If you’re wondering who really benefits from this tax-cut largess, conjure up a picture of Trump and his millionaire/billionaire cronies. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, on ...

Trump and his cohort have proposed huge cuts to the National Institutes of Health, including a whopping 38% cut for The ...

A new law, signed by former President Trump, significantly raises the endowment tax for wealthy private universities like ...

As I write this, House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is talking … and talking … and talking, using his ...

The world economy, beset with uncertainty for three months over Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again tariffs, is about to get ...

For some Democratic leaders, the tax break and spending cut package passed by Trump's Republican allies in Congress on ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

East Carroll Parish sits in the northeastern corner of Louisiana, along the winding Mississippi River. Its seat, Lake ...

P resident Trump and Republicans in Congress are celebrating this holiday weekend after both the House and Senate passed what ...

The Prime Minister this week caved to rebel MPs over proposed welfare cuts as he performed yet another U-turn following his ...

The fact remains that Republicans are only slightly offsetting significant tax cuts for the rich by decimating programs that help the poor, including food stamps and Medicaid.

The week of Sir Keir Starmer’s first anniversary in Number 10 saw the Prime Minister scrap a raft of the Government’s ...