Nihal Krishan

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President Trump talks to the press about the table full of fast food in the State Dining Room of the White House.

Food stamp rolls have declined by 7M under Trump even before reforms take effect

Nihal Krishan · January 8, 2020 5:00 am

Warren revives clash with Biden over landmark 2005 bankruptcy bill with new reform plan

Nihal Krishan · January 7, 2020 5:57 pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at an Economic Club of Washington luncheon gathering in Washington, Friday, March 8, 2019.

House Democrats pass ‘SALT’ deduction cap repeal, a tax cut for high-income earners

Nihal Krishan · December 19, 2019 9:23 pm

Then-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 15, 2017.

Trump budget director blames Congress for rising deficits as spending bill heads to White House

Nihal Krishan · December 18, 2019 10:38 pm

In this July 28, 2015, file photo, a man walks out of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. in Washington.

Congress set to reauthorize Export-Import Bank with provisions sought by China hawks

Nihal Krishan · December 17, 2019 12:55 am

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tweeted that he would make an announcement on Feb. 15 about the Utah Senate race after Sen. Orrin Hatch said he would not seek reelection. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Romney reopens GOP intraparty tax fight by proposing new and enlarged refundable credits for parents

Nihal Krishan · December 16, 2019 6:21 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., who is demanding President Donald Trump's tax returns for six years, is joined at right by Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., at a hearing on taxpayer noncompliance on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2019.

House Democrats advance repeal of ‘SALT’ deduction cap in Trump tax law

Nihal Krishan · December 11, 2019 8:36 pm

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks to a crowd about his Presidential run during the Democratic monthly breakfast held at the Circle of Friends Community Center in Greenville, S.C. Saturday, March 23, 2019.

Under pressure from Warren, Buttigieg will open fundraisers to press and disclose bundlers

Nihal Krishan · December 9, 2019 10:35 pm

FILE - In this March 18, 1980, file photo, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker listens to a question as he appears before the Senate Banking Committee in Washington, D.C. The Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. each unanimously voted to adopt the so-called Volcker Rule, taking a major step toward preventing extreme risk-taking on Wall Street that helped trigger the 2008 financial crisis. The rule which states that U.S. banks will be barred in most cases from trading for their own profit under a federal rule is named after Paul Volcker, a former Fed chairman who was an adviser to President Barack Obama during the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Chick Harrity, File)

Paul Volcker, inflation-fighting former Fed chairman, dies at 92

Nihal Krishan · December 9, 2019 2:14 pm

Buttigieg stopped disclosing wealthy bundlers and fundraiser hosts after controversy

Nihal Krishan · December 6, 2019 6:37 pm

child patient at the dentist

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Google’s most tenacious pest: Yelp’s Luther Lowe

Nihal Krishan · December 6, 2019 4:00 am

‘Leftists should be happy’: Trump economists conclude government benefits have ‘dramatically offset’ middle-class wage stagnation

Nihal Krishan · December 5, 2019 5:00 am