The abrupt removal of the chief of the US government’s tax collection and enforcement agency on Friday caps a period of extraordinary turmoil and turnover at the IRS. Since the start of Trump’s second term in January there have been four acting commissioners at the IRS prior to the start of Long’s tenure in June.

President Donald Trump's pick for IRS commissioner is moving on. Here's who else has had the job this year and why they left.

President Donald Trump has removed Billy Long, the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and temporarily replaced him with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, The Associated Press and New York Times reported on Friday.

When U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 50% on Brazilian exports in July, acai producer Ailson Ferreira Moreira felt immediately concerned. After all, who was going to eat all of that Amazon berry,

Brazil was not the only country targeted for political reasons. India faces a comparable rate for buying Russian oil. Mr Trump warned Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, that recognising a Palestinian state would make trade negotiations “very hard”.