FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″]  The deadline for filing 2019 tax returns is quickly approaching, Wednesday, July 15th. The IRS Website has some helpful tips and resources for figuring out the best method of filing, filing for an extension, and so on.  Electronic filing is the simplest, most efficient way to file a tax return, according […]

Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The Trump Administration has begun a push for states to reopen schools this fall. The President stated, “We want to reopen the schools. Everybody wants it. The moms want it. The dads want it. The kids want it.”  According to Fox News, a top administration official said the federal […]

Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] During an interview with Fox News, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo admitted that the U.S. government has been considering banning the popular social media app TikTok. Fox News’ Laura Ingraham posed the question to him on her show The Ingraham Angle: “Shouldn’t we be considering – right now, tonight […]

Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office released a statement on July 6 asking nonimmigrant students currently enrolled in online-only classes for universities to either transfer to a school with an in-person curriculum or depart the United States.  If they fail to do so, they will face “immigration consequences” […]

Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of restricting robocalls from calling American citizens concerning government debt.  The case known as Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc. specifically states that a 2015 amendment to the 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which allowed robocalls for federal debt collection, […]

Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The crack of fireworks mixed with gunfire over the Independence Day holiday weekend in New York City. In Brooklyn’s Cypress Hills neighborhood just after midnight on Sunday, a 20-year-old man was fatally shot at a home still decorated with birthday balloons, one of 64 people reported injured or killed […]

Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messaging service said on Monday it had “paused” processing law enforcement requests for user data in Hong Kong. WhatsApp is “pausing” such reviews “pending further assessment of the impact of the National Security Law, including formal human rights due diligence and consultations with human rights experts,” […]