Category: United States Politics and Government

Here’s the latest on the president’s priorities.

The president’s $7.3 trillion budget proposal for the next fiscal year includes about $3 trillion in deficit reduction over a decade, largely from raising taxes on high earners and corporations.
Could Donald Trump Save TikTok?

The former president targeted the platform while in office but has now come out against a bill that could ban the short video app in the U.S.
Biden Budget Will Underscore Divide With Republicans and Trump

The president’s fiscal 2025 budget proposal includes about $3 trillion in deficit reduction over a decade, largely from raising taxes on high earners and corporations.
The Surprising Left-Right Alliance That Wants More Apartments in Suburbs

The YIMBY movement isn’t just for liberals any more. Legislators from both sides of the political divide are working to add duplexes and apartments to single-family neighborhoods.
The Surprising Left-Right Alliance That Wants More Apartments in Suburbs

The YIMBY movement isn’t just for liberals any more. Legislators from both sides of the political divide are working to add duplexes and apartments to single-family neighborhoods.
How Trump’s Justice Dept. Derailed an Investigation of a Major Company

The industrial giant Caterpillar hired William Barr and other lawyers to defuse a federal criminal investigation of alleged tax dodges.
What History and Economics Suggest About Biden-Trump, Round 2

Underlying economic and market factors mattered in previous presidential rematches. They may help President Biden, even if polls aren’t showing that so far.
Biden Targets Big Business and Billionaires

The president used his State of the Union address to plug his economic record and, and announce a policy wish list that involves raising taxes on multinationals and the wealthy.
White Suits, Laken Riley Pins and MAGA Red at the State of the Union

Democratic women in suffragist white, Marjorie Taylor Greene in MAGA red — there was messaging mayhem on the congressional floor.
Biden Portrays Next Phase of Economic Agenda as Middle-Class Lifeline

The president used his State of the Union speech to pitch tax increases for the rich, along with plans to cut costs and protect consumers.
TikTok Prompts Users to Call Congress to Fight Possible Ban

Many Capitol Hill offices were inundated with phone calls after TikTok urged users to tell their representatives they opposed a new bill aimed at the company.
Top US Senators Urge Stores to Stop Sellng Illicit Vapes

Lawmakers want shopkeepers to remove e-cigarettes that were not authorized by the F.D.A. Retailers say it is not that simple.