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Despite intense pressure from President Trump to cut interest rates, Federal Reserve policymakers are expected to keep rates unchanged when they conclude a two-day meeting tomorrow. But Fed ...
With the U.S. and the European Union agreeing to a trade framework that includes a 15% tariff on goods imported from the EU, American consumers now face an overall effective tariff rate of 18.2% ...
President Donald Trump said Sunday that the U.S. and the European Union have agreed to a general framework on trade in which the U.S. will impose a 15% tariff on most goods imported from Europe ...
The Trump administration said Friday that it is releasing $5.5 billion in education funding that it was withholding as part of a review meant to align spending with White House priorities. The ...
Happy Tuesday! President Trump hosted Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. at the White House today and announced a new trade deal calling for 19% tariffs on goods from the ...
A House Appropriations subcommittee advanced a bill late Monday that would provide $9.5 billion for the IRS in fiscal year 2026 — a reduction of more than 20% from the current funding level of ...
Happy Monday! Politico's Brian Faler noted today that tax experts are struggling with an issue that has at times bedeviled us, too: Just how to refer to the recently passed Republican tax cut law ...
The bottom line: Passage of the rescissions package is another win for Trump as he nears the six-month mark of his second term. Fiscal hawks in the GOP may celebrate the spending cuts codifying DOGE’s ...
The Senate on Wednesday kicked off a marathon round of votes on a White House request to claw back billions in funding for foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports ...
The Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the massive reconciliation package that would deliver on much of President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda, would add at least $3.3 ...
A new analysis of the Republican megabill currently under consideration in the Senate finds that it could be much less costly than previously estimated — as long as you’re willing to ignore ...