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Even if you grant that the IRS use of the technology is appropriately limited, this is potentially the start of what could quickly snowball to many government agencies using commercial facial recognition companies to get around legal limits on their powers.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is planning to require citizens to create accounts with a private facial recognition company in order to file taxes online. The IRS is joining a growing number of federal and state agencies that have contracted with ID.me to authenticate the identities of people accessing services.

Election Commission of India appointed Special Observers for Uttar Pradesh.

Unsurprisingly, a recently announced partnership with ID.me did not go over well with Americans.

DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young led the city for 20 years, creating a colorful but controversial legacy as the first Black mayor of Michigan's largest city.

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Doing taxes in the U.S. is notoriously complicated and costly. And it gets even worse when there are delays and backlogs, making it especially hard to reach the Internal Revenue Service for assistance.

It is almost impossible to hold a rogue federal officer accountable. The Supreme Court may make it even harder.

WASHINGTON — Anticipation of a fraught tax season is leading Democrats to consider more funding for the IRS to assist and educate taxpayers.

Anticipation of a fraught tax season is leading Democrats to consider more funding for the IRS to assist and educate taxpayers.

Surveys find 81 percent of U.S. adults support voter ID requirements. Yet President Joe Biden recently condemned state election integrity laws that strengthen voter ID protections and ensure the accuracy of voter registration rolls as “Jim Crow 2.0.” This supposed “threat to our democracy” is so grave that Biden equated…