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Veteran economic guru Larry Kudlow is baffled over why Senator Marco Rubio, who voted for President Donald Trump's tax bill, now claims he thinks that maybe companies got too good a tax break. "I thought we probably went too far on [helping] corporations," Rubio told The News-Press, a newspaper based in Fort Myers, Florida, in an interview published Thursday.
The glamour of his holiday break behind him, President Donald Trump is returning to Washington to face a hefty legislative to-do list, critical midterm elections and perilous threats abroad. Trump is starting his second year in office after a lengthy sojourn at his private Palm Beach club, capped by a New Year's Eve bash.
While much of corporate America will enjoy a tax cut in the new year, one industry is getting a tax increase it has fought hard but so far unsuccessfully to avoid. A 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device manufacturers went back into effect Monday after a two-year hiatus.
The glamour of his holiday break behind him, President Donald Trump is returning to Washington to face a hefty legislative to-do list, critical midterm elections and perilous threats abroad. Trump is starting his second year in office after a lengthy sojourn at his private Palm Beach club, capped by a New Year's Eve bash.
Around 13 million people living in northeastern India's largest state have been left off a controversial draft list of citizens released yesterday by the authorities, who are under pressure to identify and expel illegal immigrants. Assam has long struggled to curb illegal immigration and is the only Indian state to compile a register of citizens.
A 67-year-old Slidell man [in Louisiana] who served as a go-between for an international team of scammers running a "Nigerian prince" email scheme has been arrested after an 18-month investigation. Michael Neu, who is neither Nigerian nor a prince, has been charged with 269 counts of wire fraud and money laundering.
Mayor Thomas Bernard is sworn in as the Mayor of the City of North Adams in City Hall chambers on Monday, January 1, 2018. Mayor Thomas Bernard speaks during inauguration ceremonies of city government in City Hall chambers in North Adams on Monday, January 1, 2018.
When military recruiting stations open Tuesday after the holiday, it will mark a major moment for transgender Americans waiting to enlist. The enlistment policy announced by former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in 2016 is moving forward, officially effective on January 1. Although the Obama administration had allowed service members to come out as transgender without being discharged, Tuesday will mark the first time any transgender American is authorized to openly enlist.
The Rensselaer County Courthouse was packed Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, for the swearing in of County Executive Steve McLaughlin, county legislators, Troy City Council members and others. The Rensselaer County Courthouse was packed Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, for the swearing in of County Executive Steve McLaughlin, county legislators, Troy City Council members and others.
In which the late and great Clarence Clemons proves, once again, that the best way to make an ordinary rock song EXTRAordinary is to drop a mic into a tenor sax's bell, slide in smooth and cool behind the beat and the vocal, then turn it on and LET IT WAIL!
Congress faces a jam-packed to-do list when it returns this week, with deadlines looming on difficult issues - including how to fund the government and avoid a shutdown, stabilizing the nation's health-insurance program for poor children, and whether to shield young undocumented immigrants from deportation. Fresh off a party-line vote to overhaul the tax code, the negotiations will test whether Congress and the White House still have the potential to craft any form of bipartisan agreement.
Effective January 1, 2018, elephants are not allowed to be in circuses or traveling shows throughout Illinois - making it the first state in the nation with such restrictions on the use of wild animals. Ironically, the law goes into effect in a state with a legislature controlled by donkey-mascot Democrats since the 1990s at a time when one of the hottest movies in theaters - The Greatest Showman - features performing circus elephants.
President Trump arrives for a New Year's Eve gala at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. He is expected to present an infrastructure plan this month.
Both President Trump and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley are proclaiming that America is standing with the Iranian people after 12 protesters have been killed in violent protests against the mullahs there. Trump stated his support for "the great Iranian people" on Monday morning.
Costa Rican officials are investigating what caused a charter aircraft carrying 10 U.S. citizens and two local crewmembers to crash in a wooded area in the country's northwest soon after takeover, killing everyone... Costa Rican officials are investigating what caused a charter aircraft carrying 10 U.S. citizens and two local crewmembers to crash in a wooded area in the country's northwest soon after takeover, killing everyone on board. On the last day of the calendar year, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" has surpassed "Beauty and the Beast" as the top grossing film in North America in 2017.
24, 2016, file photo, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks in Washington. Roberts used his annual report on the federal judiciary Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, to promise a carefu... Bone-chilling cold gripped the middle of the U.S. as 2018 began, breaking low temperature records, icing some New Year's celebrations and leading to at least two deaths attributed to exposure to the elements.
I'll probably get clipped for saying this - I may even deserve it! - but after reading Kerry Howley's NYMag profile, I think Reality Winner and Heather Heyer would've been friends. "Not every leaker is an ideological combatant like Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning.
Where We Can Agree on Iran - Imagine a free, democratic, independent and wealthy Iran giving full expression to the beauty of Persian culture and the brains and spirit of its people. Imagine a political, clerical and military elite that doesn't steal its country's patrimony while brutally repressing Trump earns praise for support of Iranian protesters - on Sunday earned praise from lawmakers and former government officials for his approach to the protests taking place in Iran.
Iran unrest: 'Ten dead' in further protests overnight - Ten people have been killed overnight in anti-government protests sweeping Iran, according to state TV. - "In the events of last night, unfortunately a total of about 10 people were killed in several cities," it said.