GOP banking on tax cuts to win over voters in midterms
With passage of an enormous budget bill, the GOP-controlled Congress all but wrapped up its legislating for the year.
Why Trump's latest steps heighten risk of a global trade war
President Ronald Reagan once likened trade wars to the pie fights in old Hollywood comedies.
China tells US it will defend interests after Trump tariffs
China's newly appointed economic czar told U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday that Beijing is ready to defend its interests after President Donald Trump announced plans to slap tariffs on nearly $50 billion in Chinese imports.
Trump’s steel tariffs could tap out lone US keg producer
CEO Paul Czachor says duties have unintended consequencies.
Trump’s Chinese tariffs ‘devastating’ to shoe, apparel industry
American Apparel & Footwear CEO Rick Helfenbein warns of impact on consumers.
Highlights of what's in, what's out of vast spending bill
Sometimes the last train out of the station can't carry everything.
Washington state's electric vehicle sales tax break to end
Washington state's sales tax exemption for electric vehicles is expected to end sometime this summer after efforts to extend it stalled during the recent legislative session.
EU unveils new tax plans that could hit US tech giants
The European Union's executive has unveiled new plans to make big tech companies pay more taxes in a move that would, if endorsed, hit online U.S. giants like Google and Facebook.
Vermont resort for 'Bachelor Winter Games' ordered to close
A private Vermont ski resort that was the setting for ABC's "The Bachelor Winter Games" has been shut down for failing to pay taxes.
U.S. tariffs to be in spotlight at G-20 summit
Global finance ministers meeting this week in Buenos Aires were planning to focus on topics like the workforce in an age of automation and how to boost infrastructure investment.
Bye-bye box seats? Tax law may curb corporate cash at games
The crackdown on tax loopholes could clamp down on corporate schmoozing.
GOP confronts another failed tax experiment in Oklahoma
Republicans in Oklahoma are confronting a serious budget crisis that began after they took full control of state government in 2010.
NJ tax hike could cause wealth flight, senator warns
NJ to raise taxes
Trump, Republicans look to make tax overhaul permanent in phase two of cuts
Republican lawmakers are hoping to build off the momentum of the 2017 Tax Act.
David Stockman: I hired Larry Kudlow to lower taxes, balance the budget
President Donald Trump’s newly appointed National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow was once hired by the Reagan administration for his low tax and balanced budget approach to governing.
Trump confirms CNBC contributor Kudlow to be economic aide
President Donald Trump is confirming he's picked CNBC contributor Larry Kudlow as his top economic adviser and says the country is in line for a long run of upbeat financial news.
Make temporary tax cuts permanent: SBA’s Linda McMahon
President Trump said this week that he wants to see “phase two” of tax cuts.
New Jersey governor wants higher taxes, money for schools
Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday proposed raising the state sales tax, hiking income taxes on the wealthy and legalizing recreational marijuana under a budget plan he said represents a sharp break from the way the state was run the past eight years under a Republican administration.
Trump considers TV commentator as possible economic adviser
President Donald Trump is praising CNBC commentator Larry Kudlow as a potential successor to outgoing economic adviser Gary Cohn.
US sets new record for censoring, withholding gov't files
The federal government censored, withheld or said it couldn't find records sought by citizens, journalists and others more often last year than at any point in the past decade, according to an Associated Press analysis of new data.
















