Dollar by dollar, here’s your full breakdown of tax promises by Murphy and Guadagno

The campaign to succeed Gov. Chris Christie centers around the always-important Jersey issue of taxes: who's going to raise them, who's going to lower them, and by how much. Republican gubernatorial nominee Kim Guadagno has said she will lower property taxes for New Jersey homeowners with her plan to replace some of the taxes you're sending directly to schools with $1.5 billion in state aid.

Sen. Joe Manchin to spend day in Wood County

A U.S. senator from West Virginia will be at a career fair Wednesday at West Virginia University at Parkersburg and participate in the ribbon cutting of a new addiction treatment center in Parkersburg. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is among the hosts of The Mid-Ohio Valley Career Fair to be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The fair will be hosted by Manchin, WorkForce WV, the Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley, the Workforce Development Board Mid-Ohio Valley, West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance and Results Radio.

Bank pays $1.75M over treasurer likened to Bernie Madoff

A Beverly Hills-based bank has paid $1.75 million to settle allegations that a bank it acquired facilitated embezzlement by failing to monitor transactions by a woman whom a prosecutor likened to the Bernie Madoff of campaign treasurers. Former Democratic campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee pleaded guilty to five counts of mail fraud in 2012 and was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for defrauding high-profile clients, including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, in a case that a judge said tampered with the electoral process.

“We have looked at everything.” Still no clear motive for Las Vegas attack, officials say

The gunman who opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas did not have help from a second attacker, officials said Friday, but it remains unclear whether he made anyone else aware of his plans in advance. Police investigators and more than 100 Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have combed through hundreds of leads and hours of video from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino to determine why Stephen Paddock , 64, opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival, leaving 58 people dead and nearly 500 others injured.

Roy Moore in 2009: ‘Only thing I know that the Islamic faith has done in this country is 9/11’

Republican nominee for US Senate in Alabama Roy Moore said in a 2009 speech that the only thing that Muslims had done in the United States was the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Moore, a hard-right conservative who beat out establishment candidate Luther Strange in the Republican primary, is now facing Democrat Doug Jones in a special election set for December 12. The former Alabama chief justice has in the past made a series of controversial remarks about Islam, including earlier this year calling it a "false religion."

Harvey Weinstein scandal, Day 2: Wife standing by him, ‘NYT’ lawsuit looms

The film producer also told the 'New York Post' why he plans to sue the 'Times' for their story accusing him of 30 years of sexual harassment. Harvey Weinstein scandal, Day 2: Wife standing by him, 'NYT' lawsuit looms The film producer also told the 'New York Post' why he plans to sue the 'Times' for their story accusing him of 30 years of sexual harassment.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar says shea s concerned about increasing division in the Senate

Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Friday she's concerned about increasing division in the Senate after the election in Alabama last week. "The more you add people who see their job as standing on their own, throwing punches instead of trying to go in the middle for the people of America, then you have trouble," Ms.

NH’s Congressional delegation calls for improvements to women’s facilities at VA

The top three officials who were removed from their jobs at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center over the past three weeks continue to pocket a VA paycheck, and two have been reassigned to jobs in the system, the VA has acknowledged.

DACA supporters rally outisde Trump Tower

Protesters hold up signs during a demonstration against President Donald Trump during a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals , also known as Dream Act. Dozens of DACA protesters gathered outside Trump Tower in Midtown on Thursday, rallying against the uncertain future of the program.

Thompson leads efforts to ban gun accessory that made Vegas shooter more lethal

Congressman Mike Thompson on Thursday led a letter to President Trump, urging him to take action to prohibit “bump stocks,” the accessory that allowed the Las Vegas shooter's semi-automatic weapons to function as fully automatic weapons, his office announced. The Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force joined the task force's 13 co-chairs in signing the letter, they said.

White House, NRA, Congress agree on regulating bump stocks

Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaking, joined by, from left, former Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona, and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., call for action on gun safety legislation with fellow Democrats on the ... A federal judge is denying a death-row challenge from a Utah prison inmate whose double-murder case was chronicled in the book "Under the Banner of Heaven." . A federal judge is denying a death-row challenge from a Utah prison inmate whose double-murder case was chronicled in the book "Under the Banner of Heaven."

White House rips Senate Intel panel for producing ‘zero evidence’ of collusion after 9-month probe

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders urged members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday to "focus on other things," a day after the panel said its probe into possible collusion between Trump associates and Russian officials remains open.

Senior House Dem: Time for ‘a new generation of leaders’

In this July 25, 2016 file photo, Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Sanchez says it's time for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other veteran leaders to make way for a new generation of Democratic leaders.

Senator Marco Rubio: Cuba’s dictatorship keeping secrets about attacks on U.S. diplomats

Cuba's apartheid dictatorship is continuing its strategy of saying it knows nothing about the attacks on U.S. diplomats and playing dumb. The only ones who are looking dumb, however, are the useful idiots in the U.S. who continue to defend the corrupt and brutally repressive Castro regime.