GOP lawmakers in Washington want someone else to make the tough choice of slashing nutrition benefits—and to take the blame ...

To help offset tax cuts, the U.S. Congress aims to cut $1 billion from programs that benefit the most vulnerable Americans, ...

The Republicans are honest about their reason for Medicaid cuts, which is to allow tax cuts for far wealthier people.

House Republicans have been talking for months about potentially slashing Medicaid, but this week they unveiled, for the ...

The Republican reconciliation package seeks to extend tax cuts and put in temporary new ones, while cutting spending on social safety nets. Passage is not certain and changes are likely to come.

State lawmakers are pushing to repeal tax breaks for luxury items like yachts and private jets, as well as limit deductions taken by businesses, arguing that New York needs to stop sacrificing ...

As the US and China came to an agreement to lower tariffs sharply this week, trade war uncertainty has, for now, subsided. But Wall Street has a new question for President Donald Trump: What about tax ...

In the Republican tax bill, President Trump’s priorities are overshadowing the traditional “pro-growth” agenda.

Harvard has an endowment of $53 billion. So that annual $849 million would be less than the 2 percent “wealth tax” that ...

Healey’s hiring freeze — beyond the actual dollars it might save — is, of course, also a wake-up call to lawmakers who are ...

The checks, at a cost of $2 billion, are a political move that the state cannot afford, some lawmakers say. They will be ...

House committees have labored on the legislation, which runs a whopping 1,116 pages and is titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill ...