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FILE – A sign that reads “Closed due to federal government shutdown,” is seen outside of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on

October 15, 2025 at 8:26 a.m.

With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. And now they are confronting new uncertainty...

FILE – President Donald J. Trump’s name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the new coronavirus outbreak in San Antonio, April 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

US government is phasing out paper checks. Here’s what that means.

September 30, 2025 at 4:26 p.m.

The U.S. government starts phasing out paper checks for most programs on Tuesday.

FILE—Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, arrive to speak to members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)

Shutdown standoff deepens ahead of crucial meeting at the White House

September 28, 2025 at 1:37 p.m.

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican Majority Leader John Thune are digging in ahead of this week’s deadline to keep the government open, showing little evidence of budging even...

FILE – A waiter delivers food to patrons at a restaurant, Jan. 21, 2022, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

Who qualifies for ‘no tax on tips’ and what counts as a tip? Here are the new rules.

September 19, 2025 at 4:44 p.m.

The Treasury Department is moving closer to making President Donald Trump’s “no tax on tips” promise a reality. But new guidance released Friday tends to limit the number of tipped...

FILE - Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., asks questions during hearing May 14, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP, File)

Billy Long removed as IRS commissioner, will serve as Iceland ambassador

August 8, 2025 at 4:47 p.m.

President Donald Trump has removed former U.S. Rep. Billy Long as IRS commissioner less than two months after his confirmation, a White House official said Friday.

FILE – A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is photographed May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Pastors who endorse political candidates shouldn’t lose tax-exempt status, IRS says in filing

July 8, 2025 at 6:05 p.m.

The move effectively calls for a carve out for religious organizations from the rarely used IRS rule called the Johnson Amendment, put in place in 1954 and named after then-Sen....

FILE – A Social Security card is displayed on Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. 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. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

President Donald Trump keeps saying the GOP mega bill will eliminate taxes on Social Security. It does not

July 2, 2025 at 8:50 a.m.

President Donald Trump keeps saying that Republicans’ mega tax and spending cut legislation will eliminate taxes on federal Social Security benefits.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, speaks to reporters following closed-door party meetings at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican Senate tax bill would add $3.3 trillion to the US debt load, CBO says

June 29, 2025 at 3:16 p.m.

The changes made to President Donald Trump’s big tax bill in the Senate would pile trillions onto the nation’s debt load while resulting in even steeper losses in health care...

Freshly-made pennies sit in a bin at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Aug. 15, 2007.

Stop making cents: US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny

May 22, 2025 at 12:35 p.m.

The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday.

FILE – President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FIle)

Funds from migrants sent back home help fuel some towns’ economies. A GOP plan targets that.

May 14, 2025 at 11:38 a.m.

House Republicans have included in President Donald Trump’s big priority bill a 5% excise tax on remittance transfers.

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