House Republicans Move to Lock in Tax Cuts
House Republicans announced legislation Monday to permanently lock in last year’s tax cuts, looking to remind voters of the surging economy — and the Republicans’ role in getting it there — in the weeks before the November elections. The three bills have been dubbed Tax Reform 2.0. They would make good on President Trump’s repeated calls on Congress to go beyond the $1.5 trillion package he signed last year and give Americans more breaks. The legislation would make permanent last year’s tax breaks for individuals, preventing them from facing a tax increase in eight years, while boosting incentives for retirement savings and giving more lenient tax ... Read More
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Group Threatens Sen. Collins Over Kavanaugh Vote
A leading elections lawyer is calling for an immediate investigation into a $1.3 million threat now hanging over the head of Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, money a website says will be provided to her next opponent only if she votes to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. A left-leaning activist organization, Mainers for Accountable Leadership (MFAL), is teaming up with an organization called the Maine People’s Alliance, to crowdsource a fundraising campaign targeting Collins in her 2020 re-election if she votes to confirm Kavanaugh. But the fundraising has a catch. “Donors” are asked to pledge a donation against Collins, money that will only be ... Read More
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Trump Orders Palestinian US Mission Closed
The Trump administration ordered the closure of the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington on Monday, citing the refusal of Palestinian leaders to enter into peace talks with Israel. The Palestinians accused the administration of dismantling decades of U.S. engagement with them. The State Department said the U.S. step — the latest in a series targeting the Palestinians — came after a review of the office of the Palestine Liberation Organization centered on the fact that no "direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel" are underway despite previous warnings. "To the contrary, PLO leadership has condemned a U.S. peace plan they have not yet seen and refused to ... Read More
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6 Denials of Woodward Claims Before Release of Trump Book
Denials and denunciations stacked up days before the formal release Tuesday of legendary investigative reporter Bob Woodward’s book “Fear: Trump in the White House.” So have insults from President Donald Trump and administration officials. This doesn’t surprise Woodward, who gained fame for his reporting of the Watergate scandal with Carl Bernstein at The Washington Post in the early 1970s, and is the author or co-author of 18 best-selling books, most centered on government and politics. “You crank [up] the great Washington denial machine,” Woodward told National Public Radio. “I’ve seen this over the years, going back to the Nixon case.” A key source for ... Read More
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Lawmakers Move 3 Spending Bills Forward for House Vote
Negotiators reached a deal Monday on the first three spending bills for the new fiscal year, in what lawmakers touted as the best progress in a decade on making the annual funding process work. The three bills — to fund veterans’ benefits, priority water and energy projects, and Congress‘ own accounts — will see their first vote in the House later this week, and should then easily clear the Senate, en route to President Trump. Should Mr. Trump sign them, it would begin to defuse the threat of a government shutdown later this year. The three bills are the first of the dozen needed to ... Read More
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