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When the Tweeter of the Free World, Donald Trump, recently announced his administration would be proceeding with large corporate tax cuts, he accompanied it with a 140-character announcement that suggested it was the 'right tax cut at the the right time'. President Trump and Republicans are proposing a $5 trillion plan that would cut taxes for corporations and individuals, though questions into the cost remain.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is apologizing for taking expensive charter flights and says he'll reimburse the government for them. Price also said he would not take any more charters.
Twitter has informed Congress that it found and took action on roughly 200 accounts on its service after determining they were linked to Russia and sought to interfere in American politics. "Of the roughly 450 accounts that Facebook recently shared as a part of their review, we concluded that 22 had corresponding accounts on Twitter.
Fighting to keep his job, health secretary Tom Price said Thursday he'd write a personal check to reimburse taxpayers for the cost of his travel on charter flights taken on government business and pledged to fly commercial going forward - "no exceptions." "I regret the concerns this has raised regarding the use of taxpayer dollars," Price said in a statement.
Despite Michelle Obama's high popularity, millions of women voted against the first woman to win the nomination for a major party. And Obama is still not okay with that Wearing her "Adorable Deplorable" tee, Deanne Payn, center, with Sheila Ponce, left, take part in a pro-President Donald Trump rally in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Saturday, March 25, 2017.
Prince William Democratic House candidates, top row, left to right: Jennifer Foy, Danica Roem, Elizabeth Guzman, Lee Carter, Hala Ayala. Their Republican opponents, bottom row, left to right: Michael Makee, Robert Marshall, Scott Lingamfelter, Jackson Miller, Rich Anderson.
The White House insisted Thursday that the tax cuts President Donald Trump has proposed wouldn't benefit the rich. But the blueprint suggests that wealthy Americans, including several in Trump's administration, would likely enjoy a financial windfall.
Chris Wray was formally installed as the new FBI director on Thursday in a ceremony notable for the absence of the man who appointed him: President Donald Trump. The ceremony in a courtyard at FBI headquarters was largely a formality since Wray has been on the job for about two months.
Prosecutors in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez are seeking to show jurors that the New Jersey Democrat took actions on behalf of a wealthy donor after the donor gave him gifts and campaign donations. On Thursday, they showed that a few days after the donor gave $60,000 to funds supporting Menendez, Menendez met with a State Department official regarding the donor's port security business.
Twitter has shut down hundreds of accounts that were tied to the same Russian operatives who posted thousands of political ads to Facebook during the 2016 US election. The company said it found 22 accounts which were directly linked to the 450 Facebook accounts, found earlier this month.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform member Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., left, speaks to a staff member on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2016. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform member Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., left, speaks to a staff member on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2016.
U.S. Attorney Jay Town, right, discusses the indictment of two prominent lawyers and a coal executive during a news conference in Birmingham, Ala., on Thursday, Sept.
Protesters rally against an appearance by former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Although more than 4 in 10 millennials identify as independents, according to the Pew Research Center, history has shown that most young adults vote for the Democratic Party.
Education Secretary Betsey DeVos spoke about changing career and education needs on Sept. 18. "Washington should not be dictating when and how students can learn," she said.
Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Thursday called on the U.S. government to name a single authority to oversee relief efforts in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. Rough Cut .
When more than 2,000 women and girls of all ages descended upon the former Willow Run bomber plant near Ypsilanti two years ago, wearing red bandanas and blue work clothes with sleeves rolled up, they set a world record for the largest gathering of "Rosie the Riveters" since World War II. Among those in costume were 43 of the "original Rosies," women who went to work in American factories producing munitions and war supplies critical to the Allied victory in the 1940s.
House Democrats are pushing a bill to reform the way banks charge overdraft fees, but recognizing that Republicans are unlikely to take up the legislation, they are hoping Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray could address the issue without Congress. "Overdraft fees hit the consumers who can afford them the least - cash-strapped hardworking Americans who are struggling to pay their bills," Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said in a press release Wednesday.
Walking gingerly and on two canes, Representative Steve Scalise, the Republican whip , made an emotional return to the Capitol on Thursday, more than three months after a gunman nearly took his life during practice for a charity baseball game. "It shows you if you fight and persevere, you can overcome anything," Mr. Scalise told reporters as he entered the House chamber to thundering applause from his colleagues, who were awaiting his return.
Republicans and Democrats could be on the verge of a bipartisan fix to stabilize Obamacare markets, but it may not matter if enough GOP lawmakers cannot get behind it. Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R- Tennessee, pulled the plug on bipartisan talks to fix Obamacare last week to focus on the latest GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
U.S Navy veteran fears the Trump administration's new travel ban on Iranians will keep him from bringing his fiancA e to America. Sen. John McCain is demanding a full accounting from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the financial status of its private-sector health care program.