Feb 26, 2025

A first step toward the GOP’s tax and spending agenda

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The Republican-controlled House has defied predictions of deadlock and advanced the party’s signature legislative package.

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The implications of the House spending bill

by David Brancaccio

The House narrowly approved a resolution that includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and some $2 trillion in spending cuts over a decade. But it still has to go through the Senate, where there’s a push for more tax cuts.

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Trump's Second Term

How are businesses coping and preparing for Trump's immigration policies?

by Michelle Fleury

Feb 26, 2025

There are many small businesses that are owned and operated by undocumented immigrants.

If President Trump follows through on his promised deportations, that could hurt local economies that depend on the labor, tax revenue and business of undocumented immigrants.

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