As the National Taxpayer Advocate, I am the voice of *all* taxpayers within the IRS. As such, my office assists many different types of taxpayers in resolving tax problems with the IRS. While we typically focus on individual tax issues, our purview also includes business taxpayers. One such class of […]
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Biden, Democrats face a growing political headache as immigration clash intensifies
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden won the White House while chastising his predecessor’s border policies as inhumane and out of step with American values. But now the issue of immigration has devolved into a political headache for him that is undercutting a centerpiece of his agenda and causing vulnerable Democrats […]
In Bid for Control of Elections, Trump Loyalists Face Few Obstacles
“Donald Trump and a lot of folks in his orbit were frankly ahead of the curve when it came to raising funds and organizing behind candidates who backed the big lie,” said Miles Taylor, a former official in Mr. Trump’s Department of Homeland Security who this year helped to start […]
Oregon labor lawyer, firm face over $40,000 in sanctions for misleading court in ‘bad faith,’ judge finds
A veteran labor law partner and his firm, which represented Bend’s St. Charles Medical Center, face a more than $40,000 sanction for filing a complaint and motion “in bad faith,” a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane said the emergency motion filed on behalf of St. Charles […]