In Your Facebook Feed: Oil Industry Pushback Against Biden Climate Plans

The messages take aim at Democrats by name as part of a broad effort to undermine landmark climate legislation that now hangs in the balance in Congress.

What Will It Take for Electric Vehicles to Create Jobs, Not Cut Them?

A report by a liberal think tank tries to quantify the potential employment gains and losses, concluding that subsidies will be crucial.

What Will It Take for Electric Vehicles to Create Jobs, Not Cut Them?

A report by a liberal think tank tries to quantify the potential employment gains and losses, concluding that subsidies will be crucial.

How Accounting Giants Craft Favorable Tax Rules From Inside Government

Lawyers from top accounting firms do brief stints in the Treasury Department, with the expectation of big raises when they return.

Opinion | Hospitals and Health Care Workers, Overwhelmed by Covid

Burned-out health professionals and overwhelmed hospitals. Also: The child tax credit; counterterrorism; Democrats and taxes; “Medicare for all.”

From 4% to 45%: Energy Department Lays Out Ambitious Blueprint for Solar Power

The department’s analysis provides only a broad outline, and many of the details will be decided by congressional lawmakers.

Opinion | Joe Biden Won’t Stop Surprising Us

It turns out that the era of big government isn’t over.

In Case Against Trump’s Company, Echoes of His Father’s Tactics on Taxes

The first criminal prosecution involving the former president’s business hearkens back to Fred Trump’s $16,135 purchase of boilers in the 1990s.

What You Need to Know About the Child Tax Credit

In mid-July, millions of families will get the first of six monthly payments of as much as $300 per child from the U.S. government.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Omits Big Climate Measures

Democrats hope to include climate and clean energy in a second bill. It could be Biden’s last chance to pass major global warming legislation.

Biden and Senators Close In on Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal

Lawmakers were set to take a tentative framework to the White House on Thursday. Administration officials signaled the president was prepared to support it, pending final details.

Coming Soon: $300 Checks for Parents

An expanded Child Tax Credit distributed as monthly checks will start reaching households in July and last through the end of the year.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Talks Collide With Democrats’ Goal to Tax the Rich

Many Democrats see the push for an infrastructure package as an opportunity to raise taxes on rich individuals and corporations. But resistance is coming from multiple directions.

An Exposé Has Congress Rethinking How to Tax the Superrich

A report showing that the richest Americans, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett, pay almost no taxes has refocused attention on the tax code.

How Long Should It Take to Give Away Millions?

The promise of philanthropy was that the wealthy could enjoy tax breaks for their charitable contributions. The pandemic laid bare how accumulation can trump getting money to those in need. A Senate bill aims to change that.

Wealthiest Executives Paid Little to Nothing in Federal Income Taxes, Report Says

An analysis by ProPublica based on I.R.S. documents showed billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk benefited from tax code loopholes and a focus on taxing income over wealth.

Opinion | If Only There Were a Viral Video of Our Jim Crow Education System

The George Floyd case may represent a milestone of progress in criminal justice. But can we expand this recognition of unfairness and inequity to other spheres?