IRS needs 11,000 hires to ‘maintain’ phone support for 2026 filing season, plans on 60% cut to IT staffing

The IRS is preparing for major budget and staffing cuts next year, but simultaneously, congressional Republicans are trying to pass a budget reconciliation package that would create much more work for the tax agency. Former IRS leaders say they’re concerned the agency will have fewer resources to provide an acceptable level of customer service during next year’s filing season — especially if President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” makes it through Congress. The tax-and-spending cuts bill would have the IRS scrambling to prepare its IT systems and employees for…

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Businesses Are Going Woke. Here’s What a Thoughtful Investor Needs to Consider.

More and more, it seems big corporations and even banks have become tools of the left. Americans have been fired from their jobs, deplatformed from social media, and have even seen their bank accounts closed, simply for not bending a knee to the left. This has prompted many conservatives to rethink where they spend and invest their money. John Coleman, a managing partner of Sovereign’s Capital, a values-driven private equity and venture capital firm, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss a more thoughtful way of investing in the age…

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US President Biden, Xi Jinping Speak by Phone, With Beijing Saying US ‘Needs Cooperation’ – Radio Free Asia

US President Biden, Xi Jinping Speak by Phone, With Beijing Saying US ‘Needs Cooperation’  Radio Free Asia White House says Biden, Xi discussed origins of COVID probe  Reuters White House: US President Biden and China’s Xi speak by phone for first time since February  FXStreet In a first, US President Joe Biden talks to Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, discusses COVID origins  DNA India View Full Coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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