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Democracy Dies in Darkness
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Officials are warning that the $1.5 trillion tax legislation in Congress, which would eliminate or curtail taxpayers' ability to deduct the cost of state and local taxes from their federal tax bill, threatens to undermine local leaders' ability to raise money for government services, including police and schools.
The president abruptly reversed his administration's decision, announced a day earlier, to allow elephants shot for sport in Zimbabwe and Zambia to be imported to the United States as trophies, saying in a tweet that he was putting the decision "on hold" until further review.
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It was the first time in decades Zimbabweans were able to protest against President Robert Mugabe without fear of arrest, coming days after the 93-year-old leader was detained by the military.
As a growing number of prominent men have publicly faced accusations, the president has been selective in responding, based largely on whether the accused is an ally or foe and focusing relatively little on the alleged victims.
After a fiery exchange between Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and a Clinton aide, the question is whether Democrats in the 1990s were guilty of the sin they accuse Republicans of committing now by continuing to support President Trump and Senate nominee Roy Moore: Were they putting partisanship above principle?
Three days after he was grilled on Capitol Hill over his knowledge of Trump campaign contact with Russians, the attorney general opened a speech with jokes on the subject.
The Facebook comments by Bill O'Neill, a Democrat currently on the state's Supreme Court, drew swift, bipartisan condemnation from politicians and Ohio's chief justice.
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Greg Gianforte won Montana's U.S. House seat 24 hours after the assault, and he later pleaded guilty to charges that he assaulted reporter Ben Jacobs. Newly public records raise questions about whether he was truthful with authorities.
The powerful and influential Senate staffer was once known as "Little Lyndon" for copying his mentor's clothes, mannerisms and naming two of his children after the former president.
The bill from Sens. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) stands little chance of passage, but some aides said it may pressure lawmakers to insist on privacy-enhancing reforms as they look toward an end-of-year deadline to reauthorize the data collection program.
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