Party hats, noisemakers, disco spotlights and more are now available for New Year’s Eve at select Tops Friendly Markets through the Independent Health ...

The Internal Revenue Service’s free online filing system is no more. First rolled out as a limited pilot in 2024 under the Biden administration, the Direct File program allowed taxpayers in certain ...

Republican lawmakers had criticized Direct File as a waste of taxpayer money because free-filing options already exist. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who also serves as IRS commissioner, told ...

Elizabeth Guevara is a personal finance reporter who explains the world of business and economics and how it impacts your finances. She joined Investopedia in 2024. HABesen/Getty Images The IRS is ...

The new program, Direct File, helped low- and moderate-income taxpayers file their returns more easily, and had been expanding. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Internal Revenue Service is shutting down its ...

BROADVIEW, Ill. — A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday over the conditions at the Broadview immigration detention center. The order requires the government to provide a ...

The IRS has notified states that offered the free, government tax filing service known as Direct File in 2025 that the program won’t be available next filing season. In an email sent from the IRS to ...

As the United States rethinks its role in the international order it has championed since the end of World War II, Japan is on the frontlines of the challenge to rules-based commerce and diplomacy.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The operators for the Norfolk casino were granted their gaming license by unanimous decision from the Virginia Lottery Board Wednesday afternoon. The Norfolk casino must now open ...

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A longtime teacher in Rutherford County, Tennessee is suing her school district, claiming she was fired for what she shared online. The federal lawsuit alleges her ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed into law a short-term spending plan to keep the government fully funded while lawmakers finalize a new budget. Just after 4 a.m. Wednesday, Whitmer announced she had ...

PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — Petersburg Fire Rescue and Emergency Services offered an inside look this week at the temporary casino that will open by the end of 2025. Crews with Petersburg Fire Rescue and ...