Inside Billy Long’s Quick Fall at the IRS

New York Times: “But within days, Mr. Long began to lose his grip on a job that he had held for barely a month. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had already ousted one White House-installed IRS commissioner this year. He would soon orchestrate the removal of another, culminating in the agency having its seventh leader since January.”

“At the center of Mr. Bessent’s concerns was the fact that Mr. Long had been trying to put together an independent plan for the IRS without informing the Treasury Department, according to five people familiar with the matter. But Mr. Long’s vision for the IRS had at least in part been shaped by Mr. Trump.”