Tax Law Alert: “Big Six” Release Tax Reform Framework Supported by President Trump

After months of speculation a group of Republican leaders referred to as the "Big Six" this week released a nine-page summary of tax reform objectives titled the "Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code." The framework includes broad descriptions of objectives and does not contain detailed or specific proposals.

Trump, US leaders react to Las Vegas shooting

The gunman in the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip on October 2, 2017, has been identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said Monday morning. WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has been briefed on the shooting in Las Vegas, which has left at least 50 dead and 200 injured, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement Monday morning.

Latest Scandal Too Much For HHS Secretary Tom Price. He’s Out.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned Friday, amid controversy over his use of private jets for official and personal business. He promised a day earlier to pay back some of the $400,000 spent on those flights, but the offer came too late for the Trump White House.

Congress Reacts to Las Vegas Mass Shootings

People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after a gunman opened fire, leaving at least 50 people dead and more than 2oo wounded. A gunman opened fire on concert-goers on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday night, killing at least 50 people and leaving at least 200 others injured, officials said.

Cold War radiation testing in US widespread, author claims

Three members of Congress are demanding answers after a St Louis scholar's new book revealed details of how the US government sprayed, injected and fed radiation and other dangerous materials to countless people in secret Cold War-era testing. Louis who wrote "Behind the Fog: How the US Cold War Radiological Weapons Program Exposed Innocent Americans," acknowledged that tracing diseases like cancer to specific causes is difficult.

Farm Bureau members hone leadership skills

Indiana Farm Bureau concluded its 2017 Leaders in Action program in Washington, D.C., this month where members met with Indiana's national elected officials. The annual program is for Indiana Farm Bureau members looking to improve their leadership skills for the betterment of Indiana agriculture.

Last Word: Corker on Meet The Press, Summer School and Crosstown Cautions

The Slider Inn 's second location to come in South Main is an indication that investment and other activity just below the radar continue to come to the surface in an area known for lots of apartment construction recently. The second location is in a brick building that was a place to store and service vintage cars.

Democrats critical of Trump on North Korea: He ‘fails to understand’ what war would be like

If Tillerson is wasting his time, its only because his boss fails to understand the catastrophic consequences of war on Korean Peninsula. https://t.co/s3JQfLfNi4 - Adam Schiff October 1, 2017 Or maybe @POTUS just didnt have Rexs phone number so decided instead to have what should have been a private discussion in public! https://t.co/1ptA9OPhE5 - David Axelrod October 1, 2017 Direct talks w/ #NorthKorea are our best chance to freeze missile, #nuclear tests.

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.

Ryan: GOP tax plan will be deficit neutral

Paul Ryan Ryan: Graham-Cassidy 'best, last chance' to repeal ObamaCare Ryan: Americans want to see Trump talking with Dem leaders Overnight Finance: CBO to release limited analysis of ObamaCare repeal bill on Sunday said the GOP's proposed tax reform plan will be "deficit neutral," adding that the proposal will spur economic growth that will help reduce the U.S. debt. "It's going to be deficit neutral.

Lawmaker’s Spokesman Says They Were Veteran’s Threat Target

A spokesman for a New Jersey congressman says their office was the one allegedly targeted and threatened by a veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Federal prosecutors say Joseph Brodie threatened to assault and kill a congressman and his staff in threats that were made via telephone and email Sept.

Nine months in, Rep. Martha McSally is Arizona’s most reliable vote for Trump agenda

The state's GOP members voted less reliably with the Trump administration between July and September than during the first six months of the year. Nine months in, Rep. Martha McSally is Arizona's most reliable vote for Trump agenda The state's GOP members voted less reliably with the Trump administration between July and September than during the first six months of the year.

With or without Trump, GOP insurgency plans for a civil war in 2018 midterms

The next Republican revolution began last week on a bright blue bus parked at a nighttime rally in Montgomery, Ala., days before a firebrand GOP candidate won the state's Senate primary. But unlike previous Republican revolutionaries, the hard-line figures who stepped out to cheers did not want to yank the party to the right on age-old issues such as taxes or spending.

Capitol Hill reacts to Tom Pricea s resignation as HHS secretary

Lawmakers voiced criticism and support after President Trump asked his embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to resign on Friday. Price faced sharp rebukes this week for repeatedly chartering private jets on trips that mixed government work with personal business.