After flirting with raising the tax rate for the wealthiest earners, President Donald Trump is backing off that call — sort of.

In today’s America, both political parties largely split the support of higher- income voters.” On Capitol Hill, Democrats and Republicans still largely hew to long-held institutional preferences, with the GOP preferring across-the-board tax relief and Democrats hoping to use taxes on the rich to fund social programs.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was "OK" with raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans, as his fellow Republicans consider scaling back the scope of the ambitious tax-cut package they aim to pass this year.

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom -- the first in what the White House said it hopes will be a flurry of agreements while the reciprocal tariff pause is in effect.