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The sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen. May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
IRS plans to lay off 7,000 probationary workers beginning Thursday, AP source says
The IRS plans to lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning Thursday.
 
A Social Security card is displayed Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
New Social Security chief contradicts claims that millions of dead people are getting payouts
The new head of the Social Security Administration says deceased centenarians are “not necessarily receiving benefits.”
 
A Social Security card is displayed Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Tens of millions of dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims
The Trump administration is falsely claiming tens of millions of dead people over 100 years old are receiving improper Social Security payments.
 
A Social Security card is displayed Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information: AP sources
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of Government Efficiency requests to access Social Security recipient information.
 
The sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen. May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Elon Musk’s DOGE seeks access to taxpayer data at IRS: AP sources
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is seeking access to troves of sensitive taxpayer data at the IRS. That’s according to two people familiar with the inner workings of the plan who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
 
The sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen. May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season
The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agency’s plans, and cuts could come as soon as next week.
 
People protest during a rally outside the Treasury Department in Washington, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk DOGE team’s access to the US government’s payment system
The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General says it’s launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government’s payment system.
 
Karim Ahmed Khan, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, speaks during a news conference in Khartoum, Sudan, Aug. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)
US hits international court’s top prosecutor with sanctions after Trump’s order
The U.S. has sanctioned the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor. Thursday’s move follows up on President Donald Trump’s order last week targeting the court over its investigations of Israel.
 
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to employees at the Department of Homeland Security, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Republicans once railed against armed IRS agents. Now they want them for immigration enforcement
For years, Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have railed against the IRS and its cadre of armed agents. Now the administration has big plans for them: It wants the agents to assist with immigration enforcement.
 
The U.S. Department of the Treasury building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Russian cybercrime network targeted for sanctions across US, UK and Australia
The U.S., U.K. and Australia have sanctioned a Russian web-hosting services provider and two Russian men who administer the service in support of Russian ransomware syndicate LockBit.
 
Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
DOGE’s access to Treasury data risks US financial standing and raises security worries, experts warn
The Department of Government Efficiency’s embed into the federal government has raised a host of concerns, transforming a debate over how to cut government waste into a confrontation over privacy rights and the nation’s financial standing in the world.
 
Elon Musk speaks at a presidential inauguration event on behalf of President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Democrats ask for an investigation into DOGE’s access to Treasury’s payment systems
Democratic lawmakers are seeking a Treasury Department investigation of the access that Elon Musk’s team was given to the government’s payment system.
 
Elon Musk listens as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
DOGE was tasked with stopping Treasury payments to USAID, AP sources say
Officials working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency sought access to the Treasury Department payment system to stop money from flowing to the U.S. Agency for International Development.
 
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks after being sworn in by Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington, as President Donald Trump looks on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump’s Justice Department ends Biden-era task force aimed at seizing assets of Russian oligarchs
The Trump administration’s Justice Department has disbanded a Biden-era program aimed at seizing the assets of Russian oligarchs as a means to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
 
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears for an interview with FOX Business Network's Larry Kudlow in the Washington bureau of FOX News, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Moriah Ratner)
US imposes sanctions on network that helps ship Iranian oil to China
The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on a network of more than a dozen people and firms that are accused of facilitating the shipment of millions of barrels of Iranian oil to China.
 
Treasury Union Employees president Doreen Greenwald speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
IRS workers involved in 2025 tax season can’t take buyout until after the taxpayer filing deadline
IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season will not be allowed to accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration until after the taxpayer filing deadline. That’s according to a letter sent Wednesday to all IRS employees.
 
Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elon Musk creates confusion about IRS’ Direct File — but the free tax program is still available
Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk posted on his social media site that he has “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked on technology projects such as the IRS’s Direct File program.
 
Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Elon Musk’s DOGE commission gains access to sensitive Treasury payment systems: AP sources
The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury data including Social Security and Medicare customer payment systems.
 
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of the Treasury, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Scott Bessent confirmed as treasury secretary, giving him a key role in extending Trump’s tax cuts
The U.S. Senate has confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary.
 
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Trump pledges a series of Day 1 executive actions to end ‘four long years of American decline’
President-elect Donald Trump used a raucous rally on the eve of his inauguration to promise swift Day 1 action remaking the federal government, shifting federal priorities at breakneck speed and ensuring that “the curtain closes on four long years of American decline.”
 
People take their places as a rehearsal begins on the West Front of U.S. Capitol ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's upcoming inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
Yellen says Treasury will use ‘extraordinary measures’ on Jan. 21 to prevent hitting debt ceiling
In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen says her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, on January 21, in a letter sent to congressional leaders Friday afternoon.
 
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel testifies during the Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Joe Biden's budget request for fiscal year 2024 for the IRS, April 19, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel says he’ll step down on Trump’s Inauguration Day
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel says he intends to step down from his position on President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day.
 
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of the Treasury, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Treasury nominee calls for stronger Russia sanctions and Fed independence at confirmation panel
U.S. Treasury nominee Scott Bessent is facing sharp questions from both Democrats and Republicans on tax policy, tariffs, China, Russia sanctions and the future of an IRS tax filing system that Republicans have called to be cut.
 
Canadian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson arrives for a Liberal caucus meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canadian minister warns that Americans will experience economic pain from Trump tariffs
Canada’s energy minister came to Washington this week to warn U.S. lawmakers that President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs would inflict economic pain on Americans, with higher prices and job losses.
 
The U.S. Department of the Treasury building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. The U.S. Treasury Department announced that it is expanding sanctions against the Russian energy sector for it’s nearly three-year old war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
US recovers $31 million in federal payments to dead people
Ever since the U.S. Social Security Administration opened its books to the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Service, it has been able to stop and recover more than $31 million in improper federal payments to dead people.
 
El presidente Donald Trump habla durante una entrevista con The Associated Press en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca en Washington el 16 de octubre de 2018. (AP Foto/Evan Vucci, Archivo)
Trump says he will create an ‘External Revenue Service’ agency to collect tariff income
President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to create a new agency called the External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and other revenues from foreign nations. He posted on his social media site that the U.S.
 
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump tax cuts, if made permanent, stand to benefit highest income earners, Treasury analysis shows
At the very top of Republicans’ 100-day agenda with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House is the plan to renew some $4 trillion in expiring tax cuts. The U.S.
 
A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
IRS has improved taxpayer services but is slow to resolve ID theft, an independent watchdog says
An independent watchdog finds the IRS has improved its overall taxpayer service through Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act but still faces delays processing claims from a coronavirus pandemic-era tax credit program and is slow to resolve certain identity theft cases.
 
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)
US sanctions top Hungarian official for alleged corruption while in office
A senior Hungarian government official close to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was on Tuesday hit with U.S. sanctions for his alleged involvement in corruption in Hungary.
 
Cars drive past a roundabout hoisting the new Syrian flag after the ousting of the Assad regime, in Salam City, formerly called Baath City after the ruling party, in Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
US eases restrictions on Syria while keeping sanctions in place
The U.S. on Monday eased some restrictions on Syria’s transitional government after Islamist insurgents ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad. U.S.
 
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