One of the Trump administration’s biggest tariff boosters, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, recently said tariffs not only will energize the U.S. industrial sector but also help the government’s ...

On July 17, the White House announced Trump has a chronic venous insufficiency, which can cause leg swelling. Experts say the condition is common in older patients and not typical ...

The data exaggerates the tax gains for households with modest incomes by focusing on the change in their tax liability, rather than their after-tax income — the measure analysts more commonly use. Now ...

California tends to pay more in individual and corporate federal taxes than Texas does, because of its larger population and higher incomes. Newsom’s specific numbers come from 2022, the most recent ...

The "Epstein files," refer to the federal government’s investigative files pertaining to the prosecution of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  The two federal investigations into Epstein took ...

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On July 16, days after the first media investigations about sparse criminal backgrounds among the population were published, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., characterized the migrants at Alligator Alcatraz ...

As a candidate, Trump promised to lift taxes on overtime. The new law allows workers to deduct up to $12,500 in overtime compensation (for single filers) or $25,000 (for joint filers). This deduction ...

"In most respects, ICE facilities operate with less consistent oversight and legal accountability than state or federal prisons or local jails," Brinkley-Rubinstein said. "ICE detention facilities and ...

Rush Limbaugh is a conservative radio talk show host. His website describes him as "America's Truth Detector; the Doctor of Democracy; the Most Dangerous Man in America; the All-Knowing, All ...

Tracking Trump’s first-term campaign promises: The Trump-O-Meter is PolitiFact's meter for tracking 102 promises President Trump made during his 2016 campaign. We are tracking Trump's second ...