NYT > U.S. News The Auctioneer and the Treasury Chief: Billy Long’s Quick Fall at the I.R.S. Par :Andrew Duehren and Maggie Haberman 14 août 2025 à 12:25 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sought total control over the I.R.S., an agency where Mr. Long, the new commissioner, had started to put his own mark on the job. © Kenny Holston/The New York TimesWithin days of being sworn in as the I.R.S. commissioner, Billy Long began to lose his grip on the role.