A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday expressed alarm at China's influence on the Panama Canal, which President Donald Trump has vowed the United States would take back.

Tax-code proposals from Republican lawmakers include free home-power generators, help on racehorses and a boost for space ports.

Not much growth would come from that, nor would it come from some of the proposals to greatly expand the Child Tax Credit, which currently maxes out at $2,000-per child and would drop to $1,000 if no tax deal arises this year.

Most Americans like the Trump tax cuts. Now, Congress must decide what taxpayers would give up in order to keep them.

One of President Donald Trump’s first-term achievements was a major tax cut, which he signed into law in 2017. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act largely benefited the wealthiest families in the U.S. But farm households also saw their tax rates decrease.

The tax cuts that were President Trump’s top first-term legislative achievement went unmentioned in his inaugural address, even though their extension will dominate the congressional agenda this year.

Donald Trump has returned to the White House for a second term. During his first, Trump overhauled the tax code with his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Many of those provisions are set to