WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump urged fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to advance his sweeping tax-cut and spending bill, as party hardliners and moderates squabbled over proposed ...

Trump urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune to cancel the August congressional recess to allow for the confirmation of his ...

With the unemployment rate low and inflation above the Fed's 2% target, U.S. central bank officials have been reluctant to ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asked congressional leadership to remove a provision from the Republican tax legislation that would give the Treasury Department the ability to implement a so ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday called for deeper reforms of what he called an antiquated financial ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has informed lawmakers that the debt issuance suspension period has been extended to July 24. ... Urges Congressional Action Ahead Of August Recess.

Bessent asks Congress to drop 'retaliatory' tax as Republicans struggle to rewrite bill. Bo Erickson, David Morgan and Andy Sullivan. Thu, June 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM UTC. 4 min read.

The Big Beautiful Bill, officially signed into law on July 4, makes major changes to the tax code this year. After significant jaw-boning and contentious debate, President Donald Trump successfully ...

If the biggest hurdle corporate America has faced thus far is uncertainty, its worries might be over. The Trump agenda bill ...

Republicans are working to pass major federal cost cuts to the program, which provides monthly benefits to for some 40 million Americans.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Thursday that he’ll ask Congress to ditch the tax ... Congress created its own global minimum-tax regime in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, ...