Direct File — the short-lived, free IRS tax-filing tool — is officially over, shut down less than two years after launch amid shifting priorities in Washington. During its brief run, Direct File gave ...

You need your adjusted gross income from last year's taxes to file your federal income tax return online in 2026. Peter Butler Managing Editor Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He ...

The Trump administration pulled the plug on IRS Direct File, a pilot program allowing taxpayers to file federal tax returns for free. But there are still many no-cost filing options available, ...

Nottingham Trent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. One of the hardest tasks of any government in a democracy is balancing the right to know against the need to know. Just ...

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More details are emerging daily from the January 30 release of more than three million pages of documents by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), exposing the extraordinary breadth of Jeffrey Epstein’s ...

In watchOS 26, the Smart Stack for your Apple Watch is pretty clever. The collection of widgets can be pulled up with a scroll of the Digital Crown, and shows you relevant information throughout your ...

Thanks for following our live coverage on a historic day in American politics. Bill Clinton became the first sitting or former president to testify before members of Congress in more than 40 years. He ...

Dandelion is touted for its many potential health benefits. Though human studies are lacking, some test tube and animal studies are promising. Discover dandelion’s potential benefits and how to safely ...

Have you ever had a boss who told you do to something that was technically the right thing to do but you knew that actually following that rule would make the work day much more difficult? If not ...

As nations posture over access to rare earth deposits, scientists say these coveted materials are hiding in plain sight – and can be harvested without any conventional mining at all. In a lab in ...