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The move effectively calls for a carve out for religious organizations from the rarely used IRS rule called the Johnson Amendment, put in place in 1954 and named after then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson.

Illinois joined the Direct File program this year, allowing eligible taxpayers the chance to file their federal returns for free.

Lee Dudek, the new acting SSA commissioner who was placed in the role by President Donald Trump, gave the clarification after Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk falsely claimed on social media and in press briefings that people who are 100, 200 and even 300 years old are improperly and routinely getting benefits.

Nippon Steel had promised to invest $2.7 billion in U.S. Steel’s aging blast furnace operations in Gary, Indiana, and Pennsylvania’s Mon Valley.

Hillary Clinton, George Soros, Denzel Washington and Bono among those who received the highest US civilian honor from the president.

Para millones de jubilados, el aumento equivaldrá a un aumento promedio de más de $50 por mes. Los beneficiarios del Seguro Social obtuvieron un aumento del 3.2% en los beneficios este año después de un aumento históricamente grande del 8.7% en 2023, que se produjo como resultado de una inflación récord en 40 años.

For millions of retirees the boost will amount to an average increase of more than $50 a month. Social Security recipients got a 3.2% increase in benefits this year after a historically large 8.7% increase in 2023, which came as a result of record 40-year-high inflation.

The group’s report also details the federal tax collector’s performance in modernizing its technologies, the speed with which it answers its phones and the rate it sends out refund checks, among other things.