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The week in whoppers: Brad Hoylman-Sigal demands Trump be silenced, The NY Times slaps Benjamin Netanyahu for killing Hassan Nasrallah and more 

New York state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal compared former President Donald Trump hosting a campaign event in Madison Square Garden to an infamous Nazi party rally at MSG in 1939.

Trump promises to make car loan interest deductible, end double tax on foreign income

The latest tax policies add to Trump's other proposed breaks -- including to end levies on tips, Social Security and overtime payments.

Trump, Dems pound SALT deduction, but it didn't raise taxes

The damage supposedly done by the SALT cap has been grossly misrepresented by New York politicians in both parties.

Mike Pence group launches $3M ad blitz in swing states to slam Kamala Harris' proposed $5 trillion tax hike

Former Vice President Mike Pence is launching a $3 million ad blitz in swing states to slam economic proposals from Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — including her multitrillion-dollar tax...

Millions of dollars in IRS refund checks sent through mail were stolen in massive fraud

More than 200 taxpayers who were expecting refund checks ranging from a few hundred dollars to $500,000 have complained to Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.

Evan Gershkovich and other American hostages face thousands in IRS penalties when they return home

US citizens who are unjustly held captive by other nations -- like Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich -- are hit with big bills from the IRS for unpaid taxes...

MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle covers for Kamala, AOC openly seeks government censorship and more

MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle claimed that voters don't need to know about Vice President Kamala Harris' plans — since she is running against former President Donald Trump.

The GOP’s war on tax continues: Ohio Senate hopeful promises 5% cap for cops

COLUMBUS, Oh. — The Republican party’s campaign to reduce taxes on everyday Americans crossed a thin blue line last Friday when senate candidate Bernie Moreno promised to install new limits...

Hochul pledges not to raise taxes as she tells business bigwigs 'I want you to stay'

Hochul, who infuriated the lefty wing of her party by refusing to raise income taxes in this year’s state budget, says she wants to keep holding that line in 2025.

Kamala Harris' tax plan would cost nearly 800K jobs: analysis

Trump's economic agenda is projected by the Tax Foundation to increase wages by 0.6%, reduce long-run GDP by 0.2%, and lose about 387,000 jobs.

Swing-state Democrat intros Trump-inspired 'No Tax on Tips' bill in Congress

Horsford said his bill would also eliminate the “subminimum wage” for tipped workers, forcing employers to pay both the federal minimum wage and pass along tips.

White House won't say if Kamala Harris, Biden back Trump's call to end taxes on overtime

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to say Tuesday whether President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris support Donald Trump's call to end federal income taxes on overtime pay.

Trump pledges to restore SALT deduction ahead of rally in tax-heavy NY

"I will turn it around, get SALT back, lower your Taxes, and so much more," Trump promised.

Gig workers get gouged. Here’s how Trump can help — and win swing states too

Donald Trump understands the old maxim that taxation is theft, and to that end he’s proposed some interesting ways to ameliorate the burden on actual working people via aggressive tax...

Cut loose your problem aides, Mayor Adams — or risk your entire mayoralty

With the City Hall scandals now seriously threatening Eric Adams’ mayoralty, his best hope is to clean house — fire those causing the most trouble for him — and start...

Price-gouging isn’t driving inflation, rewriting Oct. 7 history and other commentary

“Lots of Americans are upset about their grocery bills, which rose dramatically during the inflation that followed the pandemic and have never come back down,” notes The Free Press’ Madeline...

Wall Street investors worry Harris tax hike will crater corporate earnings: report

Vice President Kamala Harris has vowed to raise the corporate tax rate to 28% from 21% if she is elected president, which investors worry may hurt corporate earnings.

Kamala Harris' freshly released policy ideas are a joke

Kamala Harris has finally posted some policy positions on an "Issues" page on her website — but they're a joke.

Biden’s provocative weakness, people flee high-tax states and other commentary

In response to the murder of American Hersh Goldberg-Polin by Hamas, President Biden sent “a letter of condolence” to his parents, scoffs HR McMaster at The Free Press.

Hunter Biden finally goes down for the guilty counts -- but aborted trial still taints White House

No matter what the White House says, everyone believes Joe Biden will pardon his son Hunter and spare him significant jail time, after his guilty plea to felony tax crimes...