House Republicans overcame Democratic opposition to pass the biggest overhaul to the U.S. tax code in three decades, sending the measure to the Senate, where GOP leaders plan to pass it Tuesday night. The legislation could be signed by President Trump as early as this week.
With the expected passage of a tax code overhaul that also dismantles part of the Affordable Care Act, President Trump hopes to shed the label of legislative loser. But it's unknown whether it will catapult him onto firmer political ground ahead of fall's midterm election.
Congress is expected to pass the final version of the tax bill this week, and most Americans are expected to see an immediate tax cut in 2018. But how much depends on many factors. See how yours might be affected with this calculator.
The spike in the price of the cryptocurrency in recent months has triggered doubts not only about the financial sustainability of the rally, but about the environmental sustainability of the currency itself. One alarmist article in Newsweek went so far as saying that bitcoin computer operations could consume "all of the world's energy by 2020."
Federal officials said investigators have not yet spoken with the train crew and were uncertain whether the crew was familiar with the speed limits in the zone. At least three people were killed and more than 100 injured in the wreck.
Reports about the Environmental Protection Agency's $120,000 "media tracking" contract with a Republican public affairs and opposition-research firm spurred outrage from some Democratic lawmakers.
The approval of the pioneering treatment for a rare form of childhood blindness marks the start of a new era as the gene therapy field rapidly expands.
President Trump has boasted that appointing Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court ranks high among his achievements. But he vented angrily to advisers earlier this year when Gorsuch called Trump's attacks on the federal judiciary "disheartening" and "demoralizing."
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Because Summer Zervos is suing the president in a state court, Marc Kasowitz, the president's attorney, has homed in on a single footnote in the Clinton case.
The missile attack, the second in as many months by the Houthis on the capital of Riyadh, could raise tensions amid Saudi claims that Iran is supplying the rebel factions with weapons.
The more time and money Jaireme Barrow spent to keep people from swiping packages off his front porch, the angrier he got. Then, the 34-year-old had an explosive idea.
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