The Green Party's 2025 alternative budget proposed a wealth tax and a 33 percent inheritance tax. The IMF's 2025 Article IV mission explicitly recommended New Zealand consider a comprehensive capital gains tax and a land value tax. Or more specifically, the great wealth transfer may just be a transfer to the tax collector. The question worth askingThe Great Wealth Transfer makes for a compelling headline, and sure, some families will pass on meaningful inheritances. Become Wealth provides financial advisory and investment management services to clients, some of whom may be planning for intergenerational wealth transfer.

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Los Angeles City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, pictured in 2023, was pulled over by school police earlier this month. Instead, it was an officer from the L.A. Unified School District police, who began trailing him while he was heading to work on the freeway, Harris-Dawson said recently. Harris-Dawson said he did contact other people during the traffic stop, to ensure he had real-time witnesses. At the meeting where Harris-Dawson revealed he had been pulled over, two council committees were discussing next steps on the issue. The group also backed several newcomers: Marissa Roy for city attorney, Zach Sokoloff for city controller and council candidates Barri Worth Girvan and Jose Ugarte.

President Donald Trump announced that the United States and Israel had launched an attack on Iran on Feb. 28 — and the president was seen wearing a baseball cap. The (for better or worse) "iconic" slogan hats serve as "walking headlines" for Trump's branding, Chan notes. Chan also sees the power of Trump brandishing the “dual identity” he is portraying to his supporters. In 1997, photographs of him wearing a baseball cap attracted widespread ridicule because it appeared out of sync with expectations of leadership authority,” Chan said. I’m always like ‘How is he getting away with this?’”The ways Trump wears his hats in different contexts are also notable.

›The 31st annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will take place April 18-19 at the University of Southern California, featuring over 550 writers and 350 exhibitors. The festival will also debut an Audiobook and Podcast Stage presented by Spotify and expanded programming for the romance and fantasy genres. Why it mattersThe LA Times Festival of Books is one of the largest and most prestigious literary events in the country, drawing thousands of book lovers, authors, and industry professionals to Los Angeles each year. The detailsThe 31st annual Festival of Books will take place over two days at the University of Southern California campus. ›What’s nextTickets for "Friend of the Festival" packages and select Bovard Auditorium events are currently on sale, while general admission to the festival remains free.

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“Delta didn’t tell us to be here any earlier than the two to three hours recommendation,” British traveler Lee George Bond told CNN. Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia, on Friday. It is unclear what function the ICE agents would perform since they’re not trained in airport security screening. On Friday, more than half of TSA workers called out at Houston’s William P. Hobby International Airport. “Landing this job, I felt like I finally had that at one point,” she told CNN.

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Fesia Davenport, CEO for Los Angeles County, announced she would resign from her position next month, citing undisclosed health issues. Los Angeles County’s chief executive officer Fesia Davenport, who has been on medical leave since October, has announced that she will resign next month. California L.A. County chief executive got $2-million settlement after Measure G fallout, records say Fesia Davenport, L.A. County’s chief executive, received a seven-figure payout due to professional fallout from a voter-approved ballot measure that will soon make her job obsolete, according to a letter she wrote to the county’s top lawyer that was released Tuesday. The elected county executive will be in place by 2028. The office of chief executive issued a statement Saturday saying chief operating officer Joe Nicchitta will continue serving as acting chief executive officer while Davenport remains on medical leave.

Bodycam shows Justin Timberlake sobriety testBodycam video released by the Sag Harbor Police Department shows Justin Timberlake struggling to perform sobriety tests when he was pulled over in 2024. "I'm a little nervous," Timberlake said to the officers as he tried to walk a straight line. The pop star had filed a petition to block the release of the arrest footage. CNN has reached out to Timberlake's attorney for comment.

Major appearances include Lionel Richie discussing his memoir, Sarah Jessica Parker on "The Radiant Dark," and Larry David discussing the making of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." The festival debuts an Audiobook and Podcast Stage presented by Spotify and expanded programming for the romance and fantasy genres. Attendees can expect eight outdoor stages, including the LA Times Stage, Children’s Stage, and a Food Stage featuring demos from Cassandra Peterson (Elvira). What they're saying:The festival organizers highlighted the diversity of this year's talent, ranging from literary giants to pop culture icons. Regarding the programming, the announcement notes, "the weekend festival will feature esteemed authors and cultural luminaries, spanning literary heavyweights, performers, celebrity authors, poets, politicians and journalists."

Saturday’s vote to advance the amendment required 60 votes under Senate rules. The Trump-backed voting bill would require voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before registering to vote and to show photo identification when voting, among other provisions. Trump has demanded that Republicans amend the bill to ban transgender women from participating in women’s sports, restrict gender-transition care for children and ban most voting by mail. Senate Democrats have vowed to block the bill, which they warn would make it harder to vote. Republicans, who control the Senate, do not have the 60 votes they need to overcome a Democratic filibuster.

If senators don’t figure out a way to pass this bill, they say, Republicans won’t be able to win elections anymore. If the bill isn’t signed into law, they say, GOP voters will just stay home in the 2026 midterm elections. It’s all rather apocalyptic, especially given the legislation deals with a purported problem (noncitizen voting) for which there is precious little actual evidence. But when the poll asked about the actual piece of legislation, formerly known as the SAVE Act, support wasn’t anywhere close to those numbers. Attendees hold signs advocating for voting rights and against the SAVE America Act outside the U.S. Capitol on March 18, 2026.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGRobert Mueller, the former FBI director who later served as special counsel overseeing the 2016 investigation into Russian election interference, has died at the age of 81. Mueller served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. In 2017, the Department of Justice appointed Mueller as special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. He was appointed after Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey, who had been investigating possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. AdvertisementMueller’s probe led to dozens of indictments, and his report on the investigation, best known as the Mueller report, described extensive Russian interference in the election.

“His family asks that their privacy be respected.”AdvertisementFormer special counsel Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference on July 24, 2019. Trump posted on social media about Mueller’s death: “Robert Mueller just died. AdvertisementAfter several years in private practice, Mueller was asked by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to return to public service as special counsel in the Trump-Russia inquiry. He famously stood alongside Comey, then deputy attorney general, during a dramatic 2004 hospital standoff over federal wiretapping rules. AdvertisementU.S. Attorney Robert Mueller III stands outside his office building in Washington in this Aug. 8, 1996 photo.