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From left, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo.,, ranking member Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., and Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, hold a hearing in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 4, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Republicans want data scientists at the IRS. Trump axed those roles last year, Dems say

House Ways & Means advanced a bill to create an IRS fellowship program to recruit data scientists — the “very people that the Trump regime just spent…

Jul 2, 2026 By Matt Bracken

IRS CEO Frank Bisignano, center, talks with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., right, in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House passes two bills to modernize IRS operations

The BARCODE Efficiency Act and the Taxpayer Experience Improvement Act would embrace technology and help the IRS “be an agency more worthy of the taxpayers it serves.”

Apr 27, 2026 By Matt Bracken

The front doors of the Internal Revenue Service building are seen in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

House bill seeks AI boost for IRS to flag tax fraud

The DETECT Act asks the GAO to report on AI’s potential for empowering the tax agency to identify instances of fraud.

Aug 20, 2025 By Matt Bracken