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The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service plans to step down after disagreeing with the decision to share tax data on illegal immigrants with federal law enforcement. Commissioner Melanie Krause will become the third IRS leader to leave the agency since the start of the year. The agency has been turbulent because left-wing ideologues…

A federal court has sided with the Trump administration, resolving a disagreement with New York Attorney General Letitia James over the broad scope of cost-cutting efforts to scrutinize US Treasury payments that they believe are bloated with excessive spending. James was one of 18 Democratic attorneys general who sued to stop the US Department of…

Carol had spent years in the background of her own life—ignored, dismissed, and treated as an afterthought by her stepfamily. But everything changed with one unexpected phone call. Her stepmother, Linda, the woman who had barely acknowledged her existence, had left her a $2.5 million inheritance. Meanwhile, Linda’s own daughters, Amanda and Becca, received only…

Carly was an ordinary sixteen-year-old, and like most girls her age, she had been eagerly anticipating prom as the biggest event of her year. However, with her family’s ongoing financial difficulties, the idea of wearing her dream prom dress seemed out of reach. Carly’s mother, Dina, and her grandmother, Holly, had worked tirelessly to save…

My wife and I are both white. Recently, as our extended family gathered in the delivery room, the air was thick with excitement as we eagerly awaited the arrival of our baby. But when the baby was born, everything took a surprising twist. The first words that came out of my wife’s mouth were unforgettable.…

When my school announced prom, I wasn’t exactly excited. But then I looked over at my great-grandma, Alma, sitting in her recliner, watching some old black-and-white movie. “You ever go to prom?” I asked her. She laughed. “Honey, back in my day, girls like me didn’t get asked to prom.” That stuck with me. She’d…

I only turned my back for two minutes. I swear. Long enough to toss a load of laundry in and forget—just briefly—that silence in this house usually means disaster. When I came back into the kitchen, it took a second for my brain to process what I was seeing. My toddler, Miri, was literally standing…

I found my prom dress at a thrift store for $12. But hidden in the lining was a handwritten note meant for someone else: a mother’s plea for forgiveness from a daughter named Ellie. She never read it — but I did. And I couldn’t just let it go. I’d always been the quiet kid…

For over a decade, my husband, Tom, had gone on the same family vacation—to the islands, for a full week, every single year. And every year, I stayed behind with our kids. I had asked, many times, why we couldn’t go. His answer was always the same. “My mom doesn’t want in-laws there. It’s just…