Americans gave President Donald Trump a stark review of his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files just days before the Justice Department is expected to release them. The new Quinnipiac University ...

The Trump Administration announced it is ending the IRS’s free tax filing program, Direct File, even though independent groups deemed it a success and users across the political spectrum rated their ...

WASHINGTON — During an emotional news conference held hours before the House was set to vote on releasing all of the Jeffrey Epstein files, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said President Donald ...

COLUMBIA — Advocates are fighting to keep court-ordered lawsuit reforms in place for Missouri's food assistance program, arguing that the state’s management of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot program that the Biden administration started last year. Instead, the Trump ...

Taxpayers in 25 states will need to find a new way to file their taxes in 2026 as the IRS has shut down the free Direct File option. Details are limited, but the IRS has confirmed the program launched ...

The Direct File program was one of the targets of the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency, under the leadership of billionaire Elon Musk, as soon as the group took over ...

The new program, Direct File, helped low- and moderate-income taxpayers file their returns more easily, and had been expanding. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Internal Revenue Service is shutting down its ...

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The IRS Direct File program is no longer available. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project) We knew that it was coming, but now we know for sure: Direct File, the free ...

A free, online tax filing platform run by the IRS will not be available during next year’s filing season. The IRS sent an email on Monday to 25 states it partnered with on Direct File, which has been ...