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With ten days left until Christmas, the Trumps and Pences released on Thursday their official Christmas portraits -- their first such photos since taking office. First lady President Donald Trump are standing in the Cross Hall of the White House, surrounded by Christmas trees covered in fake snow. "Merry Christmas from President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump," reads Mrs.

Republican House and Senate negotiators released their thousand-page tax bill Friday evening, getting one step closer to passing sweeping legislation that would provide deep tax cuts for corporations and tax breaks for the wealthy, while offering what most economists say are more limited benefits for middle-class Americans. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 would lower the corporate rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, eliminate the corporate alternative minimum tax which ensures corporations pay at least some tax on

email server because of agency's political bias. Just last week Trump said the FBI's reputation was "in Tatters - worst in History!" Asked a week ago about the president's tweets in front of the House Judiciary Committee, FBI Director election interference. Specifically, lawmakers pressed Wray over anti-Trump texts sent by a senior agent on Jeff Sessions to appo

The TAKE with Rick Klein Titanic political forces are at work, churning through the political landscape. And – with echoes of not-so-distant history – signs are everywhere that the disruptions have barely begun. Alabama hinted at a national political turnaround.

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capital source The endorsement comes at a critical time for candidate Jay Gonzalez.  One of the City Council’s most high-profile acts of the year still sits in the hands of Mayor Martin Walsh.  capital source Wednesday’s meeting was the council’s last of the year, before a new council is sworn in on Jan. 1.

The endorsement comes at a critical time for candidate Jay Gonzalez.  When the White House senior staff convened Friday for a regular briefing, there was not one black person among the roughly 30 people gathered.  The support of Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Corker all but ensures the package will pass the Senate.  Perspective | Magazine From birth, we get benefits no one else can touch. And it just gets better from there. We need to own up, and share the wealth.

The endorsement comes at a critical time for candidate Jay Gonzalez.  When the White House senior staff convened Friday for a regular briefing, there was not one black person among the roughly 30 people gathered.  The support of Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Corker all but ensures the package will pass the Senate.  Perspective | Magazine From birth, we get benefits no one else can touch. And it just gets better from there. We need to own up, and share the wealth.

The endorsement comes at a critical time for candidate Jay Gonzalez.  When the White House senior staff convened Friday for a regular briefing, there was not one black person among the roughly 30 people gathered.  The support of Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Corker all but ensures the package will pass the Senate.  Perspective | Magazine From birth, we get benefits no one else can touch. And it just gets better from there. We need to own up, and share the wealth.

A Democratic senator says a proposal in the GOP tax bill allowing churches and charities to engage in partisan politics has been blocked by the Senate parliamentarian. Sen.