Thursday, December 18, 2025

Tag: taxes

House moderates move to force vote as ACA tax credits near...

Four Republicans join Democrats in discharge petition amid looming premium hikes for millions.

Trump’s top tax official built career helping billionaires dodge taxes

Ken Kies, a longtime lobbyist for major corporations and the ultra-wealthy, now leads the Treasury’s tax policy office under Trump—just as Republicans push for new tax cuts benefiting the richest Americans.

Spain, Brazil and South Africa create alliance to tax super-rich at...

Oxfam said the alliance created at the UN conference shows the political will for taxation of the super-rich that countries must follow their lead and join forces.

Is Trump co-governing with the billionaire class?

While politicians regularly partner with business, when should they collaborate with grassroots movements?

Blaming the poor while the rich sneak off with the welfare

Republicans say they only want to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. To do this they're wasting lives, defrauding their constituents, and abusing the privilege of leadership.

Trump and Republicans want taxpayers to fund their pet project: Private...

A proposal for a nationwide federally supported school voucher program is just another of President Trump’s schemes to give advantages to the rich at the expense of the rest of us.

How the rich get richer: Evade taxation, grease trillion-dollar tax breaks,...

In class and status-conscious, materialistic America (was it ever otherwise?), scoring net worth is easier than figuring out messy election results.

More than a dozen US officials sold stocks before Trump’s tariffs...

Ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.

Trump-Musk plan to gut the IRS could cost US public $30...

Analysis shows dismantling IRS enforcement would benefit wealthy tax evaders, burden working families, and deepen inequality.

How DOGE’s cuts to the IRS threaten to cost more than...

“When you hamstring the IRS, it’s just a tax cut for tax cheats.”

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Trump expands travel ban to 39 countries and Palestinian Authority documents amid accusations of...

The latest proclamation widens full and partial entry restrictions, targets Palestinians holding Palestinian Authority travel papers, and draws condemnation from lawmakers and refugee advocates who say the policy is racist and punitive.

Trump declares naval blockade against Venezuela as lawmakers warn of unauthorized act of war

President Trump’s order to block sanctioned oil tankers near Venezuela escalates military tensions, raises constitutional and international law concerns, and jolts global oil markets.

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Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don't Ask Donald Trump!)

Trump has created speech and thought crimes with NSPM-7 and Pam Bondi is ready...

How NSPM-7 and a DOJ directive lay the groundwork for criminalizing dissent and protected speech

Senate approves record Pentagon budget as Democrats help advance Trump’s defense agenda

Bipartisan vote sends $900 billion military bill to Trump’s desk amid war powers concerns and domestic cuts.