Five Sherpas surrounded the frozen corpse. They swung axes at the body’s edges, trying to pry it from its icy tomb. They knocked chunks of snow from the body, and the shattered pieces skittered down the mountain. When they finally freed a leg and lifted it, the entire stiff and contorted body shifted, down to…
Legal experts said there was no indication that Mr. Mueller, who has wide power to obtain documents through written requests, subpoenas and search warrants, improperly obtained the transition emails. But amid the barrage of criticism, Mr. Mueller’s office issued a rare statement on Sunday defending how the information had been obtained during the inquiry into…
Lawmakers scrambling to lock up Republican support for the tax reform bill added a complicated provision late in the process -- one that would provide a multimillion-dollar windfall to real estate investors such as President Donald Trump.The change, which would allow real estate businesses to take advantage of a new tax break that’s planned for…
Stocks kicked off the penultimate week of the year on a positive note after Republicans reached an agreement on the shape of U.S. tax cuts. The dollar dropped and Treasuries headed lower.The S&P 500 Index opened higher on Monday as investors continue to focus on the progress of tax legislation. Mid-week votes in the U.S.…
The bill also includes changes large and small to appease business lobbyists and their congressional champions, such as additional tax relief for the owners of engineering and architectural firms and the elimination of a change in capital gains treatment of homes sales — a key priority for the real estate industry. One of the biggest…
House and Senate Republicans have released a final plan to resolve the differences between their tax overhaul bills. The legislation would cut taxes for corporations. American taxpayers, in large part, would also get cuts, though most of the changes affecting taxpayers would expire after 2025. Income taxes Current Law G.O.P. Bill The bill would lower…
Republicans rallied around their plan to couple a sweeping, permanent tax cut for U.S. corporations with temporary benefits for individuals as they completed a six-week sprint to fashion a rewrite of the U.S. tax code.GOP lawmakers posted their 503-page bill on Friday evening after gaining key votes from two Republican senators who’d threatened to oppose…
Sexual harassment accusations have hit another corner of the tech industry, with allegations involving prominent artificial intelligence researchers, including one at Google, a leader in the field.Data scientist Kristian Lum wrote in a blog this week that a man she called "S" grabbed her inappropriately at an industry conference in 2010 and said he took advantage…
Still unclear is the overall cost of the revised legislation, which cannot exceed the $1.5 trillion bucket that lawmakers have allowed if they want to pass the bill without Democratic support. Several of the provisions added by the Senate to help pay for the overall bill were either reversed or scaled back in the consensus…
People who took out student loans did so knowing they could deduct the interest payments on that debt. Graduate students who accepted tuition waivers did so knowing they would not have to pay taxes on that benefit. Families who moved to high-tax states so their children could attend good public schools did so knowing they…
