Trump predicts economic boom as final tax bill heads for House, Senate

President says 'giant tax cut for Christmas' will breathe new life into U.S. economy, delivering more jobs and higher wages and massive tax relief for American families and companies. President Trump on Tuesday predicted the already-humming U.S. economy is about to get a big boost, as the final version of the $1.5 trillion Republican tax bill heads to the floors of the House and the Senate.

On SNL, Donald Trump’s White House celebrates Christmas by…

The White House gang was all there in the latest "Saturday Night Live" cold open, with Alec Baldwin reprising his role as US President Donald Trump - this time reflecting on his "amazing first year in office." "That's right, you can finally say that again, because the war on Christmas is over," Baldwin's Trump says.

South Africa’s ruling ANC party votes for new leader Monday

The fourth-largest wildfire in California history continues to grow and threaten thousands of homes despite armies of fire crews and fleets of bulldozers and aircraft. The fourth-largest wildfire in California history continues to grow and threaten thousands of homes despite armies of fire crews and fleets of bulldozers and aircraft.

Trump defends tax plan as ‘great Christmas gifts’ to middle class

With a vote on the biggest tax rewrite in three decades set for Tuesday, Republicans were working to ensure party members were holding the line in favor of the legislation against entrenched Democratic opposition. The plan was finalized on Friday after Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Corker pledged their support.

‘This is happening’: GOP revels in all-but-certain tax deal

Republicans working to execute their first major legislative achievement of Donald Trump's presidency appear to have secured the votes to pass a massive tax overhaul that Trump hoped to present to the American people for Christmas. "This is happening.

Hallmark Christmas Movies Are White Nationalist Trump Propaganda, of Course

There is a running tradition in my home. Whenever a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie comes on the question is asked: " Oh, is this the one with the female executive who is far too busy for Christmas but finds herself stuck in a small hamlet where she encounters a handsome man with whom she is belligerent but she learns to see the charms of the town and the meaning of Christmas and she ends up falling in love with the hunk and kiss in the snow on Christmas Eve while wearing scarves The gag, of course, is that is the plot of EVERY Hallmark holiday "film."

Serval cat spotted on the savanna in Kenya’s Masai Mara

'It's NOT over': Accused pedophile Roy Moore REFUSES to concede Alabama Senate race to Doug Jones and calls for a RECOUNT despite Trump congratulating victorious Democrat Keaton Jones' estranged father is a white supremacist and a felon with 'Pure Breed' and 'White Pride' tattoos who posted 'Aryan race' memes on Facebook before going to prison Bruce Brown, the pioneering filmmaker whose stunning 1960s' classic 'Endless Summer' transformed surfing from a quirky hobby to a cultural phenomenon, dies aged 80 The big chill is here: Snowfall and freezing single-digit temperatures set to hit the Midwest and Northeast and continue into the weekend Teenage Dutch model found dead at apartment complex had been partying with 'wealthy American swingers' and had 'finger marks on her neck' when she was found naked after 'plunging 14 floors' - as her family insist foul play From cold pizza under the ... (more)

Two questions loom over talks on GOP tax bill

Two looming questions threaten to snag the seemingly smooth trajectory of the Republicans' massive tax legislation now in its final leg in Congress. How to satisfy demands of the rebellious GOP lawmakers from high-tax states who demand concessions over a cherished deduction? And how to pay for those concessions? Even President Donald Trump has dropped his stubborn resistance to a smaller cut in the corporate tax rate as Republican leaders consider it as a way to pay for the House GOP rebels' demands.

2 questions loom over House-Senate talks on GOP tax bill

Two looming questions threaten to snag the seemingly smooth trajectory of the Republicans ' massive tax legislation now in its final leg in Congress. How to satisfy demands of the rebellious GOP lawmakers from high-tax states who demand concessions over a cherished deduction? And how to pay for those concessions? Even President Donald Trump has dropped his stubborn resistance to a smaller cut in the corporate tax rate as Republican leaders consider it as a way to pay for the House GOP rebels' demands.

Sen. John Thune: Tax Reform Will Be on Trump’s Desk Before Christmas

The year is winding down, but the tax reform bill will be complete and on President Donald Trump's desk before 2017 ends, Sen. John Thune said Thursday. "There is a sense of urgency about it," the South Dakota Republican told Fox News' "America's Newsroom" program, explaining that there are already informal discussions occurring between House and Senate negotiators.

Bob Dunning: Here are some gifts you didn’t know you needed

While gift-giving this Christmas may be a bit more modest on the east side of the tracks, for some unknown reason, a helpful holiday guide arrived in my humble mailbox the other day that should make the obligatory present exchange bearable. It's titled "uncommongoods - your new favorite things."

‘SNL’: Trump gets visit from ghosts of Christmas past

General Mike Flynn was "the ghost of witness flipped" as "SNL" dropped a riff on the Dickens holidays mainstay centering on Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump couldn't enjoy his big legislative win Friday with the passing of the Republican tax bill thanks to the news that Gen. Michael Flynn is cooperating with Special Council Robert Mueller.

Merging of 2 tax measures next up

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., confer Friday on Capitol Hill before the late-night tax vote. Schumer noted that the effect of some last-minute revisions had yet to be analyzed by the Joint Committee on Taxation.

Tax bill clears Senate in big boost for Trump, GOP

Republicans muscled the largest tax overhaul in 30 years through the Senate early Saturday, taking a big step toward giving President Donald Trump his first major legislative triumph after months of false starts and frustration on other fronts.

Senate OKs tax bill as Trump, GOP near big legislative win

Republicans pushed a nearly $1.5 trillion tax bill through the Senate early Saturday after a burst of eleventh-hour horse trading, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of his top priorities by Christmas. "Big bills are rarely popular.