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Trump Ousts IRS Commissioner Billy Long

Trump removes Billy Long as IRS commissioner, giving him the shortest-ever tenure in the role
President Donald Trump has removed former U.S. Rep. Billy Long as IRS commissioner less than two months after his confirmation.
Trump ousts Billy Long as IRS commissioner, names Bessent acting head
President Donald Trump is ousting Billy Long from his role as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service just two months after he was confirmed to the position, three sources familiar told CNN.
Trump ousts former MO representative Billy Long from IRS after just 2 months
President Donald Trump is asking former U.S. Rep. Billy Long to step down less than two months after Long's confirmation as Internal Revenue Service commissioner.
Billy Long out as IRS commissioner after less than two months
Billy Long ended his brief tenure as IRS commissioner Friday, posting on X that President Donald Trump will nominate him to be ambassador to Iceland.
Maddow points out the dark possibility behind Trump's removal of IRS commissioner Billy Long
Billy Long was a ridiculous character to put in the role of IRS commissioner, but despite his lack of qualifications, he appears to have put up a fight when it came to defending taxpayers' private data from immigration enforcement officials.
Billy Long to depart as IRS commissioner
Former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) is being replaced as commissioner of the IRS less than two months after he was confirmed by the Senate, a White House official confirmed to The Hill. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will lead the agency on an acting basis,
Trump Removes Billy Long as Head of IRS
The former congressman and auctioneer had been confirmed by the Senate in June. He was the sixth commissioner of the agency this year.
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Was Billy Long removed as IRS commissioner for doing the right thing?
The Trump administration is crossing into dangerous new territory in trying to pry open private tax records in its zeal to track down illegal immigrants.
Billy Long’s IRS ouster follows clashes with Treasury
President Trump’s removal of Billy Long as head of the IRS after only two months on the job has cast an uncomfortable spotlight on the agency, which has already churned through six different

Billy Long out as IRS commissioner after just 2 months

Washington — Billy Long, the commissioner of the IRS, is leaving his post after just two months on the job. President Trump ...
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The Auctioneer and the Treasury Chief: How Billy Long Fell Short at the I.R.S.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sought total control over the I.R.S., an agency where Mr. Long, the new commissioner, had ...

IRS clashed with White House over pulling immigrants’ data before Trump fired commissioner Billy Long: report

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'That didn't last long’: Trump stuns with abrupt axing of his own IRS chief

President Donald Trump is firing a former Missouri Congressman whom he nominated to be commissioner of the IRS, according ...