IRS Acting Commissioner Doug O'donnell To Retire Amid Chaos IRS acting head Doug O’Donnell retires amidst chaos, Melanie Krause to lead, Billy Long nominated. Top News · Feb 26, 2025
Could Trump's IRS policies harm tax filing season and delay your refund? A combination of resignations, cuts to taxpayer assistance programs, and current lack of senior leadership and staffing could slow down the IRS processes The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025
IRS Commissioner Werfel To Resign, Trump Picks Replacement IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel resigns, paving the way for a new leader as President-elect Trump takes office. Top News · Jan 17, 2025
House GOP Bill Aims to Abolish the IRS and Rewrite the Tax Code The stability of the IRS is crumbling as the U.S. presidency changes hands. Kiplinger · Jan 14, 2025
Trump IRS Commissioner Billy Long Out: What's Next for the Tax Agency? An unconventional commissioner came and went amid broader efforts to reshape the IRS and tax policy in 2025. Kiplinger · Dec 9, 2024
Donald Trump Selects Billy Long As IRS Commissioner President-elect Trump nominates Billy Long, a seasoned professional, as IRS Commissioner, emphasizing his business experience and dedication to public service. Top News · Dec 4, 2024
Ex-Missouri lawmaker Billy Long is Trump's pick for IRS commissioner - Roll Call Former Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., got the nod from President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to be his nominee for IRS commissioner. Roll Call · Dec 4, 2024
US House has no members, no rules as speaker race drags on As Republicans squabble over who will be the next speaker, there are essentially no members in the U.S. House of Representatives — only members-elect The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023
Missouri voters filling 2 open seats in Congress Missouri voters are set to elect two new members of Congress The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022
Donald Trump endorses ‘ERIC’ in MO Senate race, declining to pick Greitens or Schmitt ST. LOUIS — Former President Donald Trump hedged his endorsement in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Missouri, giving his support to “ERIC,” without specifying which one — the scandal-plagued former governor or the state attorney general who appears to be leading in the polls. Tribune News Service · Aug 2, 2022
Open US House seats draw large field of Missouri Republicans Aspiring Republican candidates are jumping at two open Missouri U.S. congressional seats The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2022
Eric Schmitt runs as a fighter and pushes electability message in bid for Senate JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s self-styled pork steak-eating, Busch-drinking attorney general could be on the verge of a big promotion. St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 24, 2022
Hawley is the ‘most respected’ Republican in Missouri, Hartzler says after Trump snub Rep. Vicky Hartzler said Thursday that Sen. Josh Hawley, who has endorsed her Senate campaign, is the most respected Republican in Missouri after former President Donald Trump said he won’t back the GOP congresswoman. Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022
Trump says he won’t endorse Hartzler in Missouri’s GOP Senate contest ST. LOUIS — She has the strong support of Missouri’s soon-to-be senior U.S. senator, but Rep. Vicky Hartzler won’t be getting the endorsement of former President Donald Trump in this year’s Senate race. St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 9, 2022
Ballotpedia · Jun 23, 2022 Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 28 Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Republican Edition
Ballotpedia · Jun 22, 2022 Missouri sees most U.S. House candidates since at least 2014 The filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Missouri this year was March 29, 2022. Fifty-nine candidates are running in Missouri’s eight U.S. House districts, including 22 Democrats and 37 Republicans. That’s 7.37 candidates per district, more than the five candidates per district in 2020 and the 4.87 in…
McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 20, 2022 Missouri Senate candidate Greitens puts out gun-toting video that depicts him hunting members of his own party WASHINGTON — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens put out a video Monday that showed him and a group of men in tactical gear with guns hunting Republicans who they do not deem adequately conservative, ramping up the war-like messaging of his campaign for U.S. Senate.
McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 20, 2022 Missouri Senate candidate Greitens puts out gun-toting video WASHINGTON — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens put out a video Monday that showed him and a group of men in tactical gear with guns hunting Republicans who they do not deem adequately conservative, ramping up the warlike messaging of his campaign for U.S. Senate.
Salon · Jun 17, 2022 McConnell vs. MAGA: Guilfoyle dives in GOP Senate hopeful, Kimberly Guilfoyle accuse Mitch McConnell of a "smear campaign"
Roll Call · Jun 13, 2022 GOP Senate retirements could spell trouble for earmarks' future - Roll Call The Senate Republican Conference will lose some prolific earmarkers to retirement next year, which may prompt a second look at the practice.
Salon · Jun 2, 2022 GOP Rep blames shootings on abortion Missouri Rep. Billy Long insists "no one has been able to come up" with a solution to gun violence
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 27, 2022 Editorial: Trump mused about hanging Pence. Voters mustn't let GOP candidates ignore that Reports that then-President Donald Trump reacted favorably as the Capitol mob chanted “Hang Mike Pence” on Jan. 6, 2021, is a fresh reminder that Trump is, at his core, an aspiring anti-democracy strongman — one who still has a realistic prospect of winning the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. For years…
Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022 Missouri’s GOP Senate candidates want Trump’s endorsement. Its power is being tested WASHINGTON — Rep. Billy Long thinks he has two paths to winning the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Missouri.
Tribune News Service · May 12, 2022 Editorial: These two Missouri US reps voted no on Ukraine aid. Are they angling for Trump’s nod? Missouri politics, and the race for the state’s U.S. Senate seat, appear to be interfering with America’s support for the people and government of Ukraine.
Tribune News Service · May 3, 2022 Draft Supreme Court decision would end nearly all abortion in MO, raise stakes of KS vote KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Abortions in Missouri will become illegal in all but the rarest of circumstances, under a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion striking down Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized the procedure nationwide.