The Iran War has significantly raised energy prices. This website provides continually updated tabulations of the additional amounts Americans have paid in higher motor fuel costs due to the war. It a...

There is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power

They should take steps to protect and boost their own revenues. And they should take a second look at their own tax cuts.

State governments are rushing to offer billions of dollars in subsidies to data center construction, apparently without understanding their full costs.

The proposal has sparked outrage from other ultrawealthy residents, who warned of an exodus from the state.

Gov. Mike Kehoe is touting conservative voodoo economist Arthur Laffer, Sam Brownback’s tax architect. | Opinion

Richest 15 U.S. centi-billionaires see wealth surge 33 percent to $3.2 trillion

Cloudy with a Loss of Spending Control: How Data Centers Are Endangering State Budgets - Good Jobs First

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) informed Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in a letter Monday that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President Trump’s signature domes…

The megabill will raise taxes on the poorest 40 percent of Americans, barely cut them for the middle 20 percent, and cut them tremendously for the wealthiest Americans next year.

The Trump megabill will give the top 1 percent tax cuts totaling $1.02 trillion over the next decade. For comparison, the bill’s cuts to the Medicaid health care program will total $930 billion over t...

The tax cuts in the House bill mostly flow to those who have the most. Roughly 68% of the tax cuts go to the richest 20% in the U.S. Some other notable changes would support private school voucher pro...

At the center of the sweeping bill is trillions in tax cuts, which Republicans aim to partially offset through changes to safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

Alas, if history is any guide, they’ll love it anyway.

The Trump administration reportedly plans to shutter the IRS Direct File program before it has a chance to get fully off the ground, taking away a free option for people to file their tax returns dire...

What the "current policy baseline" really means

In last night’s address to Congress, President Trump spent more time insulting Americans, lying, and bragging than he did talking…

Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, says the newspaper's editorial section will publish columns only "in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."

The budget resolution passed by House Republicans will enrich the richest, blow up the deficit, and decimate vital public services. The budget resolution allows Congress to pass reconciliation legisla...

The Trump administration’s decision to fire over 6,000 I.R.S. workers will make the government less effective and less efficient, not more.

Restaurants in multiple cities are closing for one day to mark a “day without immigrants.” “Tomorrow (Mon 2/3) we’ll be CLOSED in solidarity with the Day Without Immigrants protest. DC depends deep…

Congress will soon debate provisions from the Trump tax law that are set to expire at the end of 2025, as well as other tax policies that Trump proposed on the campaign trail. Here we examine what’s a...

Revealed: fossil fuel billionaire’s Americans for Prosperity vows ‘herculean undertaking’ to renew and deepen tax cuts

Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he is optimistic about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's next term and wants to help him reduce regulations.

Tax credits are key to alleviating poverty in America — but they often come with steep costs for tax preparation and bank fees.

America’s Top Plutocrats Are Now Worth A Record-Breaking $6.7 Trillion, Yet Republicans Under New Senate Chief Thune Want To Eliminate Estate Tax