Whale of a tax break

Tax bills are rarely exciting reading but the Trump “Big, Beautiful Bill” contains an odd, probably unique tax break. Inuit whaling captains are able to claim costs of repairing...

'Big Beautiful Bill Act:' Trump signs tax and spending bill into law

US President Donald Trump signed into law a massive package of tax and spending cuts at the White House on Friday, staging an outdoor ceremony on the Fourth of...

Happy Independence Day

Stocks, dollar dip as Trump passes spending bill, deal deadline looms

Stocks slipped on Friday as US President Donald Trump got his signature tax cut bill over the line and attention turned to his July 9 deadline for countries to...

Trump says he expects Hamas decision in 24 hours on 'final' peace proposal

US President Donald Trump said on Friday it would probably be known in 24 hours whether the Palestinian group Hamas has agreed to accept what he has called a...

UAE leaders congratulate US President on Independence Day

  President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President Donald Trump of the United States of America on the occasion of...

Elon Musk learns that bullies aren't your friends

Anita Chabria, Tribune News Service The thing about bullies is they don't have real friends. They have lieutenants, followers and victims — sometimes all three rolled into one. Most...

President Donald Trump’s bill is big but far from beautiful

No one disputes that President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is big – hundreds of pages of significant tax and spending measures. But it’s far from beautiful. Indeed,...

Trump-Musk feud

Analysis shows Trump's tariffs would cost employers $82.3 billion

An analysis finds that a critical group of US employers would face a direct cost of $82.3 billion from President Donald Trump's current tariff plans, a sum that could...