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IRS modernization bill approved by Senate panel

The Senate Finance Committee advanced a bipartisan tax administration package Thursday aimed at modernizing the IRS, improving customer service and strengthening taxpayer rights. The committee voted, 26-1, to approve the sprawling tax modernization bill, which encompasses a laundry list of tax provisions including some proposals that have already gotten backing…

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Jay Clayton heads toward DNI confirmation vote

The Senate is on track to vote next week on President Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton, after he cleared a key committee hurdle. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., filed cloture on the nomination Wednesday, a day after the Senate Intelligence Committee advanced it 9-8…

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How Outdated EBT Cards Are Fueling a Surge in SNAP Benefit Theft

Every month, one in eight Americans, 42.4 million people, use a government-issued EBT card to buy food. It is similar to credit and debit cards,...

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Unaffordable affordable housing

A $15 billion federal tax credit helps developers build homes that are no cheaper than the market rate

Salon

Trump administration asks Texas for help providing legal services to immigrant kids facing deportation

Immigration rights experts worry that the recent inquiry is the latest sign Trump is interested in transferring unaccompanied minors to the state, where it is easier to quickly deport them.

The Texas Tribune

More than half of children in ICE immigration courts are representing themselves, DOJ data shows

More than 750,000 children are facing deportation under Donald Trump’s administration

The Independent UK

Artificial intelligence becomes ripe target for taxes

Some progressives are floating various plans to spread the wealth of the AI boom in the run-up to the midterm elections this fall, with proposals ranging from taxes on AI tokens to an excise tax on the energy used by data centers. But other stakeholders are urging a more cautious approach, and…

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Jeffrey Epstein files: Who is Leon Black? Why is billionaire investor in trouble?

Epstein files: Lawmakers emerged from the closed-door voluntary interview with Black saying he refused to answer questions about non-disclosure agreements, prompting the committee to issue a subpoena about the NDAs

The Economic Times

Billionaire Leon Black defends paying Epstein $158 million: ‘I knew Jekyll. I didn’t know Hyde’

Black is mentioned repeatedly in files that the Department of Justice has released related to the Epstein investigation

The Independent UK

ATF cancels phone tracking contract after lawmakers raise concerns

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has canceled its contract for a surveillance tool that allows warrantless tracking of mobile devices

The Independent UK

Leon Black accused of stonewalling Congress as Epstein hearing ends abruptly

House committee subpoenas billionaire over nondisclosure agreements after he reportedly refused to answer questions

The Guardian - US

Senator Ron Wyden accuses US health agency of plan to deport more than 500 migrant children

Wyden says in letter addressed to Robert F Kennedy Jr that HHS is preparing an ‘unprecedented legal framework’

The Guardian - US

US Senator warns of administration plan to hastily remove over 500 unaccompanied migrant children

A U.S. senator is warning of a Trump administration plan to remove over 500 children from the country, bypassing legal protections, in a letter sent to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Bipartisan JAWBONE Act Targets Government Censorship Threats

Government agencies would have to report communications and could be sued for bullying.

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Congress Should Be in No Rush To Renew FISA's Section 702 Surveillance Powers

It’s long past time to open federal surveillance powers to scrutiny and reform.

Reason

Two Senators Offer a Bipartisan Solution to Censorship by Proxy

The JAWBONE Act would let Americans sue government officials who try to restrict their speech by pressuring social media platforms, broadcasters, or AI companies.

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Bipartisan bill targets government censorship threats

A Biden-era push to remove certain social media posts about COVID-19 and the 2020 election and more recent pressure by the Trump administration against TV broadcasters have brought together a bipartisan Senate duo to try and prevent indirect government censorship. Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Ron Wyden,…

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Democrats rebuff Trump pitch on surveillance authority

Senate Democrats appeared ready to reject President Donald Trump’s request for a short-term extension of a key surveillance authority Wednesday, arguing the president’s promise to eventually find a permanent intelligence head wasn’t good enough. The action deepened a legislative standoff over Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which…

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The Independent UK

Former Republican Senator who resigned after sexual harassment scandal dies at 93

Before the #MeToo era, Packwood stood out as an example of private behavior undermining a man’s public image

The Guardian - US

Top Democrat urges end to secrecy over proposed ICE child detention center

Ron Wyden tells of ‘grave concerns’ over plan, first revealed by Guardian, to hold families at sprawling Louisiana facility

TechRadar

US soldier's personal phones allowed enemies to track positions and target troops in real time, Pentagon reveals

The disclosure comes at a time when lawmakers are already pushing the US DoD to make significant overhauls to its posture on smartphone security.

AAP

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refuses to say whether Trump remains exempt from IRS audits

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is refusing to say whether President Donald Trump and his family will still receive immunity from IRS audits after the administration abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion compensation fund

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35 judges urged action. Now a Miami judge has reopened Donald Trump’s ‘Weaponization Fund’ IRS suit

The IRS had a list of defenses for the lawsuit that the GOJ reportedly ignored.

International Business Times

U.S. Troops Are Being Tracked And Targeted Through Commercial Phone Data

Despite knowing for a decade that commercial location data on smart phones could be used to track U.S. military personnel, the Pentagon took little action to neutralize the potential threat.

International Business Times

Congress Democrats Grill Treasury Secretary About Trump's $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee asked Treasury and IRS officials to explain their role in an "Anti-Weaponization Fund" for people who claim they were wrongly targeted by the Biden administration.

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