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  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – JANUARY 03: The U.S. Flag flys above the International Revenue Service headquarters building on January 3, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)Finance

    AI is making it easier to commit financial crimes, so the IRS is overhauling its tech after finding $21 billion in fraud in just two years

    By The Associated Press and Fatima Hussein
  • Scott Bessent in front of a black backgroundFinance

    America could run out of cash to pay its bills as early as this summer

    By Fatima Hussein, Kevin Freking, and others
  • FILE – Frank Bisignano, right, then Chairman and CEO of First Data, smiles after the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange, Oct. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Politics

    Trump SSA nominee and self-proclaimed ‘DOGE person’ gets Senate hearing as Democrat decries ‘wholesale effort to dismantle Social Security’

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • Elon MuskPolitics

    The IRS just demoted its chief counsel who clashed with Elon Musk’s DOGE: report

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen. May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Retail

    IRS’s free electronic tax filing program could get cut despite its success after Elon Musk says DOGE ‘deleted’ government tech group that created it

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • A sign on the Internal Revenue Service building is seen on Thursday, February 20, 2025.Politics

    IRS poised to consider thousands of job cuts that would hit half its workforce

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen. May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Politics

    IRS layoffs of 7,000 may cut revenue collection and foil efforts to snag rich tax dodgers, experts say

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen. May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Finance

    IRS plans to lay off 7,000 recently hired workers starting immediately

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • US President Donald Trump walks on stage to speak at FII PRIORITY Miami 2025 Summit (Future Investment Initiative) at the Faena Hotel & Forum in Miami Beach, Florida, February 19, 2025.Politics

    After Trump claimed millions of dead people were getting social security checks, Trump’s pick to lead the agency disputes the statement

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • A person holds their finger over the personal information listed on a Social Security cardPolitics

    New Social Security chief contradicts Trump’s claims that millions of dead people are getting payouts

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (Pool via AP)Politics

    Trump and Musk claim tens of millions of dead people are getting Social Security checks—but it’s not true

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A Social Security card is displayed Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)Politics

    Social Security boss steps down over DOGE attempts to access sensitive recipient information

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen. May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Finance

    IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers as soon as next week — in the middle of tax season

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • FILE – People protest during a rally outside the Treasury Department in Washington, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Politics

    Tech Reporter

    By Fatima Hussein, Josh Boak, and others
  • FILE – Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)Politics

    DOGE access to U.S. finances risks loss of American credibility that ‘will prove difficult to regain’, former Treasury secretaries warn

    By Fatima Hussein, David Klepper, and others