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The Graduate Student Government sent a letter to the United States Congress on Wednesday expressing graduate students' concerns about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the latest Republican-sponsored bill proposed to modify the existing tax code. The letter, which garnered more than 450 signatures, was a direct response to several provisions in the proposed bill, including one that would repeal the graduate and professional students' tax-free tuition income.
Richard Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said Wednesday that he will leave the agency by the end of the month. Cordray was a holdover from President Barack Obama's administration, appointed to his position in 2013 for a five-year term.
UniKey Technologies, world's largest smart access control platform provider, today announced the promotion of Roy Johnson to Vice President of Strategic Accounts. Roy previously served as Head of Commercial Products, where he led the company in its expansion into the commercial sector.
Port St. Joe High School alum Javarri Beachum will hold a United States Naval Academy Information Forum 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. ET Saturday at Port St. Joe Jr./Sr. High School. This is simply an information session that is primarily aimed at sophomores, juniors and seniors .
By ALAN FRAM and MARCY GORDON Associated Press WASHINGTON - Wisconsin's Ron Johnson on Wednesday became the first Republican senator to say he opposes his party's tax bill, signaling potential problems for GOP leaders.
One Democrat dropped his bid to become state land commissioner Wednesday, and his handpicked candidate stepped into the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed Aubrey Dunn, a single-term Republican who has said he is not running for re-election. Ray Powell, a veterinarian who served as land commissioner from 1994 to 2002 and again from 2011-14, withdrew from the race and said he was endorsing state Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard of Los Alamos.
A Montana judge has ordered the release on Monday, Oct. 10, 20... . This May, 24, 2017 photo released by Gallatin County Sheriff's Office shows Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs in Bozeman, Mont.
So when former Alabama Chief Justice and current Senate candidate Roy Moore instructed judges in his state to defy federal court orders on same-sex marriage, it was a jarring blow to a fundamental tenet of democracy. That was the position taken by former Bay State chief justices Roderick Ireland and Margaret Marshall, who last night celebrated the Supreme Judicial Court's 325th anniversary.
Congressman Jim Jordan laid out a blistering litany of transgressions committed by Hillary Clinton and other Obama apparatchiks in the last administration that all of us who regularly follow the news are familiar with. He did so in a simple, methodical way that was nonetheless staggering to listen to.
There are at least two problems with this analysis. One, although suburbanites who live around large cities have added to the Republican vote in the past, one has to qualify this generalization by noting the obvious .
In addition to his community accolades, Mr. Lebowitz has been peer rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and received the 2013 Paul J. Curran Award from the Prisoners' Legal Services of New York. -- Jack Richard Lebowitz has been included in Marquis Who's Who.
The president let loose on Twitter after a 12-year-old photo showed the Minnesota Democrat appearing to grope a fellow entertainer. Senator Al Franken has been accused of unwanted groping and kissing by model and sportscaster Leeann Tweeden.
With Democrats claiming victory in the 2017 elections and Donald Trump's approval ratings mired in the mid-30s, political chatter has turned predictably to 2020 and who could, or should, be the Democrats' presidential nominee. The chatter has intensified with Joe Biden's book tour; in Massachusetts, the buzz hovers over U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton.
Former defense secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks during a discussion on countering violent extremism on Oct. 23 in Washington. Three former secretaries of defense are warning lawmakers not to enact proposed Republican tax restructuring plans, arguing they will jeopardize future military spending.
President Donald Trump dodged questions about the turmoil in the Alabama Senate race on Wednesday, declining to join national Republicans who've called for Roy Moore to abandon the race amid allegations of sexual impropriety with teenage girls. Far from surrendering, Moore's camp challenged the credibility of one of the accusers.
Attorrney General Jeff Sessions was quoted in a Justice Department news release Wednesday as letters went out to 29 jurisdictions - including Seattle and King County - threatening to pull criminal-justice grants. The Trump administration's latest threat against sanctuary jurisdictions gets a sharp retort from Seattle and King County.
Uncertainty gripped the Senate on Wednesday over efforts to pass a sweeping $1.5 trillion tax cut after a Wisconsin Republican became the first senator in his party to declare that he could not vote for the tax bill as written, and other senators expressed serious misgivings over the cost and effect on the middle class. The House is set Thursday to pass its own version of the tax bill, which would cut taxes by more than $1.4 trillion over 10 years and broadly rewrite the business tax code.
The presidential daughter and adviser, in a "full-blown sprint" as she sells the Republican tax overhaul plan and juggles other initiatives, has had it with all that talk about her "pet project" to increase the child tax credit . "I get a little bit frustrated when people call it a pet project," Trump told The Associated Press as she spent a day shuttling between events in multiple states.