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Trump sticks with 15 percent tax rate and child care credits in Missouri speech
Posted on:Thursday, August 31, 2017

President Trump restated his campaign goals of lowering the corporate tax rate to 15 percent and offering new tax benefits for child care in a speech on tax reform in Springfield, Mo., Wednesday, although he didn’t offer any new details.

Trump on tax reform: ‘I don’t want to be disappointed by Congress’
Posted on:Thursday, August 31, 2017

President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted tax reform as his key to unlocking economic growth and job opportunities — and put the onus on Congress to overhaul the U.S. system.

Federal judge blocks enforcement of Texas’ ‘sanctuary cities’ law
Posted on:Thursday, August 31, 2017

A federal judge blocked enforcement of much of a ‘sanctuary cities’ law in Texas on Wednesday night, just days before it was set to go into effect.

AccuWeather predicts Hurricane Harvey to be the most costly natural disaster in US history
Posted on:Thursday, August 31, 2017

AccuWeather predicts Hurricane Harvey, which has wreaked havoc in Texas, to be the most costly natural disaster in United States history.

BLS: Americans Spend More on Taxes Than Food and Clothing Combined
Posted on:Thursday, August 31, 2017

Americans on average spent more on taxes in 2016 than they did on food and clothing combined, according to data released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Los Angeles votes to rename Columbus Day ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day’
Posted on:Thursday, August 31, 2017

The Los Angeles city council on Wednesday voted to rename Columbus Day ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day.’

FBI says lack of public interest in Hillary emails justifies withholding documents
Posted on:Thursday, August 31, 2017

Hillary Clinton’s case isn’t interesting enough to the public to justify releasing the FBI’s files on her, the bureau said this week in rejecting an open-records request by a lawyer seeking to have the former secretary of state punished for perjury.

US clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia
Posted on:Thursday, August 31, 2017

Opening a new era in cancer care, U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved a breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients’ own blood cells into an army of assassins to seek and destroy childhood leukemia.

Trump vows ‘100 percent’ support, rapid federal aid to Harvey victims ahead of Texas visit
Posted on:Wednesday, August 30, 2017

President Trump vowed ‘100 percent’ support Monday to the victims of the massive storm known as Harvey, while predicting he and Congress will be able to quickly approve emergency aid to help the region recover.

With Congress in stalemate, states take lead in Planned Parenthood defunding
Posted on:Wednesday, August 30, 2017

The effort to defund Planned Parenthood may be stalled at the federal level, but recent legal and legislative victories have given states more power than ever to cut off taxpayer funding to the nation’s largest abortion provider.

Haunted by Katrina’s memory, Louisiana now faces Harvey
Posted on:Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Twelve years to the day after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, another deadly storm forced the rescue of hundreds of people from floodwaters in southwestern Louisiana and prompted New Orleans to shut down its schools and other key institutions as a precaution.

Trump ready for shutdown standoff over border wall: ‘We will build the wall’
Posted on:Monday, August 28, 2017

President Trump stood firm Monday on his threat to shut down the government if congressional Democrats block funding for a wall on the border with Mexico, saying the wall was crucial to U.S. security and stopping the flow of illegal drugs.

ACLU sues Trump over transgender ban
Posted on:Monday, August 28, 2017

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing President Trump over his decision to ban transgender people from serving in the military.

Democrats hype up leftist base, remain silent after violent antifa attack in Berkeley
Posted on:Monday, August 28, 2017

California Democrats who whipped up opposition to the weekend’s free speech rallies had little to say after radical leftist protesters, led by the antifa movement, attacked police and Trump supporters on Sunday in Berkeley, injuring six.

Despite Parents’ Objections, Teacher Defends ‘Transgender Reveal’ to Kindergartners
Posted on:Monday, August 28, 2017

Concerned mothers and fathers flooded a school board meeting Monday in response to a Kindergarten teacher that introduced a student to her class as transgender without notifying parents. Now, another parent at the same school is outraged that her child was sent to the principal’s office for ‘misgendering’ a male classmate who now identifies as a girl.

Antifa, leftist protesters spur mayhem in Berkeley even after cancellation of anti-Marxism rally
Posted on:Monday, August 28, 2017

Two right-leaning rallies in the Bay Area were canceled over the weekend by organizers over fears of violence, but that didn’t stop leftist radicals from creating chaos.

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules against Planned Parenthood
Posted on:Monday, August 28, 2017

Planned Parenthood had been on a legal winning streak, piling up decisions from judges who have ruled that states can’t stop the country’s largest abortion clinic network from receiving federal grant money.

Navy Collisions May Have Killed More U.S. Troops in 2017 than War in Afghanistan
Posted on:Monday, August 28, 2017

U.S. Navy ship collisions in the western Pacific may have killed more American troops so far this year than the war in Afghanistan, illuminating critical readiness challenges facing the military branch.

Trump Pardons Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Posted on:Monday, August 28, 2017

President Donald Trump granted a presidential pardon to Joe Arpaio, former Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, Friday night.

Report: Welfare Reform in Kansas Caused Individuals to Reenter Labor Force Earning Higher Incomes
Posted on:Monday, August 28, 2017

Welfare reform implemented in Kansas caused individuals to reenter the labor force while earning higher incomes, according to a report from the Foundation for Government Accountability.

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