The Internal Revenue Service notified Oregon and other states on Monday that the federal government has canceled a free, fledgling tax-filing program — IRS Direct File — that set out to allow millions of Americans to electronically submit their annual federal tax returns for free each April 15.

As news of the cancellation of the Biden-era program began to spread Tuesday and Wednesday, Democratic members of Congress blasted the Trump administration.

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said Wednesday that the move will hurt average Americans while benefiting private companies that charge taxpayers to use their software to electronically file.

“The Trump administration operates like a laser-guided weapon aimed at any useful public service that saves Americans time and money,” Wyden said in a news

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