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How DOGE led a ‘hostile takeover’ at the IRS to use taxpayer data for immigration crackdowns
A group of senior career officials tried but ultimately failed to protect the agency’s highly-sensitive database of taxpayer information.
IRS employees expect to learn their layoff fate around Tax Day, their busiest time of the year
Internal Revenue Service workers are expecting to soon learn their employment fate, coinciding with Tuesday’s tax-filing ...
What to know about Abrego Garcia’s deportation case as White House and Bukele make clear he won’t be returned to US
A Maryland man’s efforts to return to the US after being mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month hit a major new ...
Trump administration announces freeze in $2.2 billion for Harvard after university rejects request for policy changes
The Trump administration announced Monday that it would freeze $2.2 billion in multi-year grants and $60 million in ...
Man accused of setting fire to Pennsylvania governor’s home said he would’ve beaten him with hammer, affidavit says
A man accused of breaking into and setting fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence while the governor’s family ...
Trump calls Sumy missile strike a ‘mistake.’ But Russia’s war seems to be raging on exactly to Putin’s plan
Russia’s attack on the Ukrainian border city of Sumy has placed unwelcome emphasis on just how little fruit the White House’s ...
A Palestinian student leader at Columbia was steps away from his final citizenship interview. He instead faces deportation
A Palestinian student at Columbia University went into a Vermont immigration office Monday hoping to begin the final step to ...
China urges Vietnam to resist ‘unilateral bullying’ as Xi tries to rally region in face of Trump tariffs
Xi Jinping has urged Vietnam to resist “unilateral bullying” and uphold free and open trade, as he begins a high-stakes ...
Harvard’s president rejected Trump’s demands. Here’s how other university leaders have responded to the White House
Tensions between Harvard University and President Donald Trump’s administration grew Monday as the administration froze over $2 billion in multi-year grants and $60 million in multi-year contracts ...
A journey across the world’s largest sand desert
From the South Pole to Everest, Badr Al Shaibani has chased adventure across the globe. Yet, his most defining journey was closer to home, as the Saudi explorer trekked 600 kilometers (370 miles) solo ...
Why soccer might be Sweden’s way out of a gang crime crisis
Every Saturday night throughout the year, Robert Wirehag – a pastor and former youth soccer player for Swedish club IK Sirius – arranges “night football” in Gottsunda, a suburb of Uppsala, Sweden’s ...
Feeling out a bizarre post-presidency, Biden will begin reemerging on Tuesday
Joe Biden has been hankering to do more. Many leading Democrats across the country — including some former top aides and close allies, who note they’re sad to say it — are desperate for the former ...