Texts show Virginia Thomas tried to have 2020 US election results overturned
Wife of supreme court judge sought to keep Trump in power and embraced conspiracy theories
Pharma giant questioned in US over €1.2bn Irish tax deal
US senator demands response from chief of Bristol Myers Squibb by January 28th
Democrat moderates bury proposed US billionaires tax
Parental leave plan also in the balance but targeted corporate tax plan has more support
Democrats weigh up carbon tax as key Biden climate proposal looks doomed
Many Democrats outraged after senator Joe Manchin moves to kill clean electricity plan
US companies would face stiffer penalties for shifting profits under new plan
Higher levies could come into force next year
Maureen Dowd: Income tax avoidance by the US’s richest is disgusting
Paying taxes is an expression of citizenship – you can’t belong to the club and not pay your dues
US investigates leak of records showing billionaires pay little tax
ProPublica report measures tax take against total welath rather than income
US Senate to debate limiting foreign states’ access to citizens’ data
Proposed Act would introduce a licensing requirement for trading in such data
France demands digital tax payments from US tech groups
Facebook and Amazon among companies to receive communication from French authorities
Coronavirus: Republicans unveil $1tn US stimulus plan
Clash looms with House Democrats who say recovery plan falls short of what is required
US takes aim at digital services taxes in EU
Trump administration expands probe that led to tariff threat against France last year
Blizzard faces backlash as esports and politics collide
Calls for boycott as Blitzchung gets 12-month ban for Hong Kong protest support, forfeits $10,000 prize money
EU digital tax discriminates against US companies – senators
US committee says tax could almost certainly give rise to double-taxation issues
Shops selling marijuana open in Canada as drug is legalised
Biggest cities including Toronto and Vancouver will have no weed stores for time being
Verizon pledges to stop selling data through third parties
Wireless carrier’s data can be used to pinpoint location of a customers’ phones
Trump adviser asked FBI to dispute Russia reports
Priebus accused of violating protocols protecting pending investigations from interference
Iranian baby girl denied entry to US for urgent heart surgery
Oregon politician pleads: ‘She is not a terrorist. She is a four-month-old baby girl’
Trump treasury pick clashes with Democrats over bank he chaired
Steven Mnuchin says he was wrongly accused of taking advantage of borrowers
‘Shock’ at Trump’s allegations against intelligence agencies
Former officials react to US president-elect’s ‘hysterical hostility’ over Russia dossier
Trump likens leak of alleged sex tape dossier to ‘Nazi Germany’
Russian intelligence is alleged to have compromising material on Donald Trump
Obama orders intelligence report on Russia’s role in US election
Kremlin suspected of being behind hacking attack on Democratic National Committee
US Supreme Court grants FBI wider surveillance powers
US Congress has seven months to block expansion after supreme court ruling
White House declines to support encryption legislation
Law would allow US judges to force tech companies to help police to access protected data
Obama pleads with Congress to pass surveillance bill
‘We shouldn’t surrender tools that help keep us safe. It would be irresponsible’, says president
US Congress urged to prevent ‘tax inversions’
Deals under scrutiny include Medtronic’s €31.3 billion acquisition of Irish firm Covidien
Medtronic megadeal throws unwelcome light on Irish tax advantage
Proposed combination of medical device giants raises fresh concerns about ‘corporate inversion’
Utah data death star is symbol of NSA’s reach into US citizen’s lives
The Bluffdale sinkhole has quietly started sucking in mountains of data
National Security Agency broke court rules with queries of phone database
Organisation declassifies documents on privacy protections between 2006 and 2009
US admits NSA illegally collected thousands of emails
Security agency may have unintentionally collected as many as 56,000 emails
Barclays to fight $453m energy fine
FERC proposed fines over alleged manipulation of power markets by British bank
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