At least one member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team visited the Internal Revenue Service offices in Washington on Thursday as part of its mission to evaluate and potentially downsize government agencies,

The Internal Revenue Service will lay off 6,700 workers in Washington, D.C., and around the U.S. beginning Thursday, a government official told NewsNation. As of May 2024, the agency had more than 94,

Mass layoffs by the Internal Revenue Service across the country impacted dozens of workers in Denver on Thursday. The IRS was planning to lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country,

Elon Musk’s DOGE team is heading to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and seeking access to data that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer. According to a report from the Washington Post,

Elon Musk and DOGE are trying to get their hands on some of the most sensitive information the Internal Revenue Service has to offer: data on every single taxpayer, business, and nonprofit, according to The Washington Post.

The layoffs at the Internal Revenue Service came alongside additional firings at the Transportation Security Administration and the C.I.A.

Douglas O’Donnell, a 38-year agency veteran, is poised to depart during tax-filing season.

While federal workers are concentrated around Washington, D.C., there are thousands more in cities throughout the country. Laying them off will impact those local economies.

There are exceptions to the annual exclusion gift limit rules, particularly when it comes to tuition and medical expenses.

Washington DC's current economic state resembles that of the 2008 financial crisis. Unemployment filings and job losses are at their worst.

The IRS is latest federal agency under review by Elon Musk’s cost-cutting group.