Alex Ossola

For more, I'm joined now by WSJ tax policy reporter Richard Rubin.

So, Rich, it seems like a pretty simple strategy to me, put money in voters' wallets, get rewarded at the polls.

How has this kind of thing worked in the past?

I'm interested in what you were saying about making sure the IRS does this efficiently.

I'm remembering to last year when the IRS saw pretty big staff cuts when the Trump administration came into office.

Yeah.

Does that mean the agency is going to have a harder time getting these refunds out in a timely fashion?

That was WSJ reporter Richard Rubin.

Thanks, Richard.

The families of two men from Trinidad killed in a boat strike off the coast of Venezuela are suing the U.S.

It's the first challenge in a U.S.

court over the Trump administration's campaign targeting boats that they say are used in drug trafficking.

The suit says the strike amounted to murder.

A White House spokeswoman said the strike was against, quote, designated narco-terrorists and that President Trump had the authority to order it.

And Yale University said that starting this fall, students from households earning up to $200,000 can attend tuition-free.

A few wealthy institutions like Harvard and MIT have made similar offers to middle-class families.

And that's what's news for this Tuesday afternoon.

Today's show is produced by Pierre Bien-Aimé with supervising producer Tali Arbel.

I'm Alex Ozola for The Wall Street Journal.

We'll be back with a new show tomorrow morning.