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House Forced to Revote on GOP Tax Bill Wednesday
WASHINGTON (AP/WMAL) — The House will have to re-vote on the tax bill on Wednesday.Democrats say three provisions violate Senate rules and will likely be removed before that chamber votes on the...
Syndicated Author Dec 19, 2017

Democrat Leads Recount in Virginia House Race by One Vote
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Republican control of Virginia’s House of Delegates may be in peril now that a Democratic challenger seems to have won a recount.Election officials in Newpor...
Syndicated Author Dec 19, 2017

Safety Technology Wasn’t Working on Train Track
5:00 EST PM UPDATE: DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — Critical safety technology designed to automatically slow or stop trains that are going too fast was not working on a section of track outside of S...
Syndicated Author Dec 19, 2017

House Passes $1.5 Trillion Tax Bill in Major Win for GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed the most sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades. The bill now goes to the Senate for an expected vote Tuesday eve...
Syndicated Author Dec 19, 2017

Parents Upset Over Surprise Ivanka Trump High School Visit
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) – Parents of students at a Connecticut high school say they were upset when Ivanka Trump made an unannounced visit.Some parents pulled their children from class on Mond...
Syndicated Author Dec 19, 2017

Thousands Trying to Get Out of Atlanta After Lights Went Out at Hartsfield Airport
(CNN) — There were people still sleeping on the floor the day after a power outage shut down operations at the Atlanta airport, but long ticket and security lines were moving slowly as nor...
Syndicated Author Dec 18, 2017

Hold the Cream and Sugar: Dunkin’ Beer Marks Winter Solstice
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) – Dunkin’ Donuts is brewing more than coffee for the shortest and darkest day of the year. The Canton, Massachusets-based coffee and doughnut chain said Monday...
Syndicated Author Dec 18, 2017

FBI Investigates After 70-year-old Widow Duped Out of $225K
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The FBI is investigating after a 70-year-old Oklahoma woman said said she was duped out of more than $225,000 by someone posing online as a U.S. Army general statione...
Syndicated Author Dec 18, 2017

Pence Postpones Mideast Trip to Mid-January, Citing Tax Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President Mike Pence is postponing his trip to Egypt and Israel until the middle of January, citing an upcoming vote in the Senate to overhaul the nation’s ta...
Syndicated Author Dec 18, 2017

US Ambassador Defends Jerusalem Veto at UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley says she vetoed a U.N. resolution demanding that President Donald Trump rescind his declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel ...
Syndicated Author Dec 18, 2017
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