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January 6, 2023
It's been two years since the US Capitol came under attack by thousands of pro-Trump insurrectionists, the biggest attack on American democracy in our lifetimes.
January 5, 2023
The House of Representatives made dubious history Thursday, failing on the 11th ballot to elect a speaker as an acrimonious stalemate that has paralyzed the chamber dragged on. That's the most ballots cast in this normally pro forma election since before the Civil War.
December 31, 2022
Almost all American taxpayers end up reporting positive income to the Internal Revenue Service each year. That wasn't the case for former president Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump in four of the six years between 2015 and 2020.
December 23, 2022
After years of fighting for Donald Trump’s tax returns, Democrats finally got a hold of them and released them to the public through two congressional reports published this week. But Democrats stress their decision was not about Trump himself but rather about oversight of the IRS and about the U.S. tax system more broadly — even though Trump was the first president since Watergate not to release his returns before assuming the presidency.
December 21, 2022
The IRS failed to audit former President Donald Trump's federal tax returns for his first two years in the White House, even though an IRS program states the returns are "subject to mandatory review," a newly released House committee report disclosed.
December 21, 2022
Donald Trump may have benefited from "tens of millions of dollars" in tax write offs that were "claimed without adequate substantiation," according to a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.
December 21, 2022
The House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday voted 24 to 16 to release former president Donald Trump’s tax returns, capping a protracted legal and political battle that began when Trump was in the Oval Office.
December 20, 2022
The Internal Revenue Service failed to audit former President Donald J. Trump’s tax filings for his first two years in office despite having a policy that makes the auditing of sitting presidents mandatory, a House committee revealed on Tuesday after an extraordinary vote to make public six years of his tax returns.
December 20, 2022
A House committee voted Tuesday to publicly release some of Donald Trump's tax returns, despite Republican threats to retaliate against President Joe Biden and other Democrats.
December 13, 2022
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans from Texas made a show of force in the Capitol last week, announcing a border security package they said will be a top priority for the incoming GOP majority in January.
Issues:Immigration