A tax provision that is part of President Donald Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could be in line for a last-minute overhaul, potentially delivering bigger tax refunds this year to millions of Americans. At stake is the so-called state and local tax deduction, or the SALT deduction, which was limited to $10,000 in
Washington — House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan subpoenaed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for documents related to an investigation by the GOP-led panel into allegations she misused federal funds, accusations she has denied. The subpoena from Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, compels Willis to turn over documents and communications that relate to the
Washington — The House is expected to vote in the coming days on whether to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for the Biden administration’s handling of the situation along the U.S.-Mexico border. If successful, it would mark just the second impeachment of a Cabinet secretary in U.S. history, and the first in nearly 150
2/1: Prime Time with John Dickerson – CBS News Watch CBS News John Dickerson reports on an atmospheric river bringing heavy rain to California, how a U.S. plan to sanction Venezuela could affect deportations, and how much the White House can do to tame housing costs. View CBS News In Be the first to know
The top U.S. official in charge of international development condemned the alleged involvement of employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Hamas’ attack on Israel this fall that left over 1,200 people dead and hundreds taken hostage. “Anybody who was involved in the Oct. 7 attack and the brutality and the
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin apologized for keeping his recent hospitalization hidden from the White House and the American people. “We did not handle this right. I did not handle this right,” he told reporters Thursday in his first news conference since his secret hospitalization and since the deadly drone attack in Jordan that killed three American soldiers. He
Washington — Former President Donald Trump’s political apparatus spent more than it raised last year, thanks in part to about $50 million in legal bills spent for his numerous ongoing legal defenses across 2023, campaign finance reports filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission show. As Trump’s legal and political calendars have collided in recent