I Will Release Plan With ‘Massive’ Tax Cuts Next Week

"The process has begun long ago but it really formally begins on Wednesday", Trump said in a statement issued to CNBC . The Trump administration plans to rely on controversial assumptions about economic growth to offset steep cuts to business and individual tax rates, a chief architect of the plan said Thursday.

Trump tells a dreamersa to rest easy: a We are after the criminalsa

Young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and now in the country illegally can "rest easy," President Donald Trump says, telling the "dreamers" they will not be targets for deportation under his immigration policies. Trump, in a wide-ranging interview Friday with The Associated Press, said his administration is "not after the dreamers, we are after the criminals."

Possible shutdown, health care quagmire awaiting Congress

Lawmakers returning to Washington this coming week will find a familiar quagmire on health care legislation and a budget deadline dramatized by the prospect of a protracted battle between President Donald Trump and Democrats over his border wall. Trump's GOP allies control Congress, but they've been unable to send him a single major bill as his presidency faces the symbolic 100-day mark on April 29 - the very day when the government, in a worst-case scenario, could shut down.

Who’s Running the Government? Trump has yet to fill 85% of key…

Nearly 100 days into his term, President Donald Trump hasn't nominated anyone for 85% of key executive branch positions that require Senate confirmation. Of the 554 positions requiring confirmation, as of Saturday, 473 have no nominee, 35 have been announced but not formally nominated, 24 have been nominated, and just 22 have been confirmed thus far, according to a database put together by the Washington Post and the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service.

VP Pence embraces US-Australia partnership

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Australia's prime minister swept aside any lingering tensions Saturday over an Obama era agreement on the resettlement of refugees, joining forces to urge China to take a greater role in pressuring North Korea to scuttle its nuclear weapons and missile program. Pence and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull repeatedly praised the decades-long American-Australian alliance following a meeting in Sydney, with the vice president passing along President Donald Trump's "very best regards" and thanking Turnbull for calling on Beijing to be more assertive in the international effort to de-escalate Pyongyang's nuclear threat.

President Trump Says ‘Dreamers’ Can ‘Rest Easy’ Because His…

Young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and now in the country illegally can "rest easy," President Donald Trump says, telling the "dreamers" they will not be targets for deportation under his immigration policies. Trump, in an interview Friday with The Associated Press, said his administration is "not after the dreamers, we are after the criminals."

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Replaced Under Trump Administration

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Friday he has been replaced, a little more than two years after he was confirmed under President Barack Obama. In a statement posted to Facebook , the 39-year-old Murthy said he "was blessed to have an extraordinary team of dedicated public servants who became my colleagues and friends" and highlighted the work done by his office to address addiction in the United States.

Trump tells ‘dreamers’ to rest easy, targets criminals

Young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and now in the country illegally can "rest easy," President Donald Trump says, telling the "dreamers" they will not be targets for deportation under his immigration policies. Trump, in a wide-ranging interview Friday with The Associated Press, said his administration is "not after the dreamers, we are after the criminals."

Future of revamped health care bill remains dubious in House

President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the significance of pushing Republican health care legislation through the House next week, a retreat from more bullish White House pronouncements a day earlier, which had gotten a skeptical reception at the Capitol. In brief comments to reporters Friday, Trump said the attempt to rekindle the GOP drive to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law is "coming along well."

Trump says Paris attack will help Le Pen in election

President Donald Trump on Friday said he believes an attack on police officers this week in Paris will help Marine Le Pen, the far-right presidential candidate, in upcoming elections in France. In an interview with The Associated Press, Mr. Trump said that while he is not explicitly endorsing Ms.

Young immigrant – dreamers’ can – rest easy,’ Trump says

Young immigrants protected by executive action from deportation say they won't ''rest easy,'' even if President Donald Trump says they should. Several ''dreamers'' told The Associated Press on Friday that they were not comforted by Trump's pledge, in an AP interview, that he wouldn't target the almost 800,000 people brought to the U.S. as children and living in the country illegally under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program enacted by his predecessor, Barack Obama.

The Commission on Presidential Debate’s 15 Percent Polling Criterion…

A hearing in Johnson's case was held today in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, insisting that the Debate Commission in collusion with the major parties are violating antitrust law when it comes to "political markets." Electoral politics is like a market, argues Bruce Fein, the lawyer for Gary Johnson and other plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit against the Commission on Presidential Debates , the Republican and Democratic Parties, and 2012 major party candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

Democrat in Georgia Runoff: I’d Have Voted for Obamacare, and No Comment on Supporting Pelosi

Jon Ossoff, the young liberal running to replace Tom Price in Georgia's traditionally-Republican but Trump-skeptical Sixth Congressional District, has been the beneficiary of millions of dollars in contributions from out-of-state donors . Many of them are liberals who want to deal President Trump a clear electoral blow, which will help shape the media narrative in advance of the 2018 midterm elections.

Amid layoffs, profit surges at GE Power in Schenectady

Steve Bolze, president and CEO of GE Power talks to members of the media following a company announcement that they have completed the acquisition of AlstomA's power and grid businesses on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, in Schenectady, N.Y. less Steve Bolze, president and CEO of GE Power talks to members of the media following a company announcement that they have completed the acquisition of AlstomA's power and grid businesses on Monday, Nov. 2, ... more WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 28: GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt is interviewed during the Washington Ideas Forum at the Harmon Center for the Arts September 28, 2016 in Washington, DC.

Nevada flirts with primaries while maligned caucus system prevails

Long lines and frustrated voters that accompanied Nevada caucuses in 2016 were not enough to sway lawmakers toward a primary system. Legislative efforts from both parties to return to presidential primaries have failed to gain traction over the years, with the most recent failed push marked by concerns that Nevada would lose political prominence nationally.

Congress returns as Trump pressures Democrats ahead of funding deadline

With a deadline looming this week to avert a U.S. government shutdown, Congress returns to work on Monday as President Donald Trump leans on Democrats to include funding for his promised border wall with Mexico in spending legislation. The Republican president took to Twitter on Sunday to warn Democrats that the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, could soon lose essential funding without Democratic support for a congressional spending plan to keep the government running.