Kansas' governor vetoed tax cuts again over their costs. Some fellow Democrats backed it

Kansas House Taxation Committee Chair Adam Smith, R-Weskan, explains a plan to cut taxes by $1.5 billion over three years to fellow Republicans in the House during a meeting, Friday, April 5, 2024, at ... Read More

Julian Assange prosecution may be thrown out by the US, Joe Biden says

US President Joe Biden says the US ... Assange, an Australian citizen who has fought US extradition efforts from prison in the UK Asked about the request on Wednesday, as he hosted Japanese ... Read More

Joe Biden says he is considering Australia's request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Assange

President Biden contemplates ... Then-US President Barack Obama commuted Manning's 35-year sentence to seven years, which allowed her release in 2017. Assange's supporters say he is a journalist ... Read More

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says he's committed to cost cutting while investing in AI in shareholder letter

Andy Jassy pledged to keep looking for ways to cut costs even as the company doubles down on investing in new growth areas like artificial intelligence. Read More

Latest income tax cuts passed by Iowa Legislature, likely to become law

Iowa lawmakers on Friday night passed a new round of state income tax cuts would save Iowa’s taxpaying workers nearly $1 billion in the first two years. Read More

Ex-Marine in Australia facing extradition to US says he wasn’t American citizen during China pilot training

A former US Marine Corps pilot facing extradition to the United States from Australia will argue he was no longer a US citizen at the time of two of the alleged offences, which include training ... Read More

What do land tax, Monopoly, and Australia have in common?

What do land tax, Monopoly, and Australia have in common? Last week I wrote a piece about land tax and some economists who say ... he wrote a hugely popular essay, "What the Railroad Will Bring Us ... Read More

Biden says he's 'considering' ENDING the prosecution of Julian Assange after Australia urged U.S. to drop WikiLeaks founder's case

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he's considering ... It’s not up to Australia to interfere in the legal processes of other countries, but it is appropriate for us to put our very strong ... Read More

Aussie sharemarket hit by faltering hopes of US rate cuts

Meanwhile, the broader All Ordinaries index fared slightly worse, shedding 1.4 per cent of its value to close at 8033.6. The Australian ... on rate cuts to just two, while yields on US 10-year ... Read More

Biden says he’s not sure he can shut down the border: ‘We’re examining whether or not I have that power’

But we’re trying to work that, work through that right now,” he said of the current state of ... 7 million migrants have been encountered by US Customs and Border Protection agents along ... Read More

Biden says US ‘considering’ ending prosecution of Assange

Assange, an Australian citizen, has been engaged in a battle against US extradition ... bold and say we have nothing to discuss unless you drop the charges against Julian Assange so he can walk ... Read More

Biden says he's considering Australia's request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Assange

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop ... can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S ... Read More