Elizabeth Warren

Some of the top Democratic presidential candidates are trying to make a name for themselves by calling for higher taxes on the wealthy.

The Democratic presidential candidate would limit American families’ expenses to 7 percent of income regardless of how many children they have in care.

Higher rates tend to be a good thing for the state and local government bond market, a haven for investors looking for income that’s exempt from federal taxes.

The Vermont senator is considering a second run for president, and said his plan would apply to the wealthiest 0.2 percent of Americans

The billionaire CEO of JPMorgan Chase is OK with tax increases on the wealthy, as long as the revenue goes where he thinks it’ll do the most good.

If Democrats want the wealthy to pay more into the U.S. Treasury, they’ll need to contend with one fact: the rich are very good at dodging taxes.

Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has proposed a wealth tax on Americans worth more than $50 million, a pitch aimed at satisfying the eagerness of progressive voters to confront income inequality.

Shortly before passing a far-reaching but unpopular bill on a party line vote, the Speaker of the House assured critics that people would like it once they felt its benefits.

Republican senators defended the late-night, early-morning debate and vote that produced their sweeping revisions to the U.S. tax code, after criticism from Democrats that the bill’s final version incorporated multibillion-dollar changes made with little discussion.

The Treasury Department’s inspector general is examining whether political considerations interfered with Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s promised analysis of the Republican tax proposal.