James Oliphant and Svea Herbst-Bayliss

Gary Cohn Pushes ‘Singular Focus’ On Taxes In Battle With White House Right-Wingers

In a White House marked by infighting, top economic aide Gary Cohn, a Democrat and former Goldman Sachs banker, is muscling aside some of President Donald Trump’s hard-right advisers to push more moderate, business-friendly economic policies. Cohn, 56, did not work on Republican Trump’s campaign and only got to know him after the November election,…