Live updates and the latest news as the Trump administration is expected to announce new trade actions and Pete Hegseth and ...

Overtime hours and tips are lagniappe for some, but for others, they help them survive. Now, you might not have to pay taxes on either.

A new $6,000 federal tax deduction reshapes how Social Security recipients are taxed, but not all seniors will see the same ...

Microplastics fight | Keep up pressure | Step up. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for July 10, 2025.

The One, Big, Beautiful Bill is now law, and it includes changes to Social Security. Older adults are set to receive a large ...

Many middle-class and wealthy families will see some benefits from the new legislation. But programs that help low-income ...

President Donald Trump signed his "big beautiful" spending bill into law on July 4.

President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law on July 4. The massive taxing and spending bill was ...

Daniel Dale tackled the president's most excessive falsehoods on issues including tariffs, inflation and the so-called Big ...

President Donald Trump’s campaign promises to end taxes on tips and overtime pay have seemingly come to fruition in the GOP’s ...

Republicans claim 4.8 million Americans on Medicaid who could work choose not to. The GOP’s work-requirement legislation could sweep up disabled people who say they’re unable to hold jobs.

President Donald Trump has signed the "Big, Beautiful Bill" into law, a sweeping tax cut and spending package. The new law ...