The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway.
It was an easy and, by all accounts, legal way to avoid paying thousands, and potentially millions, in federal taxes.Just ...
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Even Scott Bessent Doesn’t Believe What Scott Bessent Just Said
Former President Barack Obama was tasked with leading the country through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and ...
“Wouldn’t describe it as a fistfight”: White House speaks on Musk, Bessent scrap
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt disagreed with the characterization of a fight between former Trump adviser Elon Musk and ...
White House-Amazon Spat Culminates in Trump Calling Bezos ‘Very Nice’
President Trump’s 100th day in office started with what seemed to be a fresh and fast-escalating spat between the White ...
“It won’t be that high”: Trump, Bessent hint at walking back China tariffs
Donald Trump's trade war with China may well end before it could ever really get started. The president shared that ...
As Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs Kick in, Officials Signal Openness to Talks
President Trump’s next round of punishing tariffs on some of America’s largest trading partners went into effect on Wednesday, including ...
Trump Says Tariffs Will Stay Until Trade Deficit Disappears
President Trump said on Sunday that he would not reverse tariffs on other nations unless the trade deficits that the ...
Trump’s Tariffs Are Latest Sign of His Second-Term Appetite for Risk
Only 10 weeks into his presidency, President Trump’s appetite for risk seems to know few bounds.He imposed sweeping global tariffs ...
Inside Trump’s War on the I.R.S.: Dropped Audits and a Skeleton Staff
Beth Crowell was proud to work for the Internal Revenue Service.She had spent much of her career as an accountant ...
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