Revamping econ plan, Trump vows tax cuts to ‘jump-start’ US Updated at

Trying to turn the page after a tumultuous campaign stretch, Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack Monday on Hillary Clinton's approach to the economy while promising he would provide deep tax cuts and jolt middle class workers back to prosperity. Trump's speech to the Detroit Economic Club reflected the Republican presidential nominee's attempt to reboot and redirect the conversation to his strength: the economy.

Trump to target taxes, regulations in Detroit economic speech

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday proposed tax breaks for working families and for corporations as he outlined economic plans in an effort to regain momentum lost during a damaging spate of controversies. Trump said his plan would include imposing a temporary moratorium on new federal regulations and a reduction to the tax burden on working parents with childcare costs.

Trump mustrelease returns

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Budget-woes-weary Kansans oust 11 GOP incumbents

Gov. Sam Brownback had for years assured the public that the income-tax cuts he championed would stimulate the Kansas economy, supply plenty of money for schools and give other states a "pro-growth" policy model to follow. But voters, including many Republicans, appear to have rejected that idea in the face of budget woes and court battles over education funding.

Buffett Rips Trump on Tax Returns, Bankruptcies at Rally

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett ripped into Republican Donald Trump Monday over his refusal to release tax returns, his business bankruptcies and his attack on a fallen soldier's family, repeating a famous phrase from the McCarthy era, "have you no sense of decency, sir." Buffett, campaigning on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, challenged Trump to meet him "any place, any time" with a copy of his tax returns.

Pencea s Indiana record more complicated than campaign claims

The national rollout of Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence has touted the Indiana governor's record on jobs, tax cuts, infrastructure and school funding. While many of the claims Donald Trump made about his running mate while introducing him Saturday are technically true, the context of the claims shows a more complicated picture of Indiana's economic picture under Pence.

Pence’s Indiana record more complicated than campaign claims

The national rollout of Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence has touted the Indiana governor's record on jobs, tax cuts, infrastructure and school funding. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, his wife Karen and daughter Charlotte, left, applaud during the second day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016.

Conservatives move to impeach IRS chief

Conservative House Republicans on Wednesday introduced a resolution to impeach Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen, something they hope can get a vote this week before Congress leaves for an extended summer break. The resolution was introduced by Reps.

Grand Jury indictment presented against Congresswoman Corrine Brown

Congresswoman Corrine Brown and her chief of staff were indicted Friday for their roles in a conspiracy and fraud scheme involving a fraudulent education charity according to a report by Historic City News from United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III. The 53-page, 24-count Grand Jury indictment of 69-year-old Brown of Jacksonville, and her 50-year-old chief of staff, Elias "Ronnie" Simmons of Laurel, Maryland, were published Friday, July 8th.

Global Trade: What’s A Good Progressive To Do?

Progressives who have long criticized trade deals that favor multinational corporations, suppress wages, accelerate outsourcing, and replace local democracy with unelected tribunals, shrink from keeping company with the racist, isolationist right. This is equally true in Trump's America and in Britain, newly divorced from the rest of Europe.

New docs show IRS’s Lois Lerner broke the law

When Lois Lerner, the former IRS chief of the Exempt Organization unit and figure at the center of the targeting scandal, transferred 1.25 million IRS documents to the Justice Department in October of 2010, she almost certainly broke the law, according to new documents unearthed by the group Cause of Action in a FOIA suit. The documents contained tax returns and other private tax information from non-profit groups.

Due Process in the Age of Obama’s IRS

Arguments against banning gun purchases by people whose names are placed on secretive government lists are largely and correctly based on a denial of Constitutional due process, as at American Thinker here and here . There is another compelling reason to oppose what has been referred to as 'No Fly, No Buy' and similar proposed regulations: politically motivated abuse.

IRS Chief Koskinen Fights First Appointee Impeachment Since 1876

Before he became the top U.S. tax collector and the target of an unprecedented Republican-led impeachment drive, John A. Koskinen majored in physics, guided the country through the "Y2K" problem and ran a foundation that promotes youth soccer. Now, amid a three-year controversy over the Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of conservative groups, Koskinen, 76, is being re-educated in the exertion of forces, the limits of computer technology and -- according to a predecessor -- the sensation of being kicked around.

IRS Scammers Demand Tax Payments on Gift Cards

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration warned Tuesday about a new twist in the IRS impersonation scam, with fraudsters pretending to be Internal Revenue Service employees demanding taxpayers send them tax payments not only on iTunes gift cards, but on other types of gift cards as well. TIGTA issued an alert in April saying it has received information that callers impersonating IRS employees or the Treasury Department are demanding payments on iTunes gift cards .