Republicans Slash Official Cost of Megabill With Accounting ‘Gimmick’
A new analysis of the Republican megabill currently under consideration in the Senate finds that it could be much less costly than previously...
Trump's Big Bill Would Increase Deficits by $2.8 Trillion on a Dynamic Basis: CBO
The sweeping Republican tax-and-spending bill that would deliver on much of President Donald Trump's agenda would increase deficits by about $2.8...
Bessent Touts ‘Successful’ Tax Season, Claims Tariffs Aren’t Taxes
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended President Trump’s tax and trade policies in the face of intense Democratic questions at a Thursday hearing...
As Trump and Musk Feud, Republicans Barrel Ahead on Tax Bill
The aftershocks from Thursday’s Republican-rattling public feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk were relatively minor. Trump spoke with a...
Musk vs. Trump: Billionaire Bromance Blows Up Over Tax Bill
Political observers have long anticipated that the bromance between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, would fizzle, with...
Trump Calls for Elimination of Debt Limit
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the federal debt limit should be eliminated, adding another potential hurdle in the negotiations over...
Republican Tax Bill Would Add $2.4 Trillion to the Deficit, CBO Says
The sweeping package of tax and spending cuts passed by House Republicans last month would add $2.4 trillion to the deficit over 10 years and result...
A ‘Disgusting Abomination’: Musk Blasts Trump Tax and Budget Bill
Elon Musk, freshly departed from the Trump administration, lashed out on Tuesday against the Republican tax and spending package now in the Senate...
Johnson, Vought Claim GOP Bill Won’t Add to the Deficit, Despite Projections
The Congressional Budget Office will release a full cost estimate this week for the “One Big Beautifull Bill Act” passed by the House last month — but...
Elon Musk Gets the Heck Out of DOGE
President Donald Trump bid a somewhat strange farewell to Elon Musk on Friday in an Oval Office news conference in which the president praised the...