Haley Byrd Wilt

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Haley Byrd Wilt

Republicans have spent the past decade accusing the Internal Revenue Service of political bias in how it determines which organizations are exempt from income taxes.

2 weeks ago | timesofsandiego.com | Haley Byrd Wilt

Officials are scrambling to roll out President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariffs on imports from around the world, adding a huge new workload for Customs and Border Protection staff that could hurt the agency’s ability to enforce laws already on the books. “I can’t even imagine what a strain this is and how fast that they are churning through changes to how they’re doing things,” one former CBP official told NOTUS, requesting anonymity to discuss their past trade enforcement experience.

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Haley Byrd Wilt

Officials are scrambling to roll out President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariffs on imports from around the world, adding a huge new workload for Customs and Border Protection staff that could hurt the agency’s ability to enforce laws already on the books. “I can’t even imagine what a strain this is and how fast that they are churning through changes to how they’re doing things,” one former CBP official told NOTUS, requesting anonymity to discuss their past trade enforcement experience.

3 weeks ago | notus.org | Haley Byrd Wilt

Darren Beattie, the State Department’s acting undersecretary for public diplomacy hasn’t been doing much of his work in public. But Beattie — who once said “competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work” and has frequently praised the Chinese government’s repressive tactics — is serving in a senior position and leading the department’s “free speech” priorities since his appointment earlier this year.

4 weeks ago | notus.org | Haley Byrd Wilt

President Donald Trump’s new tariffs are intended to encourage companies to manufacture their products in the United States. But instead, they are actively pushing some American companies away. Some American manufacturers still rely on supply chain inputs from other countries and have now seen their operating costs skyrocket. Some of them are eyeing other locations as a new home base, simply to keep their businesses alive.