Scott MacFarlane is CBS News' Justice correspondent. He has covered Washington for two decades, earning 20 Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards. His reporting has resulted directly in the passage of five ...

A former San Diego State University police sergeant pleaded guilty to possessing hundreds of files of child pornography, some featuring girls as young as 6, authorities said.

The agency still offers a Free File program that works with commercial tax software firms. Some companies also offer free tools for certain filers. By Ann Carrns The federal government tested a free, ...

Today's guest is Michael Shermer, founding publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of the new book Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters. Shermer explains how the release of the ...

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) shared the names of the six men he claimed were “likely incriminated” in the Epstein files on the House floor Tuesday. Khanna’s comments come as the Justice Department has ...

Representative Ro Khanna read the names of six powerful men in the Epstein files, whose names were previously hidden by the Justice Department, aloud on the House floor on Tuesday. “Yesterday, ...

Early birds can submit their 2025 tax returns today and receive their potential tax refunds in two to three weeks. Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering ...

The Trump administration may have shuttered Direct File — the IRS’s short-lived experiment in tax-preparation software — but it doesn’t mean you have to pay to file your taxes. There are plenty of ...

The service uses automation to pre-fill parts of your tax return with information from your Credit Karma profile. Users can upload and store photos of tax documents like W-2s and 1099s for ...

Taxes are due this year on April 15. The IRS will begin accepting tax returns on Jan. 26. Filing early could mean getting your refund sooner and avoiding fraud. Taxes are due most years on April 15.

For the first time since she was acquitted of murder in her high-profile Massachusetts trial, Karen Read sat down for an extensive interview. Read said in the interview she doesn't feel safe living in ...