(Headline USA) CNN said Thursday it was “inappropriate” for anchor Chris Cuomo to have been involved in phone calls with the staff of his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, where strategies on how the governor should respond to sexual harassment allegations were allegedly discussed.
The network was responding to a...
The Treasury Department released a new tax compliance initiative in which the Internal Revenue Service will hire nearly 87,000 new agents to collect an additional $700 billion over the next decade.
The American Families Plan Tax Compliance Agenda aims at fixing the "tax gap"—the difference between the federal government's expected...
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has proposed spending $30 million to fix three speedways in the state, including a large handout to the thriving Charlotte Motor Speedway, WSOC-TV in Charlotte reported.
Cooper plans to fund the repairs with a small portion of the $5.7 billion that the federal government has granted...
(Tim Gruver, The Center Square) A bipartisan bill intended to protect personal COVID data from third parties was vetoed by Gov. Jay Inslee this week, making waves across the political aisle.
Lawmakers filed House Bill 1127 to address data collection from contact tracing or the process by which investigators retrace an...
Indiana Republican Rep. Greg Pence, brother of former Vice President Mike Pence, claimed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wanted to leave the U.S. Capitol after the Jan. 6 riot.
“Nancy Pelosi said we can’t come back for two or three days,” Pence said. “He said as soon as the Capitol...
(Associated Press) In the early days of the pandemic, New Jersey Rep. Tom Malinowski scolded those looking to capitalize on the health crisis, saying it was “not the time for anybody to be profiting” from selling goods to combat the pandemic.
The two-term Democrat did not heed his own admonition.
Since early...
(Headline USA) Voting machines from Arizona's most populous county should not be used in the future after state Senate Republicans forced officials to give them access for an audit of 2020 election results, the state's top elections official said Thursday.
Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, said in a...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday that it supports a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15% — below the 21% minimum it has been seeking to impose on the foreign profits of U.S.-based companies.
The offer comes as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...
(Associated Press) The Biden administration is taking steps to ensure Americans who pay for goods or services with cryptocurrencies don't sidestep the tax man.
The Treasury Department issued a report Thursday that outlines measures.
Among the proposed changes, businesses that receive "cryptoassets" with a fair market value of more than $10,000...
(Headline USA) After the latest Census data and the effects of coming redistricting, Democrats are in for a difficult 2022 election cycle, political analysts say.
The University of Virginia Center of Politics released a report Thursday analyzing the electoral map in light of redistricting, and it doesn’t look good for...
(Associated Press) Eighteen electronic devices taken during raids last month on Rudy Giuliani's home and his law firm in a probe of his dealings in Ukraine belong to Giuliani and employees of his firm, Manhattan prosecutors revealed Thursday.
The previously redacted facts were disclosed when prosecutors re-filed an April 29...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation to curtail an alleged rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Biden lavished praise on Democrats and Republicans for approving the bill by lopsided margins and sending it to the White House for his signature.
Several dozen lawmakers attended...