Year: 2019

Trump plans to announce a middle-class tax cut next year.  “It will be a very substantial tax cut,” Trump said at a Baltimore retreat with congressional Republicans, according to The Hill. He also said that […]

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Officials of the Trump administration took a tour around a facility in California which was used by the Federal Aviation Administration in a search for sites to relocate the homeless population of the state, The Hill reported […]

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The Democratic Congressional Committee (DCCC) has elected its new executive director following a disturbance over the summer period that resulted in the departure of a large number of personnel “over concerns about diversity,” The Hill reported. […]

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A Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the path for an immigration rule restricting the ability to seek asylum to take effect while the appeals process plays out. The order deals the Trump administration a much-needed […]

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The Trump administration announced Tuesday a new executive order which aims to expand counterterrorism sanctions, allowing the United States to target terrorist leaders without previously tying them to specific acts. “Foreign financial institutions are now […]

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last month blocked a measure that would have used Treasury Department funds marked for Appalachian development to help pay for coal miners’ health care and pensions in his home state […]

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Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan said Monday that border arrests have marked a sharp decline over the past month, underlining the construction of a new section of the border wall. He said […]

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Three Democratic-led House committees said Monday that they had opened “a wide-ranging investigation” into reported efforts by President Donald Trump and his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to pressure the government of Ukraine to help Trump’s […]

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