Opinion
Behind the Curtain: The hard truths about Trump tax cuts
We have a spending problem (too much), a tax problem (too high or too low), and a debt problem (way too much). Yet the typical response is: Make all three worse. Why it matters: This truism sits at the very heart of Republicans' fight over a grand budget deal.
Opinion
Behind the Curtain: Hard truths about Trump and Musk's budget cuts
President Trump, Elon Musk, and their band of DOGE budget-cutters celebrate daily, even hourly targets to cut U.S. spending on everything from foreign aid to FAA personnel. Trump himself has teased a balanced budget — an impossibility without historic cuts to America's most popular programs,
Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts: Promises vs. Reality
Many provisions of President Trump’s signature Tax Cuts and Jobs Act from 2017 are set to expire at the end of 2025. Three economists break down the fiscal impact of the cuts for individuals and businesses.
Explainer-What US Social Spending Programs Could Be Hit in Trump Tax Cuts?
The plan, which is now under consideration in the Senate after the House of Representatives passed a measure advancing it, does not currently include much detail of where spending will be cut. But it offers some clues and Democrats and advocates warn that social programs,
Inside Republicans' budget plan that extends Trump tax cuts, potentially threatens Medicaid
After a lot of back-and-forth on Tuesday night, House Republicans were able to narrowly adopt a budget resolution that would advance President Trump's agenda. The proposal passed in a 217-215 vote. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
Amid the throngs at the ‘Blacksonian’: They can handle the truth
Americans are not as fragile as President Trump seems to believe. They can survive the hard lessons about this country. Even ...
National Review10d
Hollywood Can’t Handle Hard Truths
Maybe it’s because this is Black History Month that the complete Oscar lock-out of Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths seems so wrong. (It almost hurts more than the dismissal of Better Man.) Hard Truths ...
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The ‘hard truths’ Marco Rubio should tell the Saudis - comment
During the Obama years, officials frequently lectured Israel on what its interests were, often repeating the refrain, “Friends need to tell each other hard truths.” Then-secretary of state ...
Townhall6dOpinion
The Hard Truth About Ukraine
Yet the threat posed by the far-right in Ukraine is also no fantasy. Oleksandr Merezhko, a member of parliament belonging to ...
Yahoo12d
15 Hard-to-Face Truths Your Marriage Is Beyond Repair
Facing this truth is painful, but sometimes acceptance ... When your spouse is no longer the first person you turn to, that emotional gap is hard to ignore. Emotional outsourcing means your ...
Washington Examiner9d
Hard truths in Munich
Most affronted were Vance’s German hosts, as the country holds elections this weekend, at which the hard right Alternative für Deutschland ... “I thought he was dropping some truth bombs, quite ...
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Commentary: Hidden Helpers and Five Hard Truths
For our Women’s Voices commentary series, Jamie Roth examines some hard truths about poverty, and tell us there are ways to ...