Taxes

Report: Higher premiums if Trump halts 'Obamacare' subsidies

Premiums for a popular type of individual health care plan would rise sharply, and more people would be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to stop "Obamacare" payments to insurers, the Congressional Budget Office says.

Report: Higher premiums if Trump halts 'Obamacare' subsidies

Premiums for a popular type of individual health plan would rise sharply, and more people would be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to stop "Obamacare" payments to insurers, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.

Trump's tax overhaul: 4 key questions

Following a disappointing setback over the GOP’s plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare — a critical component of President Donald Trump’s agenda — the administration is hoping to lock in at least one key legislative victory on tax reform before year’s end, though many questions remain unanswered.

Trump's verbal shots against McConnell complicate his agenda

Donald Trump's attacks on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell come at the worst possible time, if the president's goal is actually to accomplish the agenda on health care, infrastructure and taxes he's goading his GOP ally to pass.

Texas scraps some toll roads while other states add more

Texas officials have recently moved to scrap tolls on several highways for the first time in 40 years, bucking a national trend toward more tolls on mostly urban roadways to shift the costs of transportation to those who use the roads.

Federal government warns Cook County on soda tax collection

The federal government is threatening to withhold about $87 million in food stamp funds from the state of Illinois if Cook County doesn't alter the manner in which the penny-an-ounce tax on sweetened beverages has been implemented.

Trump White House turning to Democrats for tax reform

President Donald Trump’s administration has continued to indicate they prefer to work out a bipartisan deal on tax reform and one of the groups they’ve turned to is the moderates within the Democratic Party, the Blue Dog Coalition.