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A recent internal investigation concluded that some Internal Revenue Service employees improperly used their official access to snoop through the tax records of public figures. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s (TIGTA) office identified 86 “suspicious accesses” into the records of 30 different taxpayers by 52 individuals employed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from calendar years 2022 to 2025 as of November 2025, according to a TIGTA report released Tuesday. The report noted the improperly accessed taxpayer records included those belonging to “United States government officials, business leaders, and entertainers.” The IRS did not immediately respond to the...

Los Angeles -- A Superior Court judge on Monday struck down as unconstitutional a state law used by billionaire investor Ron Burkle to seal records related to his divorce proceedings. Judge Roy L. Paul said in the ruling that while the law was intended to boost privacy and confidentiality in some civil filings, it "unduly burdens the competing constitutional right of public access to civil court proceedings and records." The statute, which went into effect last summer, was challenged in court by the Los Angeles Times and The Associated Press. "We are glad the court seems to agree that nobody...