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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decision. The program developed during Joe Biden’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast and economical. But Republican …

A gay couple said a beachfront Sheraton resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, quoted them more than $80,000 for their wedding ceremony and guest rooms, said there was no availability until March 2027 and gave their two friends much better rates for their hypothetical opposite-sex weddings and, in one case, saying …

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, we sift through the latest campaign finance reports showing the most vocal Democratic …

WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that the agency will announce, within three weeks, a series of studies aimed at identifying “environmental toxins” he claims are responsible for a dramatic rise in autism rates in children in the U.S. Kennedy spoke a day after the Centers …

The reason is straightforward: It will cost insurance companies more to replace damaged car parts that are subject to tariffs.  “When you get into an accident, your car insurance company is the one that’s going to be buying those parts to repair your vehicle,” said Terence Lau, dean of Syracuse …

OpenAI is in talks to pay about $3 billion to acquire Windsurf, an artificial intelligence tool for coding help, CNBC has confirmed. Windsurf, formerly known as Codeium, competes with Cursor, another popular AI coding tool, as well as existing AI coding features from companies like Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI itself. Bloomberg was …

Tennis legend Serena Williams is clearing the air on speculation that her viral dance during the Super Bowl halftime show was casting shade against her ex, Drake. During the halftime show by Kendrick Lamar, Williams danced on a podium and crip walked as Lamar was performing “Not Like Us,” his …

A wedding videographer’s advice to a groom preparing to see his bride-to-be is going viral — and people are calling it the pep talk every man needs. Kalli Obray is a 26-year-old wedding videographer based in Spanish Fork, Utah. On March 19, ahead of one couple’s April wedding, she filmed …

A few hours after meeting with those students, it was Khanna, speaking with reporters on campus, fielding the questions and offering additional observations on his fellow Democrats. He mentioned Sanders’ recent rallies with Ocasio-Cortez that have drawn large crowds and been seen by some as a passing of the progressive …

Marilu Mendez said when ICE vehicles began following her and her husband Monday and then surrounded their car on Tallman Street in New Bedford, she took out her cell phone and started recording. Her video shows a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforement agent using a large hammer to break the …