By Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 White House aide Peter Navarro claimed Sunday that President Donald Trump’s new tariffs would raise more than $6 trillion in federal revenue over the next decade, a figure that experts said would almost certainly represent the largest peacetime tax hike in modern U.S. history. Appearing on Fox News, Navarro […]
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Trump aide says tariffs will raise $6 trillion as White House readies plan
By Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 White House aide Peter Navarro claimed Sunday that President Donald Trump’s new tariffs would raise more than $6 trillion in federal revenue over the next decade, a figure that experts said would almost certainly represent the largest peacetime tax hike in modern U.S. history. Appearing on Fox News, Navarro […]
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That Google result for the IRS might be fake. Here’s how to tell.
By Shira Ovide · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Four years ago, my colleague Jeremy B. Merrill wrote about Google directing people to websites that tricked small business owners into thinking they were on the Internal Revenue Service site. People on Reddit forums have also complained for years about being fooled by IRS look-alike websites. But Google keeps […]
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That Google result for the IRS might be fake. Here’s how to tell.
By Shira Ovide · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Four years ago, my colleague Jeremy B. Merrill wrote about Google directing people to websites that tricked small business owners into thinking they were on the Internal Revenue Service site. People on Reddit forums have also complained for years about being fooled by IRS look-alike websites. But Google keeps […]
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Trump administration moves to end union rights at many federal agencies
By Lauren Kaori Gurley, Emily Davies, Tobi Raji · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening abolishing union rights at more than two dozen federal agencies and offices, in a major expansion of the administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government. The White House cited national security concerns for terminating workers’ ability to […]
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Trump administration moves to end union rights at many federal agencies
By Lauren Kaori Gurley, Emily Davies, Tobi Raji · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening abolishing union rights at more than two dozen federal agencies and offices, in a major expansion of the administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government. The White House cited national security concerns for terminating workers’ ability to […]
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Trump administration moves to formally abolish USAID
By Emily Davies, John Hudson, Abigail Hauslohner, Patrick Svitek · NATIONAL, WHITEHOUSE, CONGRESS · Mar 28, 2025 – 1:20 PM The Trump administration on Friday moved to formally collapse the U.S. Agency for International Development, notifying remaining employees that their positions will be eliminated and that residual functions will be folded into the State Department. The decision to unilaterally shut down an agency established by […]
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Trump administration moves to formally abolish USAID
By Emily Davies, John Hudson, Abigail Hauslohner, Patrick Svitek · NATIONAL, WHITEHOUSE, CONGRESS · Mar 28, 2025 – 1:20 PM The Trump administration on Friday moved to formally collapse the U.S. Agency for International Development, notifying remaining employees that their positions will be eliminated and that residual functions will be folded into the State Department. The decision to unilaterally shut down an agency established by […]
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Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies
By Emily Davies, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post Federal officials are preparing for agencies to cut between 8 and 50 percent of their employees in the first phase of a Trump administration push to shrink the federal government, according to an internal White House document obtained by The Washington Post that contains closely held draft plans for reshaping […]
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Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies
By Emily Davies, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post Federal officials are preparing for agencies to cut between 8 and 50 percent of their employees in the first phase of a Trump administration push to shrink the federal government, according to an internal White House document obtained by The Washington Post that contains closely held draft plans for reshaping […]