Will your taxes go up or down? The five biggest questions on the GOP plan
The likelihood of tax cuts actually happening in 2018 got a major boost last week once the House of Representatives passed its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,...
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The House just passed its big tax bill. Here’s what is in it.
President Donald Trump and GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan, Wis., won a major victory as the House passed the tax bill Thursday, the central piece of the Republican plan to...
More than 400 millionaires tell Congress: Don’t cut our taxes
More than 400 American millionaires and billionaires are sending a letter to Congress this week urging Republican lawmakers not to cut their taxes.
Influential think tank retracts analysis of GOP tax bill
The Tax Policy Center on Monday retracted its assessment of House Republicans' tax bill after discovering an error in its model, a mistake that will complicate the effort to evaluate...
Jerome Powell, Trump’s pick to lead Fed, would be the richest chair since the 1940s
A countervailing voice came from a wealthy, mild-mannered businessman who had left the world of high-finance to work for a $1 a year for one of Washington's quiet think tanks.
The average American family will get $4,000 from tax cuts, Trump team says
Trump has seized on the $4,000 figure as proof that his plan would help the middle class. He talked it up in a speech to truckers last week in Harrisburg,...
Half the jobs in America pay less than $18 an hour. Can Trump help?
On most summer days, Laura Millikan's 10-year-old son begs her for a McDonald's ice cream cone. It's a $1 treat. She kisses his head and tells him maybe next week....
Long: A big Wall Street firm bets the American Dream is dying
Home ownership in the United States hit a 50-year low in 2016: Is the American Dream of owning a home dying? Or is this just a temporary blip?