Yeah... there was a lot more to this meeting than this.

👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead. IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained. IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.

Another @washingtonpost exclusive— IRS, White House clashed over immigrants’ data before tax chief was ousted. Great reporting by ⁦@jacobbogage�� ⁦@kadiagoba⁩

Dean, thanks for this. Ron Hetrick, who mentioned this to us, was talking to me about getting BLS to put some of these explanations in layman’s terms and to blast that out publicly when revisions come out. He wasn’t trying to say that BLS was not transparent as is.

Read more: https://t.co/lNPAdqNIBg

NEW: The IRS is considering ending non-English language services That’d drop phone and in-person interpreters + translations of common tax forms and notices. It’s to comply with Trump’s order designating English the US’s official language. Link in thread…

Even more thrilling: @rbeggin is joining our WaPo econ family in Congress. If you don’t follow her, now is the time. She’s brilliant, scoopy — and a fellow @mujschool grad. Who’s got it better than us? Nooooobody!

Some *very* fun @washingtonpost news: I’m moving to our White House economics beat! That’s covering taxes, spending, trade & more. I loved my time in Congress and covering the GOP push through the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Now I get to cover how it will shape the nation.

The One Big Beautiful Bill is looking unrecognizable to House Republicans after the Senate largely overhauled the lower chamber's proposal. GOP holdouts across the House conference are threatening revolt, with @jacobbogage & @theodoricmeyer

The new EVs have had problems. And they do look very silly. Selling them off would set USPS back a decade — it’d cost billions of dollars, and the current fleet of gas-guzzlers are frankly dangerous to drive. https://t.co/GfUvOtxSem

👀 Scoop: Trump & Republicans want USPS to sell off brand new EVs and chargers. That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value. It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” https://t.co/Qqv0E0sVv5

Oh reader. I did indeed nerd out.

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🚨 WaPo Exclusive 🚨 The Postal Service's law enforcement arm is assisting Trump's mass deportation push, per docs and sources. USPS takes photos of the front and back of mail and packages. DHS *really* wants that info, me and @hannah_natanson report. Link in thread ⤵️

Weird twist. Kloos's attorney tells me: "The email seemed to say he was a high profile & close friend of the president. He's a staunch supporter of the president, but he's never met the president. He's certainly not a close friend of the president. Idk where that came from."

Update: The same Treasury official sent a **nearly identical** email to IRS asking to review audit of a group run by Kansas state Sen. Rick Kloos. So now two emails -- that we know of -- reflecting Treasury intervening in tax investigations of Trump's "high profile friends."

Story here: https://t.co/QvxRFQwIiL

🚨 SCOOP: Trump Treasury official asked the IRS to review a decision to audit My Pillow guy Mike Lindell -- "a high profile friend of the president" -- per sources and emails I've obtained. Follows admin threat to strip Harvard of tax-exempt status. Link in thread...

New: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer had to flip 64 Republicans last week to ensure the House got one step closer to delivering Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” Here’s how he did it & why he’s so well liked in a job that often requires arm twisting in my latest

New: DOGE staffers have been collecting government-issued laptops like they are Pokemon. Policy and ethics experts said they've never seen a case of low-level bureaucrats with this much power. Ensures that even if Musk leaves, DOGE's imprint remains Story w/ @jacobbogage