Republican politicians plan to take food and health care away from the poor to subsidize tax cuts for the rich. That might ...

Despite its name, the Department of Government Efficiency is not, so far, primarily interested in efficiency. DOGE and its ...

A federal judge has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with deferred ...

Value-added taxes are common in Europe; President Trump calls them unfair.

Lincoln’s time as a young man on the make had made him think hard about the relationship between Americans and their ...

Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas) joined U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) ...

Red states are echoing President Donald Trump’s quest to slash the size and cost of the federal government with their own ...

With his dizzying moves to slash spending, abolish government departments and lay off much of the federal workforce, Donald ...

When it comes to sales tax, "few state government reforms have as long and admirable a pedigree," Jill Burcum writes. "Yet changes like this have proven stubbornly elusive, tripping up even ...

When we think about government finances, taxes often come to mind. Income tax, GST, and customs duties are the most common examples. While these taxes are crucial to government revenue ...

Americans don’t know the full extent of what Elon Musk is doing as he embeds alongside President Donald Trump at the top of the federal government. What we know is that he’s the world’s ...