Justice Department

IRS August 10, 2026 

The 50-49 vote to confirm Blanche fell mostly along party lines, with two Republicans breaking ranks to oppose him.

Taxes August 7, 2026 

Cortez Hollis also owned and operated Hollis Tax Time, a Minnesota tax preparation business prosecutors said was used to prepare false tax returns for clients.

IRS July 13, 2026 

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said the president's lawsuit against the IRS "was not brought to vindicate rights; it was brought to manipulate the judicial process to pursue benefits unavailable in litigation because the parties were not adverse.”

IRS July 6, 2026 

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) seeks copies of “all memoranda prepared by the IRS discussing defenses against” claims Trump and his sons made in their $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, according to a letter.

IRS June 22, 2026 

The fund was part of a settlement to resolve President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold the Internal Revenue Service liable for a leak of his tax information.

IRS June 11, 2026 

A federal judge in Washington agreed that a legal fight over a controversial $1.8 billion fund for alleged political “weaponization” victims was likely obsolete in light of U.S.  assurances that the plan won’t go forward.

IRS June 10, 2026 

Challengers to the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” asked a judge Tuesday to let them seek evidence the Justice Department truly is abandoning the program, born out of the president's settlement with the IRS.

IRS June 4, 2026 

Democrats pressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for information on Trump-IRS settlement get limited details during June 3 hearing.

IRS June 3, 2026 

The Trump administration is moving to drop controversial plans for a $1.8 billion fund to pay victims of alleged government “weaponization,” but will still provide immunity from any probes into the president’s past tax filings under an agreed-to deal.

IRS June 1, 2026 

President Trump Monday was reportedly planning to scrap his $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, which was portrayed as a settlement to a $10 billion lawsuit he filed against the IRS.

IRS June 1, 2026 

A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump to respond to “grievous allegations” that his deal with the government to create a $1.8 billion fund to resolve his lawsuit against the IRS was the result of a “fraud” on the court.

Small Business June 1, 2026 

The Trump administration said it will appeal a judge’s authority to order across-the-board refunds of all tariffs ruled illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court.