Staten Island’s Malliotakis Signals Support for $30,000 SALT Cap

Representative Nicole Malliotakis said increasing the state and local tax deduction cap to $30,000 from $10,000 would reduce the tax burden of the vast majority of people in her district, indicating support for a proposal that is dividing Republicans.

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Author: Billy House

David Souter, Supreme Court justice favoring judicial restraint, dies at 85

On the high court from 1990 to 2009, he saw his role as one of quiet resistance against excess and dramatic change.

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Author: Ann E. Marimow

Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at 85

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Author: Dan Mangan

Trump Says He’s ‘OK’ With Tax Hike on Wealthy But Cautions GOP

President Donald Trump said he would be fine with Republican lawmakers raising taxes on the wealthy, but acknowledged the political challenges of doing so for the party as he prepares to meet with the head of the House tax committee on Friday.

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Author: Skylar Woodhouse

Democratic state attorneys general sue to block Trump’s energy emergency

Fifteen state attorneys general sued President Donald Trump on Friday to try to block his national energy emergency, which the states said is an unlawful effort to disregard regulations and fast-track permitting for oil and gas development.

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Author: Tom Hals

Mayor of Newark arrested for trespassing at Ice detention center

Ras Baraka, who has spoken out against Trump’s immigration policies, was at the center with Democratic members of Congress

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Author: Richard Luscombe

Newark’s Mayor Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center

Ras J. Baraka and city officials have been trying to close the leased lockup, saying it’s part of President Trump’s unjust deportation campaign.

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Author: Alyce McFadden

Trump fires Democratic-appointed Consumer Product Safety commissioners

The move comes as the Trump administration is facing legal scrutiny over its efforts to permanently fire board members at independent agencies.

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Author: Shania Shelton, Michael Williams

Live updates: Trump appoints Ed Martin to new Justice roles, including pardon attorney

Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the Republican-led Congress.

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Author: The Washington Post

Liam Payne’s son Bear might not receive father’s fortune until he’s 25

Liam Payne’s son Bear could be blocked by his mother, Cheryl Tweedy, from inheriting his father’s multi-million pound fortune until he is at least 25, a source has claimed.

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Author: Shannon McGuigan

Tom Hardy gets real about health fears and toxic habits

Tom Hardy, legendary actor best known for his roles in films like Mad Max: Fury Road and The Dark Knight Rises, has recently opened up about the personal struggle he’s been facing behind the…

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Author: Hollywood Desk

Bake Off’s Prue Leith says ‘you can’t take him anywhere’ after husband’s racy comment

The Great British Bake Off star Prue Leith appeared on This Morning on Friday and was joined by her husband, John Playfair

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Author: Sara Baalla

Bake Off star Prue Leith’s husband shares cheeky reaction to risque latex look

The Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith appeared on Friday’s This Morning with her husband, John Playfair

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Author: Sara Baalla

Molly-Mae Hague reveals what really happened with THAT New Year’s kiss

The couple’s shock summer split last August was branded a ‘publicity stunt’ by fans after they were filmed packing on the PDA at Manchester United footballer Luke Shaw’s party in Cheshire.

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Author: Kirsten Murray

Police investigate alleged attack on prison officer by Southport triple killer

Axel Rudakubana allegedly poured boiling water over an officer at HMP Belmarsh on Thursday

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Author: Aneesa Ahmed

Mandelson ‘looking forward’ to bringing down more US tariffs

Donald Trump’s press secretary insisted that the president will stand firm on the blanket 10% tariff on most UK imports into the US

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Author: Caitlin Doherty

Axel Rudakubana ‘threw boiling water over prison guard’

Questions are being asked about how the Southport killer, who is serving a minimum term of 52 years at HMP Belmarsh, was able to carry out the alleged attack

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Author: Laurence Sleator

Head of Royal Navy suspended over ‘affair with subordinate’

Admiral Sir Ben Key is the only first sea lord to have faced a misconduct inquiry in the navy’s 500-year history

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Author: Larisa Brown, Defence Editor

Police investigate alleged attack on prison officer by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana

Axel Rudakubana was jailed for a minimum of 52 years in January over the murder of three girls.

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Author: bbc.com

Republicans push back on Trump’s ‘plan to up tax on rich’

Party discontent emerges after report president urged Johnson to raise top levy rate and close loophole

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Author: Cameron Henderson

Trump’s “weak tea” tax on the rich

Republicans have been actively working to be seen as a working class party.

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Author: Emily Peck

Republicans eye major expansion of college endowment tax

The tiered plan would raise revnue to help the GOP fund tax cuts for individuals and coincides with President Donald Trump’s attacks on numerous colleges and universities.

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Author: Daniel Barnes,Benjamin Guggenheim,Meredith Lee Hill

CCF Marks 20th Anniversary as Ominous Cuts to Medicaid Loom

The Center for Children and Families turned 20 on Monday! I marked this milestone as a guest on the NPR 1A program, explaining the role of Medicaid and Congressional proposals to cut it deeply. Man…

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Author: Joan Alker

How Trump Is Scrambling the G.O.P. Push to Cut Medicaid Spending

The president’s stated opposition to cutting the program has put Republicans laboring to enact his domestic agenda in a bind.

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Author: Catie Edmondson