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IRS Direct File is here to stay. All 50 states are invited.

Julie Zauzmer Weil, The Washington Post
May 30, 2024 1:25 pm - The IRS is making its free tax-filing platform permanent and open to all 50 states, the Biden administration announced Thursday, following the successful launch of the fi...
Supreme Court clears the way for the NRA’s free speech lawsuit against an ex-New York official

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
May 30, 2024 9:53 am - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official over claims she violated its ...
As Ukraine stumbles in war, Kyiv and Western powers struggle to coordinate

Michael Birnbaum
May 30, 2024 7:48 am - KYIV - Sharp fractures are opening between Kyiv and its Western backers, including the United States, over the future of Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion. Ukra...
Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and MICHELLE L. PRICE
May 30, 2024 7:19 am - Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
Alito rejects calls to quit Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6 because of flag controversies

May 29, 2024 1:11 pm - WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the c...
If Trump were convicted in his hush money trial, here’s what he could face next

David Nakamura, The Washington Post
May 29, 2024 8:02 am - Donald Trump has complained of the indignities of a cold, uncomfortable Manhattan courtroom during his hush money trial, which is expected to begin jury deliberations aft...
Inflation pressures lingering from pandemic are keeping Fed rate cuts on pause

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
May 29, 2024 6:50 am - WASHINGTON — Hopes for interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve are steadily fading, with a stream of recent remarks by Fed officials underscoring their intent...
Jury in Donald Trump’s hush money case asks to rehear testimony as deliberations get underway

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN
May 29, 2024 6:47 am - Jury deliberations began Wednesday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, placing the outcome of the history-making case in the hands of a dozen New Yorkers who have vowed to be fair and impartial in the face of their unprecedented task.
Trump prosecutor focuses on ‘cover-up’ in closing arguments while defense attacks key witness

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and MICHELLE L. PRICE
May 28, 2024 7:52 am - NEW YORK — Donald Trump engaged in “a conspiracy and a cover-up,” a prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments Tuesday in the former president's hush money trial, wh...
Israeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents, near Gaza's Rafah as offensive expands

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
May 28, 2024 7:16 am - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight...

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