President Donald Trump is removing Billy Long as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will temporarily serve as acting commissioner, a White House official and a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

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William Long Testifies In Senate Nomination Hearing To Be IRS Commissioner; Author: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Getty Caption: WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 20: Former Rep. Billy Long (R-MO), U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, speaks during a Senate Finance Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. The IRS has had four acting commissioners since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.

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Amazon To Open New Fulfillment Center In Sacramento; Author: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Getty Caption: SACRAMENTO, CA - AUGUST 10:  A worker makes repairs to a conveyor belt system that is under construction at a new Amazon fulfillment center on August 10, 2017 in Sacramento, California. Amazon is preparing to open a new 855,000-square-foot warehouse, the tenth in California, by early October and is expected to hire nearly 1,500 people.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met privately in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump to make a case he did not want to hear: the automotive industry he said he wants to save were being hurt by his tariffs. The Democrat came with a slide deck to make her points in a visual presentation. Just getting the meeting Tuesday with the Republican president was an achievement for someone viewed as a contender for her party’s White House nomination in 2028.

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U.S. President Donald Trump celebrates his first 100 days in office

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The Federal Reserve's vice chair of supervision, Michelle Bowman, on Saturday said recent weak job data underscores her concerns about labor market fragility and strengthens her confidence in her own forecast that three interest-rate cuts will likely be appropriate this year.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who oversees the nation’s military reposted a video about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote and should “submit” to their husbands. The extraordinary repost on X from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, made Thursday night, illustrates his deep and personal connection to a Christian nationalist pastor with extreme views on the role of religion and wo…

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Dean Cain rose to fame in the late 1990s for his work in “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.”

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At a time of enhanced federal scrutiny and legal threats largely led by Republicans in other states, lawmakers last week moved to update a 2022 state law intended to protect providers and patients of reproductive care, including abortions, and transgender care.

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It follows earlier revocations for Baja California's governor, highlight Washington's opaque visa enforcement against Mexican officials.

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Three people were shot and wounded in New York's Times Square, the New York Police Department said on Saturday. The people - an 18 year-old female, 19 year-old male, and a 65 year-old male - are in a stable condition in hospital, an NYPD spokesperson said.

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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the man who opened fire at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia. The GBI statement says White died and Officer David Rose with the DeKalb County Police Department was shot and killed during the shooting Friday.

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A suspected gunman and a police officer are dead after law enforcement responded to reports of an active shooter near the adjoining campuses of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University on Friday, authorities said.


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Adriana Smith remains on life-support at Emory University Hospital

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The Justice Department subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James in an investigation into whether she violated President Donald Trump’s civil rights.

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Nations kicked off a meeting Tuesday in Geneva to try to complete a landmark treaty over 10 days to end the spiraling plastic pollution crisis.

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U.S. Seeks to Protect American Interests and Businesses at Plastics Treaty Talks

An Ontario First Nation that has worked toward road access to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire on its traditional territory is now asking the courts to prevent the provincial and federal governments from mineral development in the region.

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Rates of pollution to microplastics "incommensurable" have been found in the waters Contrex and Hépar, according to the magistrate responsible for the preliminary investigation in the framework of the proceedings against Nestlé Waters concerning wild landfills of polluting waste in the Vosges, reveals Saturday Mediapart. ...

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