President Donald Trump has sued the US Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns during his first term in the White House, when the president broke with decades of tradition by refusing to voluntarily divulge the records. The lawsuit — joined by Trump’s two eldest sons and his family business, the Trump Organization — was revealed…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced several initiatives aimed at combating supposed benefit fraud as the Trump administration is seizing upon the issue to amp up its violent immigration crackdown in Democratic-led states and cities. The news comes after right-wing Youtuber Nick Shirley went viral for videos accusing Somali people in Minneapolis of deceptively collecting Medicaid…
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Republican Sen. Tim Scott (South Carolina) blocked a bill seeking to stop President Donald Trump’s unprecedented $20 billion bailout of Argentina and its far right government on Tuesday, with Democrats criticizing Republicans’ priorities as Americans languish under GOP cuts to social programs. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) tried to pass the No Argentina Bailout Act on Tuesday…
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reportedly changing how it operates in order to comply with a recent directive by President Donald Trump to target organizations his administration claims are funded by “antifa.” According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the IRS’s Criminal Investigation division (IRS-CI) is installing Trump loyalists in key roles and weakening the effectiveness…
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