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WASHINGTON — Republicans are unfailingly passionate about cutting taxes, but as they look to craft the most sweeping tax code rewrite in 31 years, one question reliably dampens their enthusiasm: how to pay for the cuts. Lawmakers have paved the way for a $1.5 trillion tax cut, but the actual plan is expected to cost far more. With House Republicans only weeks away from finally unveiling a tax bill, ideas for raising revenue continue to bubble up and then burst.

WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Monday that he would oppose any effort to reduce the amount of pretax income that American workers can save in 401(k) retirement accounts, effectively killing an idea that Republicans were mulling as a way to help pay for a $1.5 trillion tax cut. The directive, issued via Twitter, underscored a growing fear among Republicans and business lobbyists that Mr.

The Mexican government claims it has a “non-renounceable duty to protect the rights of Mexicans abroad” and has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the litigation.

The Mexican government claims it has a “non-renounceable duty to protect the rights of Mexicans abroad” and has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the litigation.

Nuclear war with North Korea is not "likely" despite the heightened rhetoric between President David Petraeus. "I am concerned, but the question is, 'How concerned?' I don’t think [war] is likely, no," Petraeus told ABC News "This Week" co-anchor weapons program. "All of this is a communications strategy that is trying to make sure that China understands that this administration is in a very different situation than any of its predecessors," he said.

Retired four-star U.S. Army Gen. FBI building in Miami. Video of Wilson's speech obtained by The Sun-Sentinel newspaper appeared to refute Kelly's account.

Sen. Donald Trump. McCain, who made the remarks while discussing the Vietnam War in an interview with C-SPAN3, echoed questions that surfaced during the 2016 campaign about Trump's medical history and draft deferments. "One aspect of the [Vietnam] conflict, by the way, that I will never, ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest-income level of America, and the highest-income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur," McCain said. "That is wrong. That is wrong.

Arizona Sen. Donald Trump’s handling of a phone call to an Army widow as she was grieving over the loss of her husband Army Sergeant La David Johnson. "We should not be fighting about a brave American who lost his life serving his country," McCain said in an appearance on “The View” today. "That should not be the topic of discussion in America today." Sgt. Johnson was one of four U.S. military members to lose their lives during an ambush in

When fentanyl. The amount of prescription opioids legally sold nearly quadrupled from 1999 to 2010, despite no change in the amount of pain that Americans reported.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — The widow of one of four soldiers killed in Niger went on television Monday to criticize President Donald Trump for how he spoke to her during a condolence call last week, saying the president blundered through the conversation and only deepened her grief because he did not seem to know her husband’s name. Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David T.