Veronika Bondarenko
Congressional Democrats and Republicans have already tangled this year over the debt limit, and what's coming is likely even more daunting. A general "erosion of governance" concerned Fitch Ratings enough to cause analysts to cite it as one reason for dinging the U.S' sterling creditworthiness,...
Just months into his second term, the president said his threats of import taxes would cause “a little pain” while paying the way for American factory jobs. Now even Trump’s base is slightly more pessimistic: Sentiment fell 3.2% among Republicans in the University of Michigan’s consumer ...
Lockhart sums up the battle lines in broad strokes: “The Republicans don’t want a tax increase, and the Democrats want to raise taxes. The Republicans don’t want to increase benefits, and the Democrats want to increase benefits.”
So now that voters have gotten to know a bit more about Harris and what she plans to do if elected president, how are they feeling about the nominee and her platform? See if you can guess what recent polls have found about Harris and her policy positionsin our quiz....
Republicans could learn a thing or two from the conclave. Aneeta Mathur-Ashton May 9, 2025 Lunch Break: No Pressure, ‘Scott B’ The friendly interview touched on Joe Biden’s debate performance, Kamala Harris’ loss to Donald Trump and whether the former president’s wife, Jill B...
Grogan: She says Harris is limited in what she can do to protect abortion without support in Congress. Same goes for IVF. Grogan says that Trump doesn’t have support from some Republicans in Congress to have insurance or the government pay for IVF. As for Trump’s stance on abortion, ...
like lower tax rates and the Qualified Business Income Deduction. They warn that its 2026 expiration would raise taxes, shrink paychecks, and revive the Alternative Minimum Tax, hitting the economy hard before midterms. The SALT deduction cap stirs debate, with high-tax state Republicans p...
Trump won’t be on the 2026 ballot, of course, and we are just a month into his new term. But if concerns like those Jenkins has about immigration, Musk and presidential power continue to grow, battleground Republicans such as freshman GOP Rep. Gabe Evans here could find a more difficult...
“Lower taxes and paying off debt,” Trump said, when asked by his former economic adviser Larry Kudlow about what he would do with the revenue from new tariffs. Extending the provisions of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act that are set to expire – a doubling of the standard deduction, an incr...