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Judge gives member of DOGE access to Treasury information
A New York judge has relaxed a ban she'd put on Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency preventing it from accessing ...
The Treasury Department says IRS Direct File is a failed program. Its creators are worried DOGE is going to kill it.
IRS Direct File is the nation's first free tax filing system. A Treasury Department official told BI it was a failed program ...
Judge Eases Ban On DOGE Staffer Accessing Sensitive U.S. Treasury Data
A judge had temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Treasury data following a lawsuit filed ...
KZN Department of Education faces severe financial crisis, Provincial Treasury warns
Facing a financial crisis, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education must halt new contracts and address its debts the ...
IRS agrees to share tax information to help with Trump deportation plans: court records
Millions of people pay taxes with ITINs, which are used by people who don't have social security numbers and aren't legally ...
Top financial officials sound alarm on 'unconscionable' economic impact of DOGE protest violence: letter
Over two dozen financial officials across the country have sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi warning of the ...
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Business group asks Treasury to destroy CTA data
In a Friday letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, NFIB urged the department to erase all data collected pursuant to the agency's regulations implementing the Corporate Transparency Act, a 2021 ...
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Bessent Takes Tricky Center Stage as Trade Wars Roil U.S. Economy
The Treasury Department declined to comment on the dinner ... Mr. Bessent wrote in a letter to investors just last year that he was skeptical of tariffs: “Tariffs are inflationary and would ...
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All CDFI programs legally required, Treasury suggests
The Treasury Department told the OMB that all 11 programs in the CDFI Fund are statutorily mandated. The White House said "no ...
IRS warns taxpayers about ‘myths’ they should be aware of
Tax season 2025 is almost drawing to a close. That being said, here's some things taxpayers should know about with regards to ...
Democrats demand probe into DOGE’s alleged mishandling of personal data
Democrats are calling on Treasury Department and General Services Administration watchdogs to investigate a Department of ...