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A new law, signed by former President Trump, significantly raises the endowment tax for wealthy private universities like ...

For some Democratic leaders, the tax break and spending cut package passed by Trump's Republican allies in Congress on ...

P resident Trump and Republicans in Congress are celebrating this holiday weekend after both the House and Senate passed what ...

Trump and his cohort have proposed huge cuts to the National Institutes of Health, including a whopping 38% cut for The ...

East Carroll Parish sits in the northeastern corner of Louisiana, along the winding Mississippi River. Its seat, Lake ...

As I write this, House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is talking … and talking … and talking, using his ...

The fact remains that Republicans are only slightly offsetting significant tax cuts for the rich by decimating programs that help the poor, including food stamps and Medicaid.

President Donald Trump signed what may become one of the most destructive bills to have ever made its way through Congress, ...

President Trump’s domestic policy law jeopardizes plans to reopen one rural county’s hospital — and health coverage for ...

Elon Musk said a new political party he has been threatening to start up "is formed," a day after President Donald Trump signed a tax-cut and spending bill that the Tesla Inc. billionaire chief ...

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