The IRS is launching a direct file pilot program for the 2024 tax season — here is how it will work

As tax filing season officially starts Monday, a limited number of taxpayers in 12 states will soon be eligible for a program that will allow them to calculate and submit their returns directly to the IRS without having to pay for commercial tax prepar...

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Trump praises Texas governor as state clashes with White House over immigration

Former President Donald Trump has praised Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for defying the Biden administration over immigration

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American Airlines' hard landing on Maui sends 6 to hospital

Five American Airlines flight attendants and one passenger are recovering after their flight from Los Angeles made a a hard landing on Maui

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Arizona Republicans choose Trump favorite Gina Swoboda as party chair

The Arizona Republican Party is getting a new leader

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Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigns from WWE parent company after ex-employee files sex abuse suit

Wrestling icon Vince McMahon has resigned from WWE’s parent company

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A snowboarder spent 15 hours trapped in a ski gondola. She rubbed her hands and feet to keep warm

A snowboarder has spent 15 hours trapped overnight inside a ski lift gondola amid freezing temperatures at a Lake Tahoe resort

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White House sets new guidelines for Cabinet notifications after Austin's secret hospitalization

The White House is laying out a new set of guidelines to ensure it will be informed any time a Cabinet head can’t carry out their job

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Exotic animals including South American ostrich and giant African snail seized from suburban NY home

Authorities have seized about a hundred animals from a Long Island home packed with exotic species — including a giant African snail, degus, a sulcata tortoise and a South American ostrich

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NJ Transit scraps plan for gas-fired backup power plant, heartening environmental justice advocates

New Jersey’s public transit agency is scrapping plans for a backup power plant that would have been fueled by natural gas, heartening environmental justice advocates who targeted it and several other proposed power plants in largely minority areas

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Bill decriminalizing drug test strips in opioid-devastated West Virginia heads to governor

A bill that would decriminalize all the strips used to test deadly drugs now goes to West Virginia's governor

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RNC plans to soon consider declaring Trump the 'presumptive 2024 nominee'

The Republican National Committee is expected to consider a resolution next week to declare Donald Trump the party’s “presumptive 2024 nominee,” even though only two states have voted and the former president has nowhere near the requisite number of de...

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Apple will open iPhone to alternative app stores, lower fees in Europe to comply with regulations

Apple has unveiled a sweeping plan to tear down some of the competitive barriers that it has built around its lucrative iPhone franchise

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North Carolina authorizes online sports betting to begin on eve of men's ACC basketball tournament

Legal online sports betting in North Carolina is poised to begin in March on the eve of the region’s beloved Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament

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