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Disbelief, outrage and shrugs: How Trump's bipartisan immigration dinner shuffled the swamp
<b>(CNN) —</b> Outside the House floor Thursday morning, conservatives were having a very hard time believing that President Donald Trump would undercut Republicans on immigration.<p>It was all over the news: Trump had sat down to dinner with Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. …
News (U.S.)Key Senate panel eyes new bills to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller
<b>(CNN) —</b> The Republican-led Senate judiciary committee now plans to take the first steps on legislation that would make it harder for President Donald Trump to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the latest sign that Trump could face a backlash from Capitol Hill if he sought to dismiss the special …
PoliticsDemocrat Chuck Schumer Caught on Hot Mic Talking About Trump on Senate Floor
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was caught on a hot mic Thursday speaking about President Donald Trump on the Senate floor.<p>“He likes us,” Schumer was …
U.S. PoliticsMnuchin's blunders bolstering Cohn's stock as tax reform looms
<b>Washington (CNN) —</b> Embattled economic adviser Gary Cohn may owe his colleague, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, a debt of gratitude for his continued employment in the White House.<p>While the two men are the President's leading emissaries to Capitol Hill on taxes, several Republican members of …
PoliticsCongress struggles to figure out which Russia investigation trumps the others
WASHINGTON — The three congressional committees investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election often overlap but rarely coordinate, creating a legal quagmire for witnesses and challenges for special counsel Robert Mueller as he conducts a separate criminal probe.<p>The committees have been …
GovernmentAP interview: Ryan backs off promise not to add to deficit
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan backed off months of promises that the Republicans' tax plan won't add to the nation's ballooning deficit, declaring in an AP Newsmaker interview that the most important goal of an overhaul is economic growth.<p>Asked twice whether he would insist the emerging …
U.S. PoliticsOpinion: How Donald Trump Made Congress Great Again
It may help the country — if not the president<p>If you were a member of Congress, especially a Republican member of Congress, you could be forgiven for …
PoliticsTrump 'Fairly Close' to a Deal on DACA
President Trump says he’s spoken to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and they are on board with plans to resolve …
BusinessTijuana sewage, wastewater spills continue with no end in sight
Hundreds of thousands of gallons of polluted water often carrying sewage and other contaminants have flowed over the Mexico border into the San Diego …
WaterEquifax blames months-old web server flaw for allowing hack
Equifax said Wednesday a months-old but apparently unpatched web server vulnerability allowed the massive data breach that exposed the personal financial information for roughly half the US population.<p>Equifax said it identified Apache Struts CVE-2017-5638, a flaw that was first identified on March …
SecurityRank and File Not Feeling It on Grand Immigration Deal
President Donald Trump and congressional leaders see the most likely path on codifying the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program is pairing …
PoliticsThe Return to Regular Order
The political equivalent of a solar eclipse hit Washington this week, though you won’t see this reported elsewhere. Yes, the House of Representatives finally returned to regular spending order.<p>The House on Thursday voted to send 12 appropriations bills to the Senate. The chamber approved four of …
OpinionNew GOP bill will allow immigrants to be deported even if they haven't committed a crime
If you’re in a gang and you’re an immigrant, you shouldn’t be in the United States, some Republicans say.<p>On Thursday the Republican-led House passed …
ImmigrationCardin: Turkey's Purchase of Russian Missile System May Trigger Sanctions
Top Senate Foreign Relations Democrat warns $2.5 billion Turkey-Russia deal might violate new sanctions law that Trump opposed.<p>Turkey’s recent purchase of an advanced Russian anti-air weapons system may have violated a U.S. law that would require an automatic imposition of sanctions on the NATO …
NewsThis Number Will Tell You Whether Republicans Will Lose The House.
Forget the polls. Watch this one key leading indicator, and you’ll have a good idea of whether Republicans should worry about losing the House of …
Conservative ViewRyan: Trump's DACA Meeting With Dems 'Was a Discussion, Not an Agreement'
House Speaker Paul Ryan strongly refutes that any deal was reached between President Trump and Democratic leadership on DACA and a border wall.
