The president is demanding that the federal government pay him at least $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns during his first term.
President Trump created what legal experts called an unparalleled situation of federal agencies facing a lawsuit from the head of the executive branch.
The president charged that the I.R.S. and the Treasury Department had failed to prevent a former I.R.S. contractor from gaining access to documents shared with news outlets.
The top three House Democrats voiced support for an effort to impeach Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, after fatal shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis.
Frank Bisignano is the first chief executive of the I.R.S., where there’s hope he will end a chaotic stretch at the agency. The tax filing season, which started Monday, is his first test.
This year’s tax filing season could be an even more formidable challenge than usual for the Internal Revenue Service and Frank Bisignano, its chief executive.