Taxes

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives to talk to reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans to find agreement on a spending bill

House Republicans pass $4 trillion tax cut out of committee as members debate SALT cap

Zach Halaschak · May 14, 2025 8:08 am

FILE — In this March 4, 2015 file photo shows Eva Moskowitz, of Success Academy Charter Schools, during a charter school rally outside the state Capitol, in Albany, N.Y. "I'm hoping that we don't have to do hybrid, but I don't want to be in a position where we haven't thought it all through," said Moskowitz, whose 47 Success Academy Charter Schools enroll 20,000 students in New York City. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Charter school leader pushes for $5 billion tax break in Trump megabill: ‘Fix this oversight’

Samantha-Jo Roth · May 14, 2025 5:00 am

Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Health, joined by House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ), goes before the House Rules Committee to advance a bill to end the requirement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers coming to the United States, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.

Republicans must hold the line on Medicaid spending

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2025 12:01 am

Dulce, 6, plays in the yard of their family home across the railroad tracks in Burlington, North Carolina, Monday, March 9, 2020.

Community & Family

Congress must prioritize struggling families in budget talks

Penny Young Nance · May 13, 2025 11:28 am

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services mistakenly paid the money between 2009 and 2011, according to the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general.

Faith, Freedom & Self-Reliance

The rest of the story on Medicaid money laundering

Ryan Long · May 13, 2025 8:00 am

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework

Two Trump-endorsed tax hikes on wealthy left out of GOP tax bill

Zach Halaschak · May 12, 2025 6:06 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing with IRS whistleblowers, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Washington.

Read it: House Republicans release text for highly anticipated tax cut bill

Zach Halaschak · May 12, 2025 4:30 pm

Odds for various sporting events are posted in a casino sports book in Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 8, 2019.

Sports betting on pace for $113.1 million in first full fiscal year

Alan Wooten | The Center Square · May 12, 2025 3:14 pm

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday,

Tax on major university endowments raised to 21% in House GOP bill

Zach Halaschak · May 12, 2025 2:55 pm

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework

GOP tax writers would raise cap on SALT deductions to $30,000 but set income limit

Zach Halaschak · May 12, 2025 12:17 pm

Thune promises energy dominance, tax cuts, and military readiness in reconciliation bill

Heather Hamilton · May 11, 2025 8:32 am

Chairman Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., right, listens as Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., questions U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during a House Committee on Ways and Means hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

House GOP releases tax cut bill text with temporary $2,500 child credit

Joseph Lawler and Zach Halaschak · May 9, 2025 9:45 pm