Thursday, December 28, 2017

Thursday's Headlines: Stirring confusion, IRS sets limited conditions for people to prepay property taxes

 
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Stirring confusion, IRS sets limited conditions for people to prepay property taxes
Many Americans have rushed to prepay their 2018 property taxes, hoping to take advantage of a federal deduction before it is scaled back under the new GOP tax law signed by President Trump last week. The IRS announcement appeared to invalidate many taxpayers' efforts and offered a glimpse of the kind of hiccups that could arise in coming weeks as the IRS releases guidance on other facets of the law.
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Can you prepay? Should you? Here are your key questions, answered.
While every taxpayer's situation is different, here's what the new tax law and the IRS announcement mean.
 
Trump team plans to cast Flynn as a liar if he accuses president, aides of wrongdoing
President Trump's legal team plans to attack the credibility of former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn if he accuses the president or his senior aides of any wrongdoing, according to three people familiar with the strategy. The approach would mark a sharp break from Trump's previously sympathetic posture toward Flynn, who is cooperating with the special counsel's Russia investigation.
 
Documents shed light on North Korea's startling gains in sea-based missile technology
Russians in the 1990s were eager to share missile secrets with Americans. But North Korea claimed them instead. Now, some of the Soviet designs are reappearing, one after another, in surprisingly sophisticated missiles that have turned up on North Korean launchpads.
 
A 5-year-old Somali girl needs treatment for kidney cancer, but she can't get to the U.S.
Nimo Salan's mother ran into the same hurdle as hundreds of refugees with urgent medical conditions: The Trump administration's new security restrictions. There are now 11 countries facing a broad suspension from the U.S. refugee program. Even people with potentially deadly — yet treatable — illnesses are being blocked.
 
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Roy Moore sues to block Alabama Senate result, citing 'election integrity'
The Republican said in his complaint that he believes there were irregularities during the election and there should be a fraud investigation and eventually a new vote. The state is expected to certify the election results today.
 
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