Voters in eight states cast their ballots Tuesday in what amounts to the most significant primary election of the 2018 season, a Super Tuesday for partisans battling for control of Congress. In critical races across the country, Democrats had a good night. But so too did Republicans, who avoided a disaster that could have cost […]
YOWZA!: House GOP Congressional Leadership Fund Receives $30M Thanks to Sheldon Adelson…
Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has cut a $30 million check to the House GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund, a massive cash infusion that top Republicans hope will alter the party’s electoral outlook six months before Election Day. The long-sought donation was sealed last week when, according to two senior Republicans, House Speaker Paul Ryan […]
Treasury and IRS Release New Guidance on Tax Withholding…
The IRS and Treasury Department on Thursday issued new guidance on tax withholding from employees’ paychecks, a key step in its implementation of the new tax law that President Trump signed last month. The new guidance will allow many taxpayers to start seeing bigger paychecks due to the new law. The IRS is instructing employers […]
White House Doesn’t Deny Trump’s ‘Shithole’ Immigration Remark…
President Donald Trump made racially-charged comments during a meeting on immigration with lawmakers on Thursday, asking why the U.S. admits people from “shithole countries,” according to two people familiar with the meeting. The White House did not deny Trump made the remarks. During the meeting, senators who had worked out a deal on protecting so-called […]
House GOP Plan for Separate Section 702 Law, ‘Dead for Now’…
House Republicans’ plans to vote on a stand-alone bill to renew a controversial surveillance authority are dead “for now,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) told reporters less than 24 hours after lawmakers scheduled a Rules Committee vote on the measure. GOP lawmakers will attempt to hash out stark divisions in a conference meeting […]
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