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WASHINGTON — IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump administration has confirmed. An email sent Monday from IRS official ...

The Trump administration says it will restart SNAP food benefits but it will pay out only half the amount people normally get. The administration will use money from an Agriculture Department ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Friday afternoon, two federal judges ruled that the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture has to give money owed to SNAP recipients “as soon as possible.” The rulings are expected to ...

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WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration fired almost all 60 staff at a college-preparation program for low-income students in a wave of shutdown layoffs, two people ...

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon smiles during the signing event for an executive order to shut down the Department of Education next to U.S. President Donald Trump, in the East Room at the ...

An American flag and a tattered U.S. Department of Education flag fly outside the federal office building, amid reports that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will take steps to defund the ...

President Donald Trump’s administration fired almost all 60 staff at a college-preparation program for low-income students in a wave of shutdown layoffs, two people familiar with the cuts told Reuters ...