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Elon Musk’s DOGE seeks access to taxpayer data at IRS: AP sources

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is seeking access to troves of sensitive taxpayer data at the IRS, two people familiar with the inner workings of the plan who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly told The Associated Press on Monday.

If successful, Musk and his group would have access to millions of tightly controlled files that include taxpayer information, bank records and other sensitive records. The people who spoke to the AP and requested anonymity said DOGE is specifically seeking to access the IRS’ Integrated Data Retrieval System
, which enables employees “to have instantaneous visual access to certain taxpayer accounts,” according to the IRS website.

Advocates fear that the potential unlawful release of taxpayer records could be used to maliciously target Americans, violate their privacy and create other ramifications.

Harrison Fields, a White House spokesman, said in an emailed statement that “waste, fraud, and abuse have been deeply entrenched in our broken system for far too long. It takes direct access to the system to identify and fix it.” ...

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Jury reaches verdict in A$AP Rocky assault trial

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A Los Angeles jury reached a verdict in the trial of A$AP Rocky, who faces two felony charges related to an alleged 2021 shooting in Hollywood.
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'Promises kept': Trump signs executive order to 'aggressively' make IVF more affordable and accessible

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to expand access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other fertility treatments through the reduction of out-of-pocket costs.

IVF has become unaffordable for many Americans, and Trump’s executive order directs the Domestic Policy Council to find ways to make IVF and other fertility treatments more affordable.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted about the order shortly after it was signed.

"PROMISES MADE. PROMISES KEPT: President Trump just signed an Executive Order to...
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‘Rampant’ abuse in blue state migrant shelter system, says former director: ‘Colossal mess’

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After being attacked by an immigrant rapist, Jon Fetherston, a former Massachusetts migrant shelter director, is blowing the whistle about the "rampant" abuse in the Massachusetts migrant shelter system, which he said is "just a big, colossal mess."

Fetherston, who served as the director of the Marlborough migrant shelter from 2023 to 2024, said that the amount of crime, domestic abuse and child neglect that takes place in the Massachusetts migrant shelter system is "mind-boggling." In an interview with Fox News Digital, Fetherston revealed that he...
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Fox News Politics Newsletter: ‘Open the Books’ on Biden's Billions

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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

Here's what's happening…

-Trump greenlights some pro-immigrant moves amid broader anti-migrant crackdown

-Department of Education cancels another $350M in 'woke' spending for contracts, grants

-New cartel threats against border agents: Explosives, drones and wireless tracking

The Biden administration spent tens of billions of dollars on grants to migrants and refugees through one of its government...
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Trump signs order to study how to expand IVF and calls for ‘radical transparency' from government

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to study how to expand access to in vitro fertilization and make it more affordable.

The order calls for policy recommendations to “protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments,” according to the White House. On the campaign trail, Trump called for universal coverage of IVF treatment after his Supreme Court nominees helped to overturn Roe v. Wade, leading to a wave of restrictions in Republican-led states, including some that have...
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Veteran federal prosecutor resigns over bank freeze order from Trump appointee

  • News source: Ryan J. Reilly | NBC News
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A longtime federal prosecutor resigned Tuesday rather than carry out what she described as orders from Trump-appointed officials to take actions unsupported by evidence, according to a copy of her resignation letter obtained by NBC News.

Denise Cheung, who had been at the Justice Department for over 24 years and was the head of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, wrote in her resignation letter to interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin that she had "always sought to offer sound and ethical counsel" to her...
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Judge to consider blocking Trump administration from carrying out mass layoffs

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A judge will consider a request from five federal unions to temporarily block the Trump administration from carrying out mass layoffs across the government.
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Apprehensions along the southwestern border plummeted in January: CBP

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The number of apprehensions alog the southwestern U.S. border plummeted by a third during January, according to statistics obtained by ABC News on Tuesday.
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Trump signs executive order aimed at reducing IVF costs

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Washington — President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that directs his administration to find ways to reduce the high costs of in vitro fertilization, or IVF, for Americans struggling with fertility.

At an event at Mar-a-Lago, White House staff secretary Will Scharf told reporters that the order directs the Domestic Policy Council "to make IVF and other fertility treatments more affordable for more Americans." According to a White House fact sheet, the order prioritizes "addressing any current policies, including those that require...
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Trump admin reveals list of cartels and gangs to be designated terrorist organizations

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The Trump administration sent a list of over half a dozen drug cartels to Congress last week that it plans to designate as foreign terrorist organizations, Fox News confirmed on Tuesday.

The list sent to Congress includes the international Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua – Spanish for "Train from Aragua" – that has ties to the socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and has been terrorizing U.S. cities in recent months.

Other groups included in the Trump administration’s list are the Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha – also known as MS-13 – as well as...
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Russia, Ukraine take 'significant first step toward peace' after Rubio-led negotiations, White House insists

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Initial discussions between Trump administration officials and Russia in Saudi Arabia Tuesday marked a "significant milestone" in securing peace between Russia and Ukraine, according to the White House press secretary.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff met in Riyadh with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Putin’s foreign affairs advisor Yuri Ushakov to hash out ways to end the conflict. Ukraine was absent...
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Zelenskyy faces perilous re-election odds as US, Russia push Ukraine to go to the polls as part of peace deal

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Nearly one year past the expiration of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's first five-year term, the U.S. and Russia are in agreement that Ukrainians must go to the polls and decide whether to keep their head of state.

Russia has insisted it will not sign a peace agreement until Ukraine agrees to hold elections, and the U.S. is now "floating" the idea of a three-stage plan: ceasefire, then Ukrainian elections, then inking of a peace deal.

Zelenskyy’s term in office was supposed to end last May, with elections originally slated for April 2024. But the...
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy stepping down amid US Postal Service financial turmoil

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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday announced that he would be stepping down as the U.S. Postal Service tries to recover from hundreds of billions of dollars in predicted losses within the next decade.

DeJoy, who was appointed during President Donald Trump's first term, notified the Postal Service Board of Governors that it was time to find a suitable successor.

"While there remains much critical work to be done to ensure that the Postal Service can be financially viable as we continue to serve the nation in our essential public service...
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Judge denies Democrat-led effort to block DOGE access, citing lack of proven harm

  • News source: FOX News
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A federal judge on Tuesday declined to block Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data or firing federal employees.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan declined to grant the plaintiffs' request to issue a temporary restraining order, citing what she said was their failure to demonstrate evidence of "irreparable harm" caused by DOGE's access.

"Plaintiffs legitimately call into question what appears to be the unchecked authority of an unelected individual and an entity that was not created by Congress and over...
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Task force to expose 'federal secrets' on JFK assassination, Epstein, UFOs packed with GOP rebels

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Seven House Republicans have been named to a new task force dedicated to weighing the declassification of some of the U.S.' most infamous "secrets."

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., as expected, will lead the explosive panel – formally known as the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets. It will operate under the House Oversight Committee and its chairman, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky.

The list, though short, signals House GOP leaders are letting the conference's conservative wing take the wheel on this investigation.

In addition to Luna...
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