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The Internal Revenue Service 1040 tax form for 2022 is seen on April 17, 2023. The IRS said Friday, April 26, 2024, more than 140,000 taxpayers filed their taxes through its new direct file pilot program. It says the program's users claimed more than $90 million in refunds, saving roughly $5.6 million in fees they would have spent with commercial tax preparation companies. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) **FILE**

IRS’ hyped Direct File tax software off to a slow start

The IRS fell short of its original goal of hundreds of thousands of users for the first year of its Direct File program with just a little more than 140,000 people taking advantage of the online pilot program for calculating taxes without resorting to a paid option like TurboTax.

April 26, 2024
A demonstrator stands outside the Supreme Court as the justices prepare to hear arguments over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, on Capitol Hill Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court struggles with immunity for presidents over official acts

Supreme Court justices clashed Thursday over former President Donald Trump's claims of "absolute immunity" from prosecution for his official acts in the White House as they sorted through competing dangers of an unleashed president on the one hand or a crippled commander in chief on the other.

April 25, 2024
Anti-Abortion activists rally outside the Supreme Court, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Biden takes another avenue to push nationwide abortion

The Biden administration on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to declare federal law supreme and to force states with severe abortion bans to allow exceptions in emergency cases where a woman's health is at risk.

April 24, 2024
In this July 8, 2019, photo, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detain a man during an operation in Escondido, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) ** FILE **

ICE attempts a rebrand designed to win over sanctuary cities

Stung by resistance from sanctuary cities, the Biden administration moved Tuesday to rebrand the government's immigration law detective force, saying Homeland Security Investigations does far more than pursue immigration cases.

April 23, 2024
A Border Patrol agent walks along a border wall separating Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego, in San Diego, on March 18, 2020. Eleven people were found hurt Saturday, March 2, 2024, after trying to climb over a wall that separates Mexico and the United States and falling on the San Diego side, the latest such injuries since the wall was heightened to deter illegal crossings. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

States strike back as Biden’s border chaos drags on

The Oklahoma House of Representatives approved a bill last week that would give police the power to arrest illegal immigrants for "impermissible occupation," becoming the latest state to try to plug gaps President Biden has opened in the country's border defenses.

April 21, 2024