CHICAGO — The text messages a Border Patrol agent sent to colleagues and family members after he repeatedly shot a Chicago woman in October can be released to the public, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, originally from Southeast Asia and introduced through the pet trade. The non-venomous constrictors disrupt the ecosystem by preying on native ...

The Internal Revenue Service will begin accepting and processing federal tax returns on Monday, Jan. 26, marking the start of the nation’s 2026 filing season, the agency announced in a news release.

The Trump administration may have shuttered Direct File — the IRS’s short-lived experiment in tax-preparation software — but it doesn’t mean you have to pay to file your taxes. There are plenty of ...

Tax filing season is finally here. You can begin filing tax returns on Monday, Jan. 26. The IRS expects to receive about 164 million individual income tax returns this year, with most taxpayers filing ...

The 2026 tax filing season will begin on Monday, January 26. The deadline to file your 2025 taxes is Wednesday, April 15, 2026. Several new tax breaks were introduced for 2025, including increased ...

WASHINGTON -- It’s that time of year when millions of Americans have to file their 2025 tax returns. This year, the IRS will begin processing returns on Monday, Jan. 26 with the deadline to file set ...

IRS Direct File, a free online system for filing federal taxes, has been scrapped for 2026. Almost 300,000 people used IRS Direct File in 2025. So, are they out of luck, along with millions of others ...

New tax laws for 2026 include deductions for tips, overtime, and car loan interest. The IRS has not yet announced the start date for the 2026 tax season, but it typically begins in late January. The ...

The ease of recovering information that was not properly redacted digitally suggests that at least some of the documents released by the Justice Department were hastily censored. By Santul Nerkar ...

There were 161 million individual income tax returns filed to the IRS in 2024, possibly including yours. While not every American is required to file a tax return, most will – and there may be good ...

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 ...