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These firms advise large institutional investors on how to vote on corporate shareholder issues.

“Direct File worked really well, and it's a great example of how the IRS can do technology, or how the government can do technology, effectively,” said former IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel.

Having a trade deficit isn’t actually that major of a problem, the economists argue.

The Trump administration says the Free File program offered through commercial tax preparation companies is a more effective option.

Are tariffs a form of taxation, a form of foreign policy, or both? The Wall Street Journal’s Jess Bravin discusses.

The law in question doesn’t mention tariffs. But the president also has wide latitude in setting the foreign-policy agenda.

There’s a whole list of alternative tariffs the administration could deploy— but they might require investigations, include time limits on them, or need Congressional authorization.

The process could take months.

Blake Emerson of UCLA Law breaks down the legal arguments and economic stakes as the Court hears arguments about Trump’s tariffs.

Nonprofits that do work the administration objects to — like helping support transgender or undocumented people — could see employees disqualified from the loan forgiveness program.