The acting commissioner of the IRS was fired Friday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly complained to President Donald Trump that DOGE cost-cutter-in-chief Elon Musk did not ask for approval to name Gary Shapley as the agency’s figure-head.

The acting commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service is being replaced after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Donald Trump that the latest leader of the agency had been installed without his knowledge and at the behest of billionaire Elon Musk,

Donald Trump ‘kicked Elon Musk off China briefing list’ with four-letter remark - ‘What the f*** is Elon doing there?’, Trump is said to have fumed to White House staff