Trump pushes Republicans to have rich pay more taxes

The White House is making a last-ditch push to include a tax hike on the wealthiest Americans in President Trump's “big beautiful bill,” as Republicans lawmakers craft the final details of the tax package.

The proposal, according to three sources, would allow the top marginal income tax rate cut that Trump signed into law in 2017 to expire at the end of the year for the highest-income Americans — meaning that rate would rise from 37 percent to 39.6 percent — while Republicans would extend...