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Conservatives drop demands for bigger spending cuts to get to tax reform
The Hill
Conservatives are dropping their demands for billions in mandatory spending cuts as GOP House leaders ready to take up the Senate-passed budget next week, a key step for tax reform. House Budget Committee Chairwoman Diane Black · Diane Lynn ...
Republicans are celebrating tax cuts that are still a long way from becoming realityWashington Post
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After Video Refutes Kelly's Charges, Congresswoman Raises Issue of Race
New York Times
James B. Comey, then the director of the F.B.I., left, with Representative Frederica S. Wilson next to him, at the 2015 ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the dedication of a new federal office building in Miami. Credit Pool photo by Wilfredo Lee ...
The White House is increasingly — and worryingly — using the military as a shield against criticismWashington Post
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Republicans could now unexpectedly try to 'steamroll' Trump's massive tax plan through Congress
Business Insider
The Senate passed its budget resolution Thursday night, setting up the path to tax reform. Indications from the GOP leaders is that Congress may speed up the process to pass tax reform sooner rather than later. Challenges still lay ahead, and a tax ...

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Schlumberger, Baker Hughes warn of weak fourth quarter
Reuters
(Reuters) - The world's top two oilfield services firms warned on Friday of a challenging fourth quarter for the industry, as investment slows due to soft oil prices and energy firms reducing activity on offshore rigs. FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the ...
Schlumberger Helps Out HalliburtonBloomberg
Schlumberger Posts Strong Earnings, Warns of Waning North American ActivityTheStreet.com
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The UK agency that compiled the data in Trump's terrorism tweet disagrees with his assessment
Washington Post
President Trump makes two arguments in opposition to immigration, both debatable. The first is economic, that immigrants in the country illegally (and even many here legally) undercut American workers. A report from the National Academies of Sciences, ...
Trump calls to 'keep America safe' citing rising UK crime rateThe Hill
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Brexit: Talk of deadlock is exaggerated, says Donald Tusk
BBC News
Reports of deadlock over Brexit negotiations may have been exaggerated, European Council President Donald Tusk has said after a Brussels summit. Progress was "not sufficient" to begin trade talks with the UK now but that "doesn't mean there is no ...
EU leaders struggle to break through Brexit talks impasseChicago Tribune
UK Plc Not Sold on Merkel's 'Warmer Words' on BrexitBloomberg
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The Finance 202: Now, the hard part: Writing a tax bill
Washington Post
THE TICKER. Senate Republicans just paved their yellow brick road to a $1.5 trillion tax cut. After an anticlimactic vote-a-rama on Thursday evening, the upper chamber voted along party lines — minus Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) — to approve a spending ...
Senate Approves Budget Plan That Smooths Path Toward Tax CutNew York Times
What to watch on the GOP budget and tax reformPolitico
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The Daily 202: Obama and Bush deliver calls to action against Trumpism
Washington Post
With Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve. THE BIG IDEA: RICHMOND — George W. Bush has stayed out of the political fray for nine years now, and Barack Obama has kept his head down for the past nine months. On Thursday, both former presidents used ...
Bush, Obama blasts will be water off Trump's backCNN
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Senate Approves Budget Plan That Smooths Path Toward Tax Cut
New York Times
Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and John McCain of Arizona, both Republicans, on their way to vote on Thursday night. Credit Al Drago for The New York Times. WASHINGTON — The Senate took a significant step toward rewriting the tax code ...
Alexander struggles to find health care breakthroughThe Hill
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Finally, the Dodgers have the look of a World Series team
Los Angeles Times
So this is what a Dodgers World Series team looks like. A couple of dozen players are climbing on each other in a tiny concrete bunker under ancient Wrigley Field, clutching with hugs and headlocks, spraying reddened faces with champagne and beer, ...
Cubs' quest to repeat as champs finally runs out of gasESPN (blog)
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Bush, Obama blasts will be water off Trump's back
CNN
(CNN) The Presidents club is turning on its newest member. Breaking the code of silence that retired commanders in chief normally maintain about their successors, both George W. Bush and Barack Obama delivered clear jabs at the current occupant of the ...
Without Saying 'Trump,' Bush and Obama Deliver Implicit RebukesNew York Times
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Senate approves budget in crucial step forward for Republican tax cuts
Washington Post
The Senate approved the Republican-backed budget Thursday night, a major step forward for the GOP effort to enact tax cuts. The budget's passage will allow the GOP to use a procedural maneuver to pass tax legislation through the Senate with 50 or more ...
Senate passes budget, clearing path for tax reformPolitico
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Kelly Delivers Fervent Defense of Trump Call to Soldier's Widow
New York Times
The White House chief of staff, John F. Kelly, defended President Trump's call to the widow of a slain soldier and described the trauma of learning about his own son's death in Afghanistan during a news briefing on Thursday. Publish Date October 19, 2017.
John Kelly's fiery defense of Trump's shot at Obama and Gold Star phone call, annotatedWashington Post
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Kelly Delivers Fervent Defense of Trump Call to Soldier's Widow
New York Times
The White House chief of staff, John F. Kelly, defended President Trump's call to the widow of a slain soldier and described the trauma of learning about his own son's death in Afghanistan during a news briefing on Thursday. Publish Date October 19, 2017.
John Kelly knows what happens when troops are killed. He experienced it firsthand.Washington Post
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Harvey Weinstein raped me, actress tells LAPD. Investigation launched
Los Angeles Times
An Italian model-actress met with Los Angeles police detectives for more than two hours Thursday morning, providing a detailed account of new allegations that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her at a hotel in 2013. She is the sixth ...
Harvey Weinstein Under LAPD Investigation For RapeDeadline
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