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It was hard to tell that the House of Representatives had just narrowly approved a Senate-passed budget outline for 2018, because most of the talk on and off the House floor on Thursday was about lawmakers moving on to forge a tax reform bill in coming weeks, as GOP leaders predicted that Republicans would unify behind a still-to-be-released plan, and get it done by Christmas. "We're glad it passed," said a smiling Rep. Doug Collins .
The mother of a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was detained by Border Patrol agents after undergoing surgery is fighting to get her back. After undergoing gallbladder surgery Tuesday, federal agents refused to release Rosa Maria Hernandez back to her parents, sending her instead to a children's shelter in San Antonio, Texas, that her family said is not equipped to care for her, according to the attorney representing the mother.
"I can't really think of the last time I've been in a client meeting over the past six months where they haven't asked me what I think that Congress is going to do with tax reform," says Stephen Kimberlin, a CPA who is senior tax manager at Dixon Hughes Goodman in Richmond. "It goes hand-in-hand.
It's one thing to read about the United States in the news every day, or hear about the growing sociopolitical insanity from friends via the Internet. It is another thing altogether to come back to the land of one's birth and citizenship for a few weeks, and to observe it all directly.
Royal Bank of Scotland has posted its third consecutive quarter in the black after swinging to a third quarter profit. The bank, which is still 72% owned by the taxpayer, recorded a A 392 million profit for the three months to September 30, which compares with a A 469 million loss in the same period last year.
President Donald Trump, who campaigned on a pledge to take on the deadly opioid epidemic, directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday to declare a limited 90-day public health emergency in response to the crisis. President Donald Trump, who campaigned on a pledge to take on the deadly opioid epidemic, directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday to declare a limited 90-day public health emergency in response to the crisis.
MALACANANG on Friday blasted the opposition Liberal Party for accusing the Duterte administration of exhausting efforts to "demonize" the party, saying the LP was merely "afraid of its own ghost." Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella, in a statement, denied that administration was behind the testimony of self-confessed bagman Ricky Serenio that Senator Franklin Drilon and former Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas II were involved in illicit drugs sale.
The state Senate unanimously has passed a bill that would help to heal some of the damage caused by Rep. Tom Marino's bill diminishing the ability of the Drug Enforcement Administration to reduce the flow of powerful prescription opioid painkillers onto the black market. Marino, the 10th Congressional District Republican from Lycoming County, withdrew from consideration to be the national "drug czar" last week.
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By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON - Republicans powered a $4 trillion budget through the House on Thursday by a razor-thin margin, a close vote underscoring the difficulties that lie ahead in delivering President Donald Trump's promise to cut taxes.
Part of the Chicago River, south of the third largest city in the United States, was closed on Thursday due to an oil spill, the source of which is unknown, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The U.S. Coast Guard shut down access to Bubbly Creek, a waterway extending from the south branch of the Chicago River, to people and vessels after report of the oil spill, the guard said in a statement.
The American people are not interested in partisanship. They want real solutions that fulfill the promises that were made to them, including addressing the national debt.
I'm appalled that the motorist was arrested. I think the woman who leapt onto his car should have been arrested - probably with a few of her fellow protesters.
Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper went on the defense during Thursday's debate at Erie's East Middle School. Her opponent -- Republican businessman Art Oligeri, blasting the Democrat for a pair of tax hikes during her first term.
Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a fundraising event for the Republican Party on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in Greenwood Village, Colo. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday told a ballroom full of Republicans in Greenwood Village that a unified GOP will fulfill a key campaign pledge of President Donald Trump by enacting tax reform legislation.
President Donald Trump made it clear he wanted the gag order lifted on an undercover informant who played a critical role in an FBI investigation into Russian efforts to gain influence in the uranium industry in the United States during the Obama administration, according to two sources familiar with the President's actions. The President directed his senior staff "to facilitate the Justice Department's full cooperation with Congress to lift the gag order," one of the sources said.
Economic development officials across Tennessee shared virtual high-fives Thursday as unemployment rates in all 95 counties dropped below 5 percent for the first time. Many of them were in Gatlinburg for the 64th annual Governor's Conference on Economic and Community Development.