After Decades in Power, Texas Republicans Campaign on Affordability For years, Greg Abbott built his political brand around border security, school choice, public safety, and an increasingly aggressive conservative agenda. Legislative sessions revolved around immigration, Operation Lone Star, parental rights, and repeated clashes with the federal government. Affordability existed in the background, although it rarely occupied center stage. Now it does. Abbott's reelection cam

Jeff Bezos Says Billionaire Taxes Won’t Save the Working Class During the conversation with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, rejects claims accusing him of avoiding taxes and says he pays “billions of dollars” in taxes. Bezos also argues larger taxes on billionaires fail to resolve broader economic pressures facing working Americans. Later in the interview, he rejects claims tying Airbnb to rising rent prices and points toward New York City’s rest