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A little-noted rule of appropriations law and an obscure provision of Congress’s annual appropriations acts have assumed prominent roles in the Trump Administration’s effort to accelerate border-barri...

The federal income tax treatment of the family is affected by several major structural elements applicable to all taxpayers: amounts deductible from taxable income through standard deductions, persona...

Social Security is a work-based federal insurance program that provides income support to workers and their eligible family members in the event of a worker’s retirement, disability, or death. About 6...