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Biden: Americans will be “seeing for the first time” details of Jan. 6 riot during tonight’s hearing

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting at the Summit of the Americas on Thursday. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press/AP) Ahead of the House select committee’s Jan. […]

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Democrats’ billionaire tax would heavily target 10 wealthiest Americans, but alternative plan is emerging

Democrats’ billionaire tax would heavily target 10 wealthiest Americans, but alternative plan is emerging WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats this week are preparing to propose a […]

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Why Many Black Americans Changed Their Minds About COVID Shots

TUSKEGEE, Ala. — By the time vaccines for the coronavirus were introduced late last year, the pandemic had taken two of Lucenia Williams Dunn’s close […]

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Biden’s Proposal to Empower IRS Rattles Banks and Their Customers

Jill Castilla, chief executive of the one-branch Citizens Bank of Edmond, outside the bank in Edmond, Okla., on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. When the Biden […]

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Democrats seek new tax on America’s richest while scaling down other hikes

Tucked into the House Democrats’ tax plan to raise $2.2 trillion in tax revenue is a new tax on the country’s wealthiest Americans — but […]

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That time America almost had a 30-hour work week

The nature of work has undergone a lot of changes during the pandemic. Millions of office workers began working from home; the service industry has […]

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Nothing to buy, nothing to rent: Some Americans are stuck in housing limbo

When Rebecca DiLorenzo’s landlord of 14 months informed her that he would be raising the rent by $300 a month on the apartment in East […]

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No major organized religion objects to Covid vaccines. Will religious exemptions hold?

Religious exemptions could prove to be the latest legal battlefield of the pandemic, as Americans opposed to the coronavirus vaccines try to find ways around employer and government […]

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California families relay harrowing escape from Afghanistan

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — When Yousef’s wife and their four children boarded a July 15 flight in San Diego to attend her brother’s wedding […]

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Higher taxes may be on the way for wealthy Americans after House vote

Wealthy people are bracing for potentially higher taxes that could hit their bank accounts as soon as this year, while lower- and middle-income Americans could […]