Even Santa needs help getting to some places: remote Alaska
This Dec. 5, 2017, photo shows Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus arriving at Saint Michael, Alaska, a remote island community off Alaska's western coast.
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City council hopeful on FEMA project
Just a few weeks before Christmas and the talk at City Hall on Tuesday night was how a long delayed federal grant project may finally come to fruition this spring.
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)
As the world holds its breath: Sunday reflection
Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. A voice of one crying out in the desert: "Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths."
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."
Trump compares himself to Santa while announcing plan to scale back national parks
Donald Trump traveled to Utah to officially announce his plans to slash the size of national parks by more than 1,000,000 acres. The president said he was scaling back Barack Obama 's monument policy to hand the power back to the people.
‘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.
GOP nears Senate OK of tax bill after flurry of final dealsabout 1 hour ago
Republicans used a burst of eleventh-hour horse-trading Friday to edge to the brink of Senate passage of a $1.4 trillion tax bill, 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. "We have the votes," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., declared after leaders swayed holdout senators by agreeing to fatten tax breaks for millions of businesses and let people deduct much of their local property taxes.
Jim Booth dancing with the Duchess of Cornwall in 2015
Day veteran seriously injured in a claw hammer attack has left hospital to continue his rehabilitation at home, his family said. Jim Booth, 96, described as an "exceptional person", was left in a life-threatening condition following the incident on November 22. He suffered serious injuries to his head and body after being attacked at his home on Gipsy Lane in Taunton, Somerset.
Donald Trump Draws Pathetically Small Audience At The National Christmas Tree Lighting
For a man who is so obsessed with size, tonight's pathetically tiny showing at the Washington, DC Christmas Tree Lighting has got to really sting. After all, Donald Trump promises that we can finally say "Merry Christmas" again...which would imply that we haven't been saying it, forever.
U.S. stocks gain on tax outlook as treasuries drop
Santa Claus visited the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in Nov. 2015, before the opening bell. Stocks have already exceeded most expectations in 2017, and it looks like Santa Claus will drop by to give investors another gift before the year comes to a close.
Senate tax drama intensifies as bill faces key panel vote
President Donald Trump's drive to overhaul the U.S. tax code headed toward a new drama on Tuesday in the Senate, where a pair of Republican lawmakers demanded changes to the party's tax bill in exchange for their help in moving the measure forward. Trump was due to lobby Republicans at their weekly policy luncheon in the U.S. Capitol, with the Senate poised for a possible vote on tax legislation as early as Thursday.
Judge: Doctor who doesn’t use computer can’t regain license
First lady Melania Trump has opted for a more traditional decor for her family's first Christmas in the White House, mixing in a few new touches among the standards. First lady Melania Trump has opted for a more traditional decor for her family's first Christmas in the White House, mixing in a few new touches among the standards.
Latest: Paschal Donohoe says election is not wanted
Update 12pm: Negotiations between the Taoiseach and Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin are likely to intensify before tomorrow's no confidence vote, the Finance Minister has said. Speaking at a housing development in Dublin this morning Paschal Donohoe said Leo Varadkar "will also be looking at any options that are open to him to avoid an election that nobody wans."