Both Parties Used to Love the Carbon Tax. So Why Are They Giving up on It?
The US Capitol building in Washington, DC.Richard Gray/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. It was a cold February day in Salem, Oregon, and Republican state senators…
New York’s AG Is Investigating One of the Biggest Mysteries on Trump’s Balance Sheet
AP Photo/Nell Redmond For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, revealed in a court filing on Monday that her office is probing the Trump Organization for fraud and tax evasion. And among the matters her office appears to be scrutinizing is a mysterious…
Trump Says He’ll Revoke Schools’ Tax Exemption for “Indoctrination.” He Can’t Do That, Can He?
President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during a roundtable with people positively impacted by law enforcement on July 13. Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Late last week, as part of his ongoing effort to pressure schools into reopening this fall during the coronavirus pandemic,…
Donald Trump Is Stalling on Releasing Details of His Personal Finances
AP Photo/Patrick Semansky For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Donald Trump can’t block investigations into his finances and taxes just because he’s the president—but allowed him to continue fighting specific investigations in lower courts, meaning he can continue to put…
Who’s Afraid of the IRS? Not Facebook.
The Facebook pavilion at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.Pierre Teyssot/ZUMA Press This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. In March 2008, as Facebook was speeding…
Chevron Made $4.5 Billion in 2018. So Why Did the IRS Give Them a Refund?
US dollar bank notes.Chung Sung-Jun/Getty In December, the non-partisan research group the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released a report entitled, “Corporate Tax Avoidance in the First Year of the Trump Tax Law,” outlining the tax rates for 379 of America’s largest corporations in 2018. This was the first year key provisions from…