An agreement was reached this week to restore tax breaks for businesses and to increase child tax credit benefits for lower-income families. The deal was negotiated by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and congressman Jason Smith (R-MI), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. The legislators say the bill […]
Former President Trump late Wednesday cautioned lawmakers against agreeing to a deal on border policy