Taxpayers are facing higher costs to file their returns this year. Some will find relief from a new government tool. Many won’t. The costs of tax return preparation and other accounting fees rose 8.3% — steeper than the current 3.4% inflation rate — between November 2023 and the same month the year before, the latest […]Read More
Taxpayers are facing higher costs to file their returns this year. Some will find relief from a new government tool. Many won’t. The costs of tax return preparation and other accounting fees rose 8.3% — steeper than the current 3.4% inflation rate — between November 2023 and the same month the year before, the latest […]Read More
Disney has updated the language on its three streaming platforms to limit password sharing outside of a user’s individual account. In an email to subscribers sent Wednesday, Disney-owned Hulu said it would begin limiting account sharing for prior and existing subscribers starting March 14, with the changes effective for new subscribers as of last week. […]Read More
Friday’s blowout jobs report showing 353,000 jobs added in January versus expectations for 185,000 jobs is another signal that the U.S. economy remains strong. But that good news also likely confirms the view of policymakers at the Federal Reserve that there is no rush to begin cutting interest rates, meaning the cost of borrowing for […]Read More
People who bet on a slowdown in the U.S. job market lost again last month. The economy added 353,000 jobs in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. That’s nearly double what economists expected and well above the already-respectable monthly average of 255,000 for 2023. Wages also grew a stronger-than-expected 4.5%, and the jobless rate stayed […]Read More
Fani T. Willis, the Atlanta-area district attorney prosecuting Donald Trump for alleged election interference, has been accused of misconduct, potentially imperiling one of the most sweeping legal cases against the former president for his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election results. Here’s what’s going on and what could happen. One of Trump’s co-defendants […]Read More
As the Supreme Court weighs whether Donald Trump is eligible to again serve as president, the justices will confront a politically fraught and fractious question: Did he engage in insurrection before and during the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021? The issue looms over both the case they will hear this month […]Read More
RICHLAND, S.C. — On two weekends in January, President Biden turned up at churches in South Carolina, telling parishioners about the racism and hatred he ran for office to combat, then detailing the progress Black Americans have made since then. Vice President Harris visited this state, too, speaking at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day […]Read More
WARREN, Mich. — President Biden made his first campaign visit to Michigan on Thursday, meeting with members of the United Auto Workers union and visiting a Black-owned restaurant while studiously avoiding any interaction with the large Arab American community in this state, which has been outraged over U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Top […]Read More
Former president Donald Trump’s March 4 trial date on charges of plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election has been dropped from the public calendar of the federal court in Washington, a sign of what has long been anticipated — that his claim of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution would delay his trial […]Read More