Trump’s Tax Plan Is a Reckoning for Republican Deficit Hawks

By ALAN RAPPEPORT April 26, 2017 WASHINGTON — As President Trump’s top economic advisers faced a barrage of questions on Wednesday about the tax plan they had just unfurled, there was one that they struggled most to answer: how to keep the...

Arthur Laffer’s Theory on Tax Cuts Comes to Life Once More

The theory, four decades old, that cutting taxes spurs enough growth to generate new tax revenue underpins President Trump’s tax plan.

Ohio Town’s Schools Hope to Be ‘More Than a Line Item’ in the Federal Budget

By ERICA L. GREEN April 20, 2017 VAN WERT, Ohio — Ken Amstutz’s phone did not stop buzzing long enough for him to think about what could happen in 24 hours. He was fielding questions from public officials and the national news media, keeping...

Trump Weighs Infrastructure Bill but Keeps New York Up in the Air

By GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN April 5, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump said he was considering “accelerating” the introduction of his $1 trillion infrastructure bill — but he pointedly refused to say whether he...

Plan to Cut Funding for Biomedical Research Hits Opposition in Congress

By ROBERT PEAR April 3, 2017 WASHINGTON — A proposal by President Trump to cut federal spending for biomedical research by 18 percent — just months after Congress approved bipartisan legislation to increase such spending — has run into a...