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The business community is bracing for Democratic proposals to raise the corporate tax rate to pay for infrastructure spending and other priorities. Infrastructure is seen as one of the rare areas where Democrats and MORE might be able to come to a deal, since both sides have called for improvements to the nation’s roads, railways and bridges. The problem is how to pay for the new spending. Many in Washington expect Democrats to push for a hike in the corporate tax rate, which was slashed under the tax law championed by Trump. “I have no doubt that it will be considere

Tensions ramped up at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday as U.S.

The Trump administration and its anti-abortion allies have found themselves in a rare feud. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is facing pressure from leading anti-abortion groups to cancel more than $100 million in federal funding for research projects that use fetal tissue. HHS is soliciting feedback from scientists, anti-abortion groups and other stakeholders as it reviews programs that use fetal tissue before making a decision on whether to nix funding. Anti-abortion groups say the decision should be easy: Eliminate all fetal-tissue funding. “It shows a very hypocritical, an

Jose Abarca, a 43-year-old repeat illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Michael Mason for a rape he committed 22 years ago, according to WJLA. In October 1996, the illegal alien broke into a Maryland home and raped a deaf woman. Before fleeing the scene, Abarca held a gun to the woman’s head and signaled her to be silent.

Jose Abarca, a 43-year-old repeat illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Michael Mason for a rape he committed 22 years ago, according to WJLA. In October 1996, the illegal alien broke into a Maryland home and raped a deaf woman. Before fleeing the scene, Abarca held a gun to the woman’s head and signaled her to be silent.

But critics of the report, including scientists, have slammed it as “exaggeration,” bad science and even said its conclusions are “false.” “This latest climate report is just more of the same – except for even greater exaggeration, worse science, and added interference in the political process by unelected, self-serving bureaucrats,” Tim Huelskamp, president of the Heartland Institute said in statements released by the free-market think tank following the report’s release.  “With a new volume out in December, The Heartland Institute has published 4,000 pages of the 

But critics of the report, including scientists, have slammed it as “exaggeration,” bad science and even said its conclusions are “false.” “This latest climate report is just more of the same – except for even greater exaggeration, worse science, and added interference in the political process by unelected, self-serving bureaucrats,” Tim Huelskamp, president of the Heartland Institute said in statements released by the free-market think tank following the report’s release.  “With a new volume out in December, The Heartland Institute has published 4,000 pages of the 

An agreement would break with long-standing asylum rules and place a formidable new barrier in the path of Central American migrants attempting to reach the United States.   By next year, the national plague could be in retreat.  Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was appointed to the seat in April, is facing Democrat Mike Espy, who was a cabinet secretary in the Clinton administration.  Capital Source After failing to generate much attention as a candidate, Brianna Wu is looking ahead. “I’m focused on 2020. I’m going to win this time,” Wu said this week.

An agreement would break with long-standing asylum rules and place a formidable new barrier in the path of Central American migrants attempting to reach the United States.   By next year, the national plague could be in retreat.  Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was appointed to the seat in April, is facing Democrat Mike Espy, who was a cabinet secretary in the Clinton administration.  Capital Source After failing to generate much attention as a candidate, Brianna Wu is looking ahead. “I’m focused on 2020. I’m going to win this time,” Wu said this week.

An agreement would break with long-standing asylum rules and place a formidable new barrier in the path of Central American migrants attempting to reach the United States.   By next year, the national plague could be in retreat.  Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was appointed to the seat in April, is facing Democrat Mike Espy, who was a cabinet secretary in the Clinton administration.  Capital Source After failing to generate much attention as a candidate, Brianna Wu is looking ahead. “I’m focused on 2020. I’m going to win this time,” Wu said this week.