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U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon attend a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission event, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 22, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersA key, revamped government panel of vaccine advisors appointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will soon vote on a shot preservative that contains mercury, which is safely used in some flu jabs but has been incorrectly linked to autism in the past. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, will hear…

New York Representative Mike Lawler said Wednesday he is open to negotiating with the Senate to advance President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill, but insisted he would not agree to cut a $40,000 cap on state and local tax deductions, or SALT. “We negotiated,” Lawler told Fox Business of the House version of the bill. “That’s the deal.” The SALT deduction has been a primary sticking point holding up Trump’s legislative agenda. Lawler, one of a handful of Republicans representing districts in high tax states, previously called the Senate version of the tax bill “dead on arrival” because of its…

The Trump administration is privately considering unleashing what advocates and critics agree would be one of its biggest cudgels yet to pressure colleges to end slews of programs and practices benefiting students who are racial minorities.The Treasury Department is weighing a change to Internal Revenue Service policies to allow the revocation of tax-exempt status for colleges that consider race in student admissions, scholarships and other areas, Bloomberg News reported last week.If enacted, it would take the administration’s reshaping of higher education well beyond the public battles with Harvard University and Columbia University. Nonprofit status is core to the finances of…

The Supreme Court held on June 12, 2025, that the Tax Court lost jurisdiction over a collective due process hearing when there was no longer an ongoing levy. During the multiyear proceedings before the Tax Court and the Internal Revenue Service over an alleged outstanding tax liability, the taxpayer in the case — Jennifer Zuch — filed several tax returns that showed overpayments. Each time, the IRS applied these overpayments to her outstanding tax liability, rather than issuing refunds. Once her liability reached zero, the IRS moved to dismiss the Tax Court proceeding as moot, since the agency no longer had…