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President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will shrink two national monuments in Utah on Monday, his final decision as a result of a federal review of monuments that began earlier this year. Trump has been considering whether to reduce the size of several national monuments as part of a review started earlier this year. He is expected to announce his decision to change the boundaries of two monuments in Utah, Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Utah Sen.

Sen. Donald Trump and Republican senators to get a tax reform bill through Congress. “After careful thought and consideration, I have decided to support middle class families.” McCain’s support comes at a critical time for the measure. The Senate voted to proceed to debate on the bill on Wednesday, giving Republicans a procedural win. But it’s still unclear whether Sen.

The Congressional Office of Compliance secretly paid close to $100,000 in taxpayer funds to settle sexual harassment claims from at least two young male staffers who worked for disgraced former Congressman Eric Massa, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the matter told ABC News. The claims were settled after Massa, a Democrat from upstate New York, resigned in 2010 amid a pending ethics investigation into allegations he groped and sexually harassed members of his staff. "This is exactly why there should be transpa

The White House developed a plan in recent months to remove Secretary of State Rex Tillerson from his post and replace him with current CIA Director Mike Pompeo, a source confirmed to ABC News on Thursday. The New York Times first reported that Tillerson's ouster, spearheaded by White House Tom Cotton, R-Ark., to lead the CIA. The report

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CAPITAL SOURCE Mayor Martin J. Walsh reportedly needled Representative David Nangle about his getting behind Third District candidate Lori Trahan.  CAPITAL SOURCE City voters approved the Community Preservation Act in 2016, allowing for a 1 percent surcharge on residential and business property taxes, beginning last July.  capital source The unfolding race to succeed outgoing US Representative Niki Tsongas in the Third Congressional District has created a web of odd alliances and pitted former colleagues in arms against one another.

Trump’s name-calling overshadowed the people he was ostensibly trying to honor: Native American Code Talkers.  The audit is being pursued after the IRS discovered sloppy bookkeeping and unpaid taxes when examining a sampling of student activity accounts.  House Democrats on Thursday called for Michigan Rep. John Conyers’ resignation, while those in the Senate reserved judgment for their embattled colleague, Minnesota Sen.

Trump’s name-calling overshadowed the people he was ostensibly trying to honor: Native American Code Talkers.  The audit is being pursued after the IRS discovered sloppy bookkeeping and unpaid taxes when examining a sampling of student activity accounts.  House Democrats on Thursday called for Michigan Rep. John Conyers’ resignation, while those in the Senate reserved judgment for their embattled colleague, Minnesota Sen.

Trump’s name-calling overshadowed the people he was ostensibly trying to honor: Native American Code Talkers.  The audit is being pursued after the IRS discovered sloppy bookkeeping and unpaid taxes when examining a sampling of student activity accounts.  House Democrats on Thursday called for Michigan Rep. John Conyers’ resignation, while those in the Senate reserved judgment for their embattled colleague, Minnesota Sen.

Tensions are running high in the House Democratic Caucus over the fate of Rep.