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The Tax Authority to lay off 7,000 starting workers today – report
we I mentioned earlier that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Thousands of its employees are expected to launch starting today.
About 7,000 workers from the Washington Tax Authority and around the country will be demobilized starting on Thursday, according to Associated Press reports, citing a source.
Workers’ layoffs affect the test staff with about one year or less than service in the agency and largely include workers in compliance departments, according to news agency reports.
The reported layoffs come in the middle of the tax deposit season, and it is not clear how it can affect tax collection services this year.
Main events
Republican Senator Mitch McConnel is expected to deliver a speech later today announcing that he will not seek to be re -elected in 2026.
“Seven times, my colleagues in Kentukian sent me to the Senate,” McConnell said in remarks in advance to the Associated Press.
Every day between them I was modest of the confidence they put in myself to do their work here. The representation of our Commonwealth is the honor of age. I will not seek this honor. The current state of the Senate will be the last.
McConnell, who was first elected in 1984, intends to serve the remainder of his mandate that ends in January 2027, according to news agency reports.
Mitch McConnell to announce retirement from the Senate
Mitch McConnellRepublican Senator from Kentucky will announce that he will not seek to be re -elected next year, according to multiple reports.
McConnell is the tallest leader of the Senate in the history of the United States. He told Associated Press about his decision before he was appointed to address colleagues in a speech about the Senate Hall.
Susan Collins, Republican Senator of Maine, said she would vote against Cash Patel’s confirmation as director of the FBI.
The Senate is scheduled to vote this afternoon on whether Patel should be confirmed, after it has cleared the Judicial Committee of the Senate last week with a vote 12-10, on the party line.
In a statement, Collins said that the nomination of Patel comes at a time when a “convincing need” of the FBI director “undoubtedly political.”
Patel made many politically charged statements in his book and other places to discredit the FBI’s work, the institution that was nominated to lead. These statements … indicate the ability of Mr. Patel to enhance the task of law enforcement at the FBI in a way that is free from the emergence of the political motivation.
She said that Batille’s recent political file “undermines his ability to serve in the non -political role of the FBI director,” in conclusion: In conclusion:
“Therefore, I will vote against his candidacy.”
The White House, National Security Adviser, said Mike Walz, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller And the director of the National Economic Council Kevin Haysit Journalists will address as part of the press briefing today.
White House press secretary Caroline Levitt He said The officials will be briefing “to discuss the president’s achievements so far”, on the anniversary of one month Donald TrumpThe opening.
The Senate Committee, Linda McMahon, as Trump’s candidate to the Minister of Education
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Work and Retirement 12-11 has voted along the party’s lines to advance Linda McMahonNomination to hold the position of Minister of Education at Donald Trump.
McMahon, co -founder of the billionaire of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), was the co -chair of the Trump transition team and worked in the cabinet at his first administration as a small business administration official.
McMahon First Action Action, the Super Pac company that supported the Trump campaign to re -election. McMahon is the former CEO of WWE, who participated in her founding with her husband, Vince McMahon.
Her nomination now is applying to the Senate Hall.
JD Vance was asked, at the Conservative Political Labor Conference (CPAC), about the efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
“Everything on the table,” the vice president said, adding this Donald Trump “He wants to bring the last peace to Europe.”
How will the war be ended unless you are speaking to Russia? You have to talk to all the participants in the fighting.
“Peace is in the interest of Russia. It is in the interest of Ukraine. It is in the interest of Europe. But most importantly, peace is in the interest of the American people.”
Vans Trump described as “the president of peace.”
JD Vance received an existing applause at the Conservative Political Labor Conference (CPAC) for his speech last week in Munich protection conference.
“I’ll be applauded standing for a speech that I have already given,” Vans told Maryland’s audience. “I don’t think everyone loves it.”
Vans amazed European leaders last Friday During a brutal chastity speech Accusing leaders of suppressing freedom of expression, failure to stop illegal immigration and running in fear of the true beliefs of voters.