PoliticsEx-U.S. congressman Weiner seeks to avoid prison in teen 'sexting' case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. congressman Anthony Weiner has asked a judge not to sentence him to prison after he admitted to sending sexually explicit messages to a teenage girl, igniting a "sexting" scandal that played a role in last year’s U.S. presidential election.<p>In a filing in Manhattan …
News (U.S.)Donald Trump Has Changed His Mind — a Heck of a Lot
Wow, Donald Trump is all over the place.<p>On Tuesday he had dinner with a few moderate Democrats and completely retooled his tax policy before dessert. This is the man who is having such a famous fling with the minority leaders, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, that they no longer need identifying. …
OpinionSpecial Dividends: Microsoft Edition
Republican tax reform bill to be unveiled September 25th will include tax repatriation language for overseas profits.<p>Microsoft is among a number of …
BusinessHouse passes Comstock bill targeting immigrant members of MS-13 gang
The House on Thursday passed a bill introduced by Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) that would expand the authority of the federal government to deport or detain immigrants who are gang members or suspected of gang activity.<p>The legislation, offered as a response to an increase in killings perpetuated …
PoliticsPhotographer Captures Intimate Portraits of Trailblazing Women All on an iPhone
Oprah Winfrey is the firrst woman in history to own and produce her own talk show. . “I made every single choice of my career based on my gut”. @time #sheisthefirstA post shared by Luisa Dörr (@luisadorr) on Sep 8, 2017 at 12:13pm PDT<p>Photographer Luisa Dörr chronicles the incredible accomplishments …
Aretha FranklinSenate scraps Rand Paul's terror war challenge - murky authorization survives
You can learn a lot about a war from its name.<p>Take for instance the Spanish-American War. The combatants are pretty clear. It’s like Red Sox/Yankees. You immediately know <i>who</i> was against <i>who</i>.<p>Try the Napoleonic Wars. Not as clear. But there were sure a lot of them. Five in fact, mostly with Napoleon …
Rand PaulLindsey Graham to Republican Leadership: 'Lead or Get Out of the Way'
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) visited Fox News's “America's Newsroom” on Thursday and had some strong words for the leaders of his party regarding the …
Lindsey GrahamEquifax shares tumble to lowest in two years after FTRC opens investigation into data breach
The Federal Trade Commission said on 14 September it has opened an investigation into the <b>massive data breach at Equifax</b> Inc, in a rare public …
Identity TheftAnalysts see Trump threats to insurers boosting premiums
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress' nonpartisan budget analysts expect average premiums for individually purchased health insurance to grow 15 percent next year, largely because it's unclear if President Donald Trump will let federal subsidies to insurers continue.<p>The Congressional Budget Office estimate …
BusinessOrrin Hatch in his own words on corporate taxes, 401(k)s and Mitt Romney
Here’s a transcript of MarketWatch’s interview with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch about tax reform efforts. Hatch, a Utah Republican, spoke to MarketWatch by phone on Wednesday.<p><b>Read:</b> Orrin Hatch eyes corporate-tax rate as low as 20%<p>The transcript has been lightly edited and …
Orrin HatchNo, Trump isn’t trying to do bipartisan tax reform
President Trump got a lot of attention for his Tuesday night dinner with three red-state Democratic senators, where he tried to win their support for …
PoliticsTop Senate Republican on taxes says 'Big Six' won't dictate reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate's top Republican tax law writer warned on Thursday that the "Big Six" negotiators from the White House, Senate and House of Representatives would not dictate to his committee the direction of expected tax reform legislation.<p>In a defiant statement coming as …
Orrin HatchCould Trump Betray His Party on Taxes Next?
Yesterday, President Trump said something peculiar about the tax plan Republicans will soon unveil. “The rich will not be gaining at all with this …
PoliticsActivist announces bid for Corker's Tennessee Senate seat
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Conservative activist Andy Ogles announced Thursday he will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Tennessee Republican Bob Corker, who has so far refused to divulge whether he will seek a third term.<p>Ogles headed the state chapter of Americans for Prosperity, the political arm …
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