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The Finance 202: Trickle-down economics is back, at least according to Gary Cohn
That's what Gary Cohn -- one of the chief salesman of the Trump administration's sweeping efforts to overhaul the tax code -- told CNBC's John Harwood in an exceptionally revealing interview yesterday that could end up costing Republicans politically in the long term. The House bill -- which got out of the Ways and Means Committee yesterday -- has already been criticized for giving away too much to the wealthy and businesses in lieu of lasting relief to the middle-class.
OP-ED | Are All Politics National, Now?
It happens every municipal election cycle. Everyone drags out the mystic runes and Ouija boards to try and divine what it all means for the next state and federal elections.
Veterans and God’s healing love
A Christian Science perspective: We can trust in God's tender, healing, infinite love, unimpeded by time and space, to reach veterans in need. Various countries around the world have their own unique ways to honor their veterans - men and women who have expressed courage, strength, selflessness, and great love in service to their country.
Cynicism deserved for both parties
Turmoil has been the order of the day among leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties.
Senate passes resolution requiring sexual harassment training
The Senate passed a resolution Thursday requiring senators, staff and interns to participate in mandatory sexual harassment training, as lawmakers and staff have grown increasingly outspoken about widespread predatory behavior on Capitol Hill. The resolution, which passed by unanimous consent, marks the first real step either chamber has taken to change training rules on sexual harassment for congressional offices.
Manchin: Tax plan doesn’t help middle class
A proposed tax plan before the U.S. House would add nearly $1.7 trillion to a national debt that already exceeds $20 trillion, according to Sen. Joe Manchin.
Chinese energy deal worth $83.7 billion
The $83.7 billion a Chinese firm plans to spend developing West Virginia's shale natural gas resources exceeds the total value of all goods and services produced in the state each year.
Who’s ready for the Wendy Davis movie?
Forget Thor, Batman and all the rest. Hollywood has definitely cracked the code and figured out what will pack audiences into the theaters.
Did Flynn cut a $15 million deal with the Turks – during the transition?
It's not Russian influence, but it might be almost as bad. Both the Wall Street Journal and NBC News report this morning that special counsel Robert Mueller has focused on former Gen.
COMMENTARY: Guns didn’t cause the Sutherland Springs shooting
Investigators work at the scene of a deadly shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Sunday Nov. 5, 2017. The bodies weren't even cold when the predictable chorus of celebrities and media personalities started nattering about "gun control" as the answer to violence.
Californians strongly oppose Trump – and 53% say state’s…
A year after his election, President Trump remains wildly unpopular in California, and the state's voters are split over whether members of Congress should work with him when possible, a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll has found. The percentage of voters seeking cooperation overall - 47% - dropped somewhat when it came to Trump's immigration policies, which the state's Democratic officeholders have fought with legislation and lawsuits.
Sexual misconduct accusations transform Alabama Senate race
Yet in the span of a tumultuous afternoon, a low-profile special election became a Republican nightmare that threatens a once-safe Senate seat - and offers a new window into ugly divisions that continue to plague the GOP in the age of President Donald Trump. Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, a 70-year-old former state Supreme Court justice, defiantly denied allegations of decades-old sexual misconduct with minors published Thursday in a Washington Post story.
Marine drill instructor convicted of abusing recruits
A Marine Corps drill instructor was convicted by a military jury of physically abusing young recruits, sometimes while drunk, and focusing his fury on three Muslim-American military volunteers. The eight-man jury at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, determined Thursday that Gunnery Sgt.
California fire cleanup reaches new step: clearing ruins
Work is underway in California wine country to clear debris from areas ravaged by wildfires that tore through the area a month ago. The flames destroyed more than 8,000 homes in the region north of San Francisco.
Senate Republicans unveil their own tax plan
Senate Republicans released their own version of a tax plan Thursday, and it varies just enough from the House's bill to set the two chambers up for a dramatic showdown over tax policy in upcoming weeks. The Senate tax bill includes more individual tax brackets than the House bill as well as fully repeals the state and local tax deduction, which has become a must-save item for moderate Republicans in the House.
State appeal tossed in teen killer’s case
The Arkansas Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by state attorneys on Thursday who had argued that a Crittenden County circuit judge erred in instructing a jury about what type of sentences the nation's highest court allows for juveniles. The case came as the Arkansas Supreme Court is set to hear the appeal of a different case that is a constitutional challenge to Act 539 of 2017, which bars life-without-parole sentences for youths.
The D.C. circus
Voters have been disgusted with the bickering, partisan debate-fearing Congress long enough.
Washington’s No. 1 economic priority is tax cuts, not NAFTA
A U.S. lawmaker dropped a remark this week that illustrated how NAFTA is not the No. 1 economic priority in Washington these days, obscured by another paramount prerogative.
Ryan getting pressure on DACA
Nearly two dozen House Republicans on Thursday pressed Speaker Paul Ryan to act quickly on legislation that would protect about 800,000 illegal aliens brought to the United States as children. The lawmakers said efforts to grant such deportation protection would easily pass in the House, with dozens in the GOP set to join Democrats in backing such a bill.