Sen. Collins takes huge leap of faith with tax bill. Critics say she’s getting played

As GOP tax legislation nears final passage on Capitol Hill, Sen. Susan Collins is approaching the moment for a mighty leap of faith. The Maine Republican extracted key concessions in exchange for her support for the bill, including commitments from the Trump administration and Senate leaders to back two pieces of legislation pumping money into the health care system.

Austria’s chancellor says he will reject migrant quotas

EXCLUSIVE: Daddy duty! Mark Zuckerberg takes his toddler's potty to a burger restaurant and eats shaved ice as he enjoys his month-long paternity leave in Hawaii Trump refuses to rule out pardoning Michael Flynn and says Roy Moore should throw in the towel in Alabama senate race Protester in a wheelchair is shot dead by Israeli troops along with two other Palestinians as riots sparked by Trump's Jerusalem declaration continue in Gaza 'Who the hell wants to take care of them?' Trump says deporting MS-13 gang members is cheaper than housing them in jails and says visa lottery system has to end EXCLUSIVE: Republicans publicly defy Robert Mueller by holding fundraiser for Trump aide he has charged as questions mount over Russia probe Give it up Roy: Defiant Moore and his wife ignore deafening calls to concede the Alabama Senate seat election to Democrat Doug Jones as they carry on regardless ... (more)

GOP tax plan on shaky ground: Rubio announces he’s a no

The tax bill compromise reached by House and Senate negotiators now won't be unveiled until Monday. And at least one new Republican defector may make it difficult for Congressional Republicans to get the measure to President Donald Trump 's desk before his Christmas deadline.

Joe Biden consoles daughter of cancer-stricken US senator John McCain

Former US vice-president Joe Biden has consoled the daughter of Republican senator John McCain after she began crying while discussing her father's battle with brain cancer on the chat show The View. Meghan McCain, a panellist on the program, told Mr Biden she hadn't been able to finish reading his new memoir, which centres on the 2015 death of his son Beau Biden from an aggressive tumour called glioblastoma - doctors diagnosed Senator McCain with the same type of tumour in July .

Biden consoles daughter of ailing Arizona Sen. John McCain

Former Vice President Joe Biden sought to console the daughter of ailing Sen. John McCain after she began crying while discussing her father's battle with brain cancer on ABC's "The View." Meghan McCain, a panelist on the program, told Biden on Wednesday she hadn't been able to get through his new memoir, "Promise Me, Dad," which centers on the 2015 death of his son, Beau, from an aggressive tumor called glioblastoma.

The aftermath of Alabama

Quin Hillyer, a conservative columnist who once had a stint at the D-G, offers a tough post mortem in the New York Times: Donald Trump and Steve Bannon are politically impotent. The president and his former grand strategist threw considerable weight behind Roy Moore, the polarizing Republican Senate candidate in Alabama.

FIRST: All eyes on Alabama special election; Attempted NYC…

Alabama voters go to the polls today and decide the special election between Senate candidates Democrat Doug Jones and Republican Roy Moore Attempted suicide bombing in New York City brings the chain migration and the immigration debate back into the spotlight Fox News Exclusive: Man who acted as "go-between" reveals how British spy released Trump "dossier" to FBI, media and Capitol Hill Questions surround sudden rescheduling of FBI deputy director's closed-door testimony on agency's integrity in the Clinton email investigation, Russia probe and other cases THE LEAD STORY: All eyes are on Alabama today as voters will decide the special election between Senate candidates Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones ... After months of campaigning and reports of sexual misconduct rocked the state, Moore and Jones held competing rallies Monday night , firing their final shots ahead of today's ... (more)

Is Citizens United to Blame for the Disastrous GOP Tax Bill?

Let's get one thing out of the way: Very few Americans want or even understand the sweeping tax bill Republicans are right now conspiring to ram through Congress. The bill has never polled particularly well and it's not getting better Just shy of 3 in 10 Americans said they supported the legislation in a new poll by Quinnipiac University.

‘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.

GOP nears Senate OK of tax bill after flurry of final deals

President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are scrambling to change a Republican tax... . Pausing for a reporter's question, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and other senators squeeze into an elevator as they rush to the chamber to vote on amendments as the Republican leadership works to craft their sweeping tax ... .

The Latest: Trump says tax bill keeps getting better

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump watch performances during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump watch performances during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

Senate GOP could scale back tax cuts

By MARCY GORDON and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans weighed scaling back the tax cuts in their massive package to secure crucial support as congressional analysts said Thursday the legislation would add $1 trillion to the nation's debt over the next decade.

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.