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The Smart, Targeted Tax Cuts Democrats Should Champion
Instead of being fiscal scolds by not renewing Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, Democrats ought to limit them to ...
Judge temporarily blocks parts of Trump’s executive order seeking to punish law firm Perkins Coie
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing portions of an executive order ...
Trump live updates: Government shutdown looms as Democrats say they won’t back GOP spending bill
Senate Democrats are refusing to back the GOP spending bill that could fund the government through September, Minority Leader ...
Trump Can’t Blacklist Clinton-Affiliated Law Firm, Judge Rules: Here’s Where Trump And Musk Are Winning—And Losing—In Court
A federal judge Wednesday partially blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that barred the executive branch from ...
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The 19th Explains: Can Republicans avert a government shutdown?
Congress has to fund the government before Saturday or it will begin to shut down. Here is what to expect as Republicans ...
How Trump and Musk have sought greater control over federal employees
President Trump has made large scale changes to the federal workforce even before receiving mass layoff plans from federal agencies due Thursday.
Richest Americans, big businesses might welcome IRS cuts, officials say
The IRS terminated about 7 percent of its roughly 100,000-person workforce in February, including at least 5,000 in the ...
After 50% layoffs in Department of Education, here’s who Donald Trump’s government is targeting for layoffs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is set to lose about 1,000 additional employees, following an earlier reduction of 1,300 workers, totaling a 20% workforce cut. Experts warn this ...
Here’s the inflation breakdown for February 2025 — in one chart
The consumer price index rose 2.8% in February from 12 months earlier. Inflation decelerated but economists fear tariffs will ...
Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Are Targeted—As Education Department Cuts Nearly 50% Of Workforce
The Department of Education began the process Tuesday of reducing staff by thousands of employees—the latest round of ...
My family lives paycheck to paycheck even though I make $172K a year. I'm worried about the US economy under Donald Trump. Should I pursue an opportunity in my home country or ...
The government is creating a great deal of uncertainty, which may leave some to wonder if they should explore options outside of the U.S.