Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials and the White House clashed over a request to access confidential tax records to help the administration locate suspected undocumented immigrants, which led to President Donald Trump dismissing Billy Long, the agency's commissioner, from his post, according to a report by The Washington Post on Saturday.

Newsweek reached out to the White House and U.S. Treasury outside of normal business hours on Saturday afternoon for comment.

Why It Matters

The IRS has suffered significant cutbacks in personnel through the administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which experts warned could hamper core tax administration functions.

The push by Trump and Elon Musk , who led DOGE before leaving the White House in May, drew widespread

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