Dec 03 Why Republicans who once fought budget debt now embrace it By Josh Boak, Associated Press Over the next decade, the Republican tax plan would add at least $1 trillion to the national debt on top of an additional $10 trillion in deficits over the same period. This borrowing spree would mark a sharp reversal for… Continue reading
Dec 03 Trump lashes out at own FBI in a series of tweets By Ken Thomas, Associated Press President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack Sunday on the credibility of his own FBI. Continue reading
Dec 03 Trump suggests he may be flexible on corporate tax rates By Ken Thomas, Associated Press President Donald Trump has suggested that he may be willing to negotiate changes to a significant portion of the tax overhaul, the corporate tax rate, injecting an element of uncertainty into the tax plan only hours after it cleared the… Continue reading
Dec 03 Senate Democrats stand united against GOP tax bill By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Rarely unified, Senate Democrats stood together in opposing the GOP revamp of the tax code. Continue reading
Dec 03 Trump says he never asked Comey to stop Flynn probe By Calvin Woodward and Ken Thomas, Associated Press Trump shifted his story Saturday on why he fired Flynn, lumping in the retired Army lieutenant general’s lies to the FBI along with his untruthfulness with Vice President Mike Pence. Continue reading
Dec 02 We took your questions about the Senate tax bill. Here are the answers By Lisa Desjardins and Corinne Segal What about the deficit? What happens to the Affordable Care Act? You had questions and NewsHour's Political Director Lisa Desjardins answered them. Continue reading
Dec 02 Trump alters story on why he fired Flynn By Calvin Woodward and Ken Thomas, Associated Press President Donald Trump changed his story Saturday on why he fired Michael Flynn as his national security adviser. Continue reading
Dec 02 Sweeping aside Russia probe, Trump says 'we're unbeatable' By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Brushing aside an ongoing Russia probe, President Donald Trump reveled Saturday in the Senate’s passage of a sweeping tax bill, predicting with swagger that he and his fellow Republicans were “unbeatable.”… Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 3:48 What were the last-minute changes to the Senate tax bill? By PBS News Hour The Senate passed a $1.5 trillion tax package early Saturday, pushing closer to one of the largest overhauls of the U.S. tax code in decades. But the vote came just hours after the final text of the nearly 500-page bill… Continue watching
Dec 02 Amid accusations, Roy Moore fighting for campaign cash By Steve Peoples, Associated Press The Senate candidate and his allies are almost completely cut off from the GOP's traditional donor network and struggling to raise money for the final-weeks sprint to Election Day. Continue reading