Heavy Lifting: Can Trump and Congress Solve the Rubik’s Cube of Tax Reform?

Heavy Lifting By NEIL IRWIN April 11, 2017 As Congress and the Trump administration turn their sights on overhauling the tax code, it’s a good time to think about the great three-dimensional brain twister of the 1980s, the Rubik’s Cube....

In Georgia, Anti-Trump Activism Stirs Democratic Hopes

By TRIP GABRIEL and RICHARD FAUSSET April 4, 2017 MARIETTA, Ga. — Jen Cox bit her tongue for years about her progressive views for fear of hurting her real estate business. “I felt very concerned about talking about my politics in any...

Health Subsidies for Low Earners Will Continue Through 2017, G.O.P. Says

Senior House Republicans said they expected federal payments to keep low-income people covered under the Affordable Care Act for 2017, and perhaps for 2018.

Democrats, Buoyed by G.O.P. Health Defeat, See No Need to Offer Hand

By JONATHAN MARTIN March 26, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump, looking for a flicker of hope after his Republican majority fell to pieces last week, predicted that the opposition party would eventually give in: “I honestly believe the Democrats...

Some Lawmakers Now Look to Bipartisanship on Health Care

By ROBERT PEAR and MICHAEL D. SHEAR March 26, 2017 WASHINGTON — The sudden death of legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act has created an opening for voices from both parties to press for fixes to the acknowledged problems in...

Health Bill’s Failure Leaves Supporters in a Political Jam Back Home

By ALEXANDER BURNS March 25, 2017 They went to unusual, even dangerous lengths to support President Trump’s unpopular health care bill, facing down protesters at home and begging for special accommodation from House leaders in Washington. John Faso of...