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IRS Watchdog: Tax Season Will Likely Be a Rough One

Report warns taxpayers will have to contend with challenges like new laws, IRS staff exodus

(Newser) - The national taxpayer advocate is cautioning that the 2026 tax filing season is likely to present challenges for taxpayers who encounter problems with filing their taxes, given the exodus of IRS workers since the start of the Trump administration. Erin M. Collins released her annual report to Congress on Wednesday,...

Judge Orders Administration to Release 5-Year-Old, Father

Ruling calls the immigration detentions unconstitutional and denounces government 'cruelty'

(Newser) - Condemning what he called the Trump administration's "imposition of cruelty," a federal judge on Saturday ordered that a 5-year-old Minnesota boy and his father be released from immigration detention. US District Judge Fred Biery of the Western District of Texas ruled their seizure unconstitutional and directed that...

Over Administration Criticism, 'Streets of Minneapolis' Is a Hit

Springsteen performs song condemning federal immigration raids at benefit

(Newser) - Bruce Springsteen's new protest song, " Streets of Minneapolis ," reached the top spot on iTunes on Friday morning. Hours later, he performed it in public for the first time, at a "Defend Minnesota" benefit in the city dealing with a Trump administration operation that's brought it...

Judge Declines to Issue Preliminary Injunction on Surge

Minnesota lawsuit over immigration agent surge can proceed

(Newser) - A federal judge has declined Minnesota's bid to immediately halt the Trump administration's large-scale immigration enforcement push in the state, while leaving the door open for the case to continue. US District Judge Kate Menendez on Saturday denied the state's request for a preliminary injunction against the...

Trump: My New Pick for BLS Will 'Quickly Fix' Things

President nominates government economist Brett Matsumoto

(Newser) - President Trump said on Friday that he's nominating the government economist Brett Matsumoto to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after having previously accused the federal agency of releasing low monthly jobs numbers in order to make him look bad. There's no evidence that the Bureau of Labor...

Iran Says It Has Its 'Fingers on the Trigger' Over US Threats

Tehran demands end to threats from President Trump before considering direct negotiations

(Newser) - Iran's government says it's open to talking, but not while the US president is promising to hit it "with great power." Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in Istanbul on Friday that Tehran won't hold direct talks with Washington unless President Trump drops his public...

After Nearly 2 Years, Gaza Crossing Into Egypt to Reopen

Though Israeli move to open Rafah crossing Sunday is for 'limited movement of people only'

(Newser) - Israel said on Friday that it will reopen Gaza's border crossing with Egypt in both directions over the weekend, allowing Palestinians to enter and leave the territory after nearly two years of closure. COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, said in a statement...

Canadian Secessionists' US Talks Blasted as 'Treason'

Pro-Alberta independence group has met with Trump administration officials at least 3 times

(Newser) - Canadian leaders have strongly condemned the Trump administration's meetings with secessionists from Alberta. Separatists seeking support for the province's independence have held meetings with administration officials at least three times since last April, the Financial Times reports. "To go to a foreign country and to ask for...

Resist, Minneapolis Mayor Tells Peers

Jacob Frey says at mayors at conference they're 'on the front lines of a very important battle'

(Newser) - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called on his peers at a national gathering on Thursday to resist the Trump administration's anti-immigration tactics, warning that the cost of inaction could be high. "If we do not speak up, if we do not step up, it will be your city that...

Trump's Cabinet Meeting Was Unusually Short

He didn't ask Noem or Bondi to speak

(Newser) - President Trump gathered his Cabinet for a video-broadcasted meeting Thursday that ended without questions from reporters. He spoke for about a half hour and called on some of his agency heads, but Trump ended his the meeting without asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to speak. It seemed an opportunity...

ICE's Next Planned Destination: the Super Bowl

DHS adds immigration enforcement to game duties, says those in country legally 'have nothing to fear'

(Newser) - Immigration enforcement looks to be joining the mix surrounding Super Bowl LX. Officials in Santa Clara, California, say Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expected to be on the ground at next month's big game at Levi's Stadium, adding an immigration twist to the usual security presence, reports the...

2 Federal Officers Involved in Pretti Shooting Are on Leave

Stephen Miller admitted agents 'may not have been following' protocol

(Newser) - The two federal officers who pulled their triggers in the Minneapolis shooting that killed Alex Pretti on Saturday are currently on paid administrative leave, NBC News reports. ABC News' sources describe this as standard operating procedure in the aftermath of an officer-involved shooting. The network quotes a Customs and Border...

Bari Weiss to CBS News Staff: Pivot or Become Irrelevant

Weiss is pushing network to court 'the center,' overhaul broadcast strategy

(Newser) - Bari Weiss delivered a blunt message to CBS News staff this week: The network won't survive by holding on tight to its broadcast audience. In an all-hands meeting on Tuesday, the CBS News editor in chief—who simultaneously runs the opinion site the Free Press, now owned by CBS...

Judge Says Another Wind Farm Halted by Trump Can Restart

Judge says national security claims don't justify halting nearly finished project

(Newser) - A nearly finished offshore wind farm that the Trump administration abruptly froze just before Christmas is spinning back to life, the New York Times reports. A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday ruled construction can resume on Vineyard Wind, a $4.5 billion project about 15 miles off the coast...

Judge Blocks Feds From Moving Detained 5-Year-Old

Order keeps boy and father detained together at Texas facility, at least for now

(Newser) - A 5-year-old boy swept up in an immigration arrest in Minnesota can't be deported or moved for now, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The temporary restraining order shields Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, from removal or transfer outside the Western District of Texas, where...

Medicare Rate Freeze Proposal Shocks Insurers

More than $90B was wiped off company values on Tuesday

(Newser) - Investors betting on a Medicare Advantage windfall just got a jolt. Shares of major health insurers sank on Tuesday after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed 2027 payment rates for private Medicare plans that were far lower than Wall Street had penciled in, the Wall Street Journal reports....

GOP Races to Avert Shutdown Over ICE Furor

Democrats say they'll block spending deal over DHS bill as Friday deadline nears, tension grows

(Newser) - Republicans are racing against the clock to keep parts of the federal government open as a political firestorm over immigration enforcement in Minneapolis threatens to derail a key spending deal. Funding for the Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies runs out on Saturday, and Senate Democrats say they'...

Appeals Court Confirms Alina Habba Served Illegally

Decision leaves administration with option to appeal to Supreme Court

(Newser) - A federal appeals court has declined to revisit its ruling that Alina Habba held the top federal prosecutor's job in New Jersey without legal authority, tightening scrutiny on how the Trump administration installed its preferred US attorneys. On Monday, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rejected...

Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino Demoted: Sources

Move follows fatal shootings by federal agents and widespread protests

(Newser) - A senior Border Patrol official has been quietly stripped of his high-profile role in Minnesota after two fatal shootings by federal agents there this month, a source tells FOX 2 . Gregory Bovino, who had been serving as Commander-at-Large overseeing Department of Homeland Security operations in Minnesota during the Trump administration'...

Mayor: Agents Will Start Leaving Minneapolis Tuesday

Sources say Greg Bovino will be among them

(Newser) - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says that he spoke to President Trump on Monday and that the president agreed the current situation in the city cannot continue. "Some federal agents will begin leaving the area tomorrow, and I will continue pushing for the rest involved in this operation to go,...

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