DAILT BELLWETHER 09/21/2016 TRUMP'S TAX PLAN CUTS TAXES ASTROMICALLY

Trump's Plan Would Cut Taxes By $4.4 Trillion to $5.9 Trillion

Donald Trump's tax reform plan would lead to a tax cut of either $4.4 trillion or $5.9 trillion, according to an analysis by the nonprofit think tank Tax Foundation, reports the Washington Examiner. The Trump campaign has not made clear whether a small business tax cut is included, but without that cut, the amount would be $4.4 trillion, according to ... Read More

Conservatives Plan to Stop Obama Refugee Plan As President Barack Obama used his final address before the United Nations General Assembly to urge world leaders to help protect refugees, Republicans in Congress threatened to use their budget powers to restrict who is admitted into the U.S. While refugee resettlement has enjoyed bipartisan support in Congress historically, some Republicans want confirmation from U.S. intelligence leaders that screening procedures are strong enough to warrant a major American commitment to accepting more refugees during a time of heightened terrorism fears. Thirty-seven Republican House members wrote a letter to House leadership this week asking them to ... Read More

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Judge Blasts State Department for Slow-Walking Hillary's Emails A federal judge blasted the Obama administration for slow-walking the release of some of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails, saying in court Monday that the government appears to be withholding information from voters ahead of the election. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said the State Department in not “being all that cooperative,” and told the Justice Department lawyers to get the State Department to shape up and do its duty. “Get with the program ..." Read More

Feds Wrongly Granted Citizenship to Hundreds Facing Deportation

More than 800 illegal immigrants from countries of concern who were set for deportation were mistakenly granted U.S. citizenship because the Department of Homeland Security didn’t have their fingerprints on file, according to an internal audit released Monday. The Homeland Security Department’s inspector general found the immigrants used different names or birthdates to apply for citizenship with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration. In the case of 858 immigrants from "special interest countries or neighboring countries with high rates of immigration fraud," the discrepancies weren’t caught because their fingerprints were missing ... Read More