New Immunity for President Trump, and an Audacious Plan for Regime Change in Iran
5/20/202610 min
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I.R.S. to Drop Audits of Trump and Family, by Alan Feuer, Andrew Duehren and Glenn Thrush
Blanche Defends $1.8 Billion Fund as Skepticism Mounts, by Devlin Barrett
Trump Crushes Republican Dissent: 8 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primaries, by Reid J. Epstein
Early War Goal Was to Install Hard Line Former President as Iran’s Leader, by Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman
Senate Votes to Take Up Measure to Force Trump to End Iran War, by Megan Mineiro
The San Diego Mosque Shootings Were a Crime Made for and by the Internet, by Tim Arango, Chelsia Rose Marcius, Madison Malone Kircher and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
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Tesla’s Newest Electric Vehicle Could Jolt the Trucking Industry, by Jack Ewing
Driverless Big Rigs Are Coming to American Highways, and Soon, by Jim Motavalli
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[instrumental music] From The New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Will Jarvis in for Tracey Mumford. Today's Wednesday, May 20th. Here's what we're covering. In Washington on Tuesday, the Department of Justice quietly released a remarkable one-page document. It gives President Trump, his family, and his businesses complete immunity from any ongoing inquiries into their taxes. The new provision could be lucrative for the president. As of 2024, The Times reported that Trump could owe the IRS more than $100 million over his use of a dubious accounting move related to his skyscraper in Chicago. It's not clear if that IRS investigation is still ongoing or if there are any other audits that would now be stopped. Experts say the new immunity move might amount to illegal political interference in the audit process, with one senior advisor at NYU's Tax Law Center