His comments were shocked at the conference and was later convicted by the European Union and Germany.
JD Vance starts CPAC
JD Vance He moved to the theater in Conservative Political Labor Conference (CPAC) In the national port of Maryland.
The Vice President said it is “difficult to believe” that and Donald Trump He was only in office for a month.
“We have done more in a month more than [Joe] Biden About four years. “It was a lot of fun in the past month.”
CPAC organizers announced earlier this Elon Musk The conference was scheduled.
Ewan Murray
Donald Trump’s participation in peace talks in the professional golf game has increased, as Tiger Woods was given among those who were granted an audience with the American President at the White House this afternoon.
Woods is expected to join PGA Commissioner, Jay Monohn, Fellow of the Board of Directors Adam Scott Representatives of the Public Investment Fund in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at a meeting hosted by Trump amid increasing hopes that can unite broken sport in the coming months.
Trump occupies an important role not only because of his love for golf but because of the influence, he can exercise the US Department of Justice, which was under the presidency of Joe Biden as a potential stumbling block for the Saudi PGA tour and the Saudi coalition.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 12 pm East time today.
The American envoy eliminates the press conference with Zelinski in Kyiv
Luke Harding
American envoy Keel Kelj was canceled at his press conference after a meeting with Ukraine President Voludimir Zellinski in Kiev.
Ukrainian officials said Kelog will not take questions from the press, and will only appear to shake hands with a photon and protocol.
The cancellation means that we will not hear from any of the two leaders after the American Ukraine talks today in Kiev, at least at the present time, as it was supposed to hold a joint press conference.
The Kelgog trip came for three days to Kyiv Donald Trump Zelinski was accused of “a dictator” And his blame for his country’s war with Russia. Zelinski suggested on Wednesday that Trump was Living in the Russian “Diaspora bubble”.
A senior Ukrainian source described Zelenskyy as participant and “very driven”. He said it is unclear whether Kelog will take the president’s invitation to visit the front lines together. Kellogg is scheduled to leave on Friday evening.
The Tax Authority to lay off 7,000 starting workers today – report
we I mentioned earlier that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Thousands of its employees are expected to launch starting today.
About 7,000 workers from the Washington Tax Authority and around the country will be demobilized starting on Thursday, according to Associated Press reports, citing a source.
Workers’ layoffs affect the test staff with about one year or less than service in the agency and largely include workers in compliance departments, according to news agency reports.
The reported layoffs come in the middle of the tax deposit season, and it is not clear how it can affect tax collection services this year.
David Smith
Liz Trus, former British Prime Minister, told the Conservative Political Labor Conference (CPAC) that her country is “failed” and needs the “Maga” movement similar to Donald Trump to save him.
Trus was speaking at the right -wing conference in the National Port in Maryland on Wednesday, along with the right -wing people from all over the world planning deeper relations and cooperation.
“We now have a big problem in Britain that the judges are making decisions that politicians must make,” said the former minister, claiming that the judiciary “is no longer responsible” because of the reforms of its predecessor Tony Blair, Who gave power to “an unructly bureaucracy.” I continued:
There is no doubt that even these changes are reversed, we have no country working. The British state fails now, does not work. Decisions are not made by politicians.
Trus, who was only 49 days prime minister and lost her seat in the general elections last year, became an increasingly marginal figure in British policy but found a safe port in CPACA main governor gathered one day that converted to the Trump brand of national turmoil.
JD Vance is scheduled to start the conservative political work conference for this year (CPAC) with a letter to start soon. We will follow it on the air and bring you the main moments in his word.
It is scheduled to speak at the general lawyer who is scheduled to speak at the conference Pam BondiHouse spokesman Mike Johnson, Chief strategic expert at the White House Steve Bannon, And the reform of the UK leader Nigel Faraj.
Donald Trump CPAC is scheduled to speak on Saturday.
