Small business owners face a tilted playing field when it comes to taxes, as large corporations are able to utilize sophisticated tax shelters to minimize their tax burden while small businesses are forced to pay every cent owed.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) labeled the Trump administration’s decision to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro “reckless,” absent a plan for the South American country or congressional authorization. “Let me be clear: Nicolás Maduro is an illegitimate dictator,” Schumer said in a statement. “But launching military action without congressional authorization and without a credible plan...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro "f'd around and found out" following the leader's capture amid U.S. strikes on the country's capital Caracas. "Nicolás Maduro had his chance," Hegseth said at a press conference with Trump at the president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. "Just like Iran had their chance until...
America's sick will decide the 2026 midterm elections, as the American health care system is designed to put profits over patients and two-thirds of all bankruptcies are medical, while ACA premiums are expected to rise 114 percent in 2026.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday called President Trump's indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro "hypocritical," after Trump pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández last year following his conviction on drug charges. "If the President grounds his actions on the basis of drug trafficking charges, it is entirely hypocritical in light of...
President Trump said Saturday that the U.S. will “run” Venezuela until a transition takes place following the capture of the country’s President Nicholas Maduro. "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition," Trump said during a news conference from his Mar-a-Lago resort. "We don't...
The Trump administration informed the “Gang of Eight,” the top Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate and House and the chairmen and ranking members of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees, of the operation against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro only after it started, according to a source familiar with the matter. The administration didn’t...
Palantir has seen its portfolio of government contracts mushroom in President Trump’s second term, but the company is also facing growing scrutiny over its work with the administration, particularly its assistance with controversial immigration efforts. The software company, which focuses on data analytics, is not unfamiliar with controversy, given long-standing accusations that its tools are...