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The texts from an Alabama census supervisor had an urgent tone. “THIS JUST IN …,” one of them began. It then laid out how census takers should fake data to mark households as having only one resident even if they had no idea how many people actually lived there.
Competing factions within the Democratic Party agree on one thing: Joseph R. Biden must raise taxes when he is in the White House.
President Trump’s reelection bid was buoyed Thursday by the announcement of record third-quarter economic growth, with Mr. Trump citing it as proof he would deliver “historic prosperity” in a second term and warning that Democratic rival Joseph R. Biden would impose “punishing lockdowns” if elected.
White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday for the breakdown in the latest round of stimulus talks, saying the administration no longer believes she’s negotiating in good faith.
This was supposed to be the year that California Democrats finally took out two of their least favorite citizens’ initiatives, Propositions 13 and 209, but the citizens are proving less than cooperative.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez launched a profane rant against President Trump and Republicans during a series of new interviews published Wednesday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday excoriated the Trump administration’s “arrogance” in its coronavirus response, saying it isn’t adequately trying to combat the pandemic.
White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow warned that coronavirus stimulus talks are starting to stall Friday, with no apparent sign a deal will be reached this week.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that a stimulus deal is close to completion, but there’s still no agreement on the toughest outstanding issues.
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 787,000, a sign that job losses may have eased slightly but are still running at historically high levels.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows are both optimistic about reaching a coronavirus stimulus deal, with the Trump administration eyeing another 48-hour timetable on Wednesday.
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden has vowed to raise taxes only on individuals earning more than $400,000 annually, but critics contend that his economic plan would wind up draining the wallets of middle-class families as well.
Entertainer 50 Cent is standing his ground over recent comments about Joseph R. Biden’s tax plans.
High earners in New York City and California could face a tax rate of up to 62% under Joe Biden’s tax plan, CNBC reported Monday.
The Census Bureau is rushing to finish the final 2020 tally of Americans “as close to” the end-of-year deadline as possible, after reaching 99.98% of all households, officials announced Monday.
President Trump said Sunday that he thinks House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is “coming along” with the White House’s push for a new coronavirus stimulus package.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that she set a 48-hour deadline to reach agreement with the Trump administration on relief negotiations that can be implemented before Election Day.
Federal authorities arrested Nuke Bizzle, a rapper whose real name is Fontrell Antonio Baines, and charged him Friday with unemployment fraud, accusing him of taking other people’s identities and signing up to collect unemployment in their names.
Robert T. Brockman, a Houston software mogul, was charged Thursday with hiding more than $2 billion of income from the IRS in what federal prosecutors say is the largest tax-evasion case in U.S. history.
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to 898,000, a historically high number and evidence that layoffs remain a hindrance to the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession that erupted seven months ago.
The Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday that halts the 2020 census count in place, delivering a victory to the Trump administration, which is rushing to complete the enumeration and submit the final results to Congress this year.
Both President Trump and Democratic rival Joseph R. Biden would increase the nation’s debt by an additional $5 trillion over 10 years if they were able to muscle through all their major campaign policy proposals — and that’s on top of any extra COVID-19 relief, according to a new analysis.
Wisconsin has told Foxconn Technology Group that it won’t qualify for billions of dollars in state tax credits unless it strikes a new deal for a scaled-back factory complex.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tamped down on talk of a stand-alone airline bill Thursday morning, saying that isn’t an option without a more comprehensive coronavirus relief deal.
