, following the newspaper's report that he contributed a bawdy, hand-illustrated letter to a birthday album prepared for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
A broad coalition of 150 civil society organizations is pushing back against the Trump administration's attempt to silence dissent through legal intimidation. The groups have rallied behind the Center for American Progress, which faced a lawsuit threat after publishing research that challenged the effectiveness of the president's National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C.
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will now dictate which news outlets participate in the presidential press pool, effectively ending the White House Correspondents' Association’s long-standing role in managing press access. This shift follows a federal judge's refusal to lift a ban on Associated Press reporters.
A comprehensive report released Monday by the advocacy group Free Press details a systematic campaign by the Trump administration to suppress dissent and erode free expression. Analyzing over 500 incidents, the study characterizes the administration’s tactics as uniquely aggressive, pervasive, and a direct threat to constitutional protections.
A coalition of over 170 Jewish figures, including Joel Coen and Tony Kushner, has rallied behind actor Mark Ruffalo after Paramount executives accused him of antisemitism. The group argues that the studio is weaponizing such charges to deflect scrutiny from its corporate interests and ties to the Israeli government.
Wendell Berry, the prolific writer and activist whose advocacy for small-scale farming and environmental stewardship challenged the rise of industrial agribusiness, died Monday at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky. He was 92, leaving behind a legacy that bridged the gap between agrarian philosophy and direct political action.
Six months into the war with Iran, the average American household has effectively paid a $1,200 surcharge. This figure, calculated by Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi, accounts for more than just direct military spending, revealing how the conflict’s ripple effects have eroded domestic purchasing power and consumer stability.
A federal whistleblower has alerted Congress that the U.S. Postal Service is rushing to implement a flawed IT system that could derail the midterm elections. The disclosure, released Tuesday by Senator Richard Blumenthal, describes a chaotic development process that threatens to block millions of ballots from reaching voters this November.
CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss allegedly directed a contentious story linking Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to the September 11 terrorist attacks. Internal sources claim Weiss personally intervened to sharpen the piece’s focus on deleted social media posts, overriding concerns raised by network staffers regarding the report's editorial integrity.
Veteran correspondent Scott Pelley has detailed an alleged campaign by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss to steer the network's flagship program, 60 Minutes, toward a pro-White House narrative. Pelley claims Weiss repeatedly pressured producers to inject falsehoods into reports, specifically regarding the fatal shooting of civilians by federal agents.
Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed the Climate Change Superfund Act, making New York the second state to force major fossil fuel corporations to pay for the environmental wreckage they cause. The law seeks to shift the mounting financial burden of climate adaptation from taxpayers to those responsible for historical emissions.
Climate advocates are pressuring New York Attorney General Letitia James to challenge a federal ruling that struck down the state’s Climate Change Superfund Act. The decision, which branded the law unenforceable, halts a landmark initiative aimed at forcing major fossil fuel companies to pay for climate-related infrastructure damages.
The U.S. Defense Department is weighing a strategy of intermittent, targeted bombing campaigns against Iran to ensure oil tankers navigate the Strait of Hormuz. Critics argue this shift signals a move toward a permanent state of war, directly contradicting earlier promises made by the Trump administration to avoid such prolonged military involvement.
President Donald Trump announced nine additional agreements with mid-sized pharmaceutical manufacturers on Monday, bringing his total count to 26. While the White House claims these deals now cover 89% of the branded drug market, patient advocates and industry watchdogs are calling the move a tactical distraction from systemic policy failures.
The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the path for continued construction of a controversial White House ballroom project. In a 5-4 decision, the court’s conservative majority rejected a challenge from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, allowing the administration to press forward with the site despite lingering legal questions.
The National Iranian American Council is calling on the Trump administration to reinstate educational and cultural exemptions after new sanctions under 'Operation Economic Outcast' effectively barred Iranian nationals from critical academic testing, fueling concerns that the policy disproportionately harms ordinary citizens rather than the Iranian government.
Democratic lawmakers and media critics are denouncing CBS News for an analysis that linked US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to the September 11 terrorist attacks. The report, which scrutinized the candidate’s past social media activity, drew immediate backlash for allegedly deploying Islamophobic tropes against the Muslim politician.
During a Senate hearing Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signaled a potential shift in federal drug policy by ordering a formal review of mifepristone, citing what he labeled as alarming new data regarding the safety of the widely used medication.
The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Biden administration’s emergency request on Friday to maintain widespread access to mifepristone, effectively pausing a lower court ruling that threatened to restrict the common abortion medication while a broader legal battle continues to unfold in the lower courts.
A federal judge in Texas has put a lawsuit seeking to overturn FDA approval of the abortion pill mifepristone on hold, providing a temporary reprieve for access. However, the ruling grants the Trump administration time to complete a separate review that critics fear will be used to justify new federal restrictions.
The world's coral reefs are struggling to survive as rising ocean temperatures drastically compress the time needed for recovery. According to the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, reefs that once had a decade to rebound from bleaching events are now lucky to secure five or six years between heatwaves.
For the first time in history, the national average for gasoline in the United States has remained above $4 per gallon throughout the entire month of August. This sustained price surge, driven by the ongoing conflict with Iran, has placed significant financial strain on motorists and created a deepening political crisis.
A coalition of 50 House Democrats is demanding the immediate cancellation of a $16.7 million federal contract to supply Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with electric shock gloves. Lawmakers warn that the devices, capable of inflicting severe pain without visible injury, represent a dangerous escalation in the agency's enforcement tactics.
A coalition of environmental organizations has challenged the Trump administration's approval of the herbicide trifludimoxazin, arguing the EPA bypassed critical safety assessments. The petition, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, seeks to vacate the agency's June 30 registration of the chemical for agricultural use.
