Politics Oct 17 IRS plans rollout of free e-file tax return system with invitations to limited taxpayers The agency, which is working on implementing state filing into its pilot, estimates that hundreds of thousands of taxpayers will participate in the limited rollout of the program for the 2024 filing season.
Economy Oct 12 Social Security recipients will get over $50 more per month on average in 2024 This year's 8.7 percent benefit increase was brought on by record 40-year-high inflation, which pushed up the price of consumer goods. With inflation easing, the next annual increase is markedly smaller.
Politics Oct 03 WATCH: U.S. announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers The U.S. is announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against 14 people and 14 firms across China and Canada related to the import of fentanyl into the United States.
Politics Sep 15 Biden announces more Iran sanctions on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death Amini's death set off protests in dozens of cities across the country of 80 million people, with young women marching in the streets and publicly exposing and cutting off their hair.
Politics Sep 14 Yellen details tighter scrutiny of investment plans of foreign-owned companies in the U.S. The federal government reviews and can block business activity of non-U.S. companies through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
Politics Sep 04 WATCH: Biden touts unions, job creation in Philadelphia Labor Day remarks President Joe Biden, who often says he's the most pro-union president in history, is heading to Philadelphia on Monday for the annual Tri-State Labor Day Parade.
Politics Aug 28 As labor movements spread nationwide, White House highlights how administration is helping unions Biden is counting on critical labor support as he campaigns for a second term in office, holding his first re-election campaign rally at a Pennsylvania union hall in June, declaring: "I'm proud to be the most pro-union president in American…
Economy Aug 23 Founders of crypto mixer arrested, sanctioned after U.S. cracks down Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned Roman Semenov, one of the three co-founders of Tornado Cash, for allegedly supporting the North Korean hacking organization, Lazarus Group, among other things.
Politics Aug 15 WATCH: Biden touts economic policies in trip to battleground Wisconsin On the heels of a fourth indictment for Trump, Biden focused on manufacturing jobs in a speech at a Wisconsin factory — putting his ideas for growth up against his Republican rivals in a bid to win over voters in a key…
Politics Aug 02 IRS aims to go paperless by 2025 as part of campaign to conquer mountains of paperwork The effort to reduce the exorbitant load of paperwork that has plagued the agency — dubbed the "paperless processing initiative" — was announced by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel on Wednesday.