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Senate Democrats propose $7,500 cash payment to all Michiganders with newborns
The Senate Democrat plan is an effort to counter rising child care costs and help grow the state’s population.
After 50% layoffs in Department of Education, here’s who Donald Trump’s government is targeting for layoffs
A sweeping wave of layoffs has been set in motion under Trump’s Government Layoffs plan, with the Department of Education becoming the most prominent target. Nearly half of its workforce is being cut, ...
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Government Shutdown Still Looming: How Your Taxes Might Suffer
The House passed a measure to keep the government funded, but the shutdown threat is still present as the bill moves to the ...
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Trump promises possible $5,000 DOGE stimulus, but will it really reach Americans?
The idea of a potential $5,000 check from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has sparked widespread interest.
Reductions in force: A look at which agencies are affected by DOGE-led job cuts
The deep cuts across federal agencies since Donald Trump's return to the White House include reductions in force, which mean ...
Here’s the inflation breakdown for February 2025 — in one chart
The consumer price index rose 2.8% in February from 12 months earlier. Inflation decelerated but economists fear tariffs will ...
Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Are Targeted—As Education Department Cuts Nearly 50% Of Workforce
The Department of Education began the process Tuesday of reducing staff by thousands of employees—the latest round of ...
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Forget the negative income tax, how about a negative tariff?
About the negative income tax, specifically. The great Nobel Laureate (1912-2006) viewed a negative income tax as something that would encourage work. While most people pay taxes on work earnings, ...
Education Department laying off 1,300 employees
The Department of Education is laying off more 1,300 employees as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to slash the federal workforce and its stated pledge to reduce the government’s role ...
Tax refunds are larger in 2025. Here's why
Through February 2025, the average tax refund was $3,182. That's a 6.3% increase from the same period in 2024.
Federalist Society leader defends ‘demonstrably conservative’ Coney Barrett
Justice Amy Coney Barrett has been the object of the online right’s rage ever since she ruled against the Trump administration last week in its bid to freeze foreign aid payments. But the ...