Trump advisers say tax cut proposal wona t favor rich

President Donald Trump's top advisers say his proposed tax plan would not cut taxes disproportionately for the rich - despite an early non-partisan analysis that says it will. The White House and congressional Republicans released the broad strokes of a plan last week that would dramatically cut corporate tax rates from 35 percent to 20 percent, reduce the number of personal income tax brackets and boost the standard deduction.

Niall Ferguson: Facebook, Twitter won the day on Election Day

Shortly after last year's presidential election, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Facebook, dismissed as "a pretty crazy idea" the notion that fake news might have decided the contest in Donald Trump's favor. Last week he had to admit that he regrets those words.

Trump says envoy – wasting his time’ talking to North Korea

President Donald Trump said Sunday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was "wasting his time" trying to negotiate with North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs, raising speculation about whether Trump could be undermining efforts to maintain channels of communication or somehow bolstering the diplomat's hand in possible future talks. It was not immediately clear what prompted Trump's tweets, among a series of weekend posts that ranged from hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico to NFL players' allegiance to the national anthem, and at whom they were aimed: Tillerson, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, those pushing for continued diplomacy, those favoring a military response to repeated provocations.

Trump slams – politically motivated ingrates’

President Donald Trump on Sunday scoffed at "politically motivated ingrates" who had questioned his administration's commitment to rebuilding Puerto Rico after a pulverizing hurricane and said the federal government had done "a great job with the almost impossible situation." Trump's latest tweets sought to defend Washington's attentiveness to recovery efforts on a U.S. territory in dire straits almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck.

Tears of relief as aid starts to reach remote parts of Puerto Rico

President Donald Trump's impending visit to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico and his public criticism of the U.S. territory's most prominent mayor appear to be the last thing on many people's minds on the island. The vast majority of households and businesses in Puerto Rico still had no electricity as of Saturday, 10 days after Hurricane Maria wrought destruction on the island.

The Latest: Trump dismisses ‘ingrates’ over Puerto Rico

President Donald Trump is dismissing those he calls "politically motivated ingrates" who've questioned his administration's commitment to rebuilding Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. The president has spent much of the weekend at his New Jersey golf club and is attending an international golf competition near New York City Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says Trump should stop wasting time attacking Puerto Rico officials who are seeking hurricane relief and "roll up his sleeves and get to work."

Trump advisers insist tax cut proposal won’t favor rich

President Donald Trump's top advisers said Sunday his proposed tax plan would not cut taxes disproportionately for the rich - despite an early non-partisan analysis that says it will. The White House and congressional Republicans released the broad strokes of a plan last week that would dramatically cut corporate tax rates from 35 percent to 20 percent, reduce the number of personal income tax brackets and boost the standard deduction.

Trump Attacks ‘Politically Motivated Ingrates’ After Hurricane Maria

President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at "ingrates" criticizing the federal government's hurricane-recovery efforts in Puerto Rico, while his homeland-security adviser issued an internal memo about how the administration should shape its messaging. Tom Bossert said in the document that he hopes to "turn the corner on our public communications" after Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane on Sept.

A day in Trumpa s Twitterverse: Defend self, attack media

In the world of Donald Trump, the response by his administration was a great job done, even in the face of what he called an almost impossible situation in Puerto Rico. His opposers are "politically motivated ingrates" and the country's media - which is reporting on the situation on ground, after two devastating hurricanes ravaged the island - are merely spreading fake news to defame him.

Trump defends federal response in Puerto Rico as criticism mounts

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday his government was doing a "great job" to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria and took a new swipe at critics who said he had been slow to aid the island, whose power grid was destroyed 12 days ago. The Republican president has intensified his praise of federal response efforts in the U.S. territory after the mayor of the capital rebuked the efforts and American media continued to broadcast images of the havoc and suffering on the island.

San Juan mayor says focus needs to be on – saving lives,’ not Puerto Rico’s debt

The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, whom President Donald Trump slammed on Twitter for "poor leadership," said she would meet with the president when he visits the island Tuesday if she is invited to do so. Mayor Carmen YulA n Cruz also told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on This Week that with the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria, the focus should be on "saving lives" and not the U.S. territory's high rate of debt or what it may cost to rebuild.

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Matt Yglesias has written a good overview of what we now know about Trump in a crisis. It's not good: For the first nine months of his administration, observers have had occasion to wonder - and wonder, and wonder, and wonder - how exactly Donald Trump would manage to handle a real crisis imposed by external events rather than his own impulsiveness.

The Latest: Trump team defends him against San Juan’s mayor

30, 2017, as about 35 patients are evacuated after the failure of an electric... White House officials are defending President Donald Trump's attacks on the mayor of Puerto Rico's devastated capital city, and they say the administration is doing all it can to help victims of Hurricane Maria. Budget director Mick Mulvaney says the public needs to "judge us by the actions, please" in terms of efforts to help Puerto Rico.

‘Politically motivated ingrates’:Trump continues attack…

President Donald Trump continued his assault on Puerto Rican leaders asking for help for their hurricane-battered island, calling them "politically motivated ingrates" on Twitter Sunday morning. One day after engaging San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz in a protracted battle on Twitter and in the media, Trump doubled down first thing from his New Jersey country club..

How healthcare went from the GOP’s biggest priority after Trump’s election to a total debacle

On January 10, just days before his inauguration, President Donald Trump told The New York Times that Republicans would have Obamacare repealed "probably sometime next week." Now, as September comes to a close, Obamacare is still the law of the land and Republicans are no closer to overhauling their healthcare law than they were when Trump took office.

Supreme Court back to work with major employment dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new nine-month term on Monday with a major employment case that could deprive workers of the ability to join together to file lawsuits when taking on companies over a wide range of labor disputes. The Trump administration will argue alongside companies that agreements requiring workers to arbitrate disputes with their employers individually, rather than bringing class-action lawsuits collectively with their co-workers, are valid.

Significant cases on Supreme Court’s agenda

The Supreme Court term that, by law, begins on the first Monday in October includes several high-profile cases dealing with controversial social issues or with the potential to affect millions of Americans. The justices probably will not hear the dispute over President Donald Trump's travel ban, originally scheduled for October, now that he has issued a new policy that has yet to be examined by lower courts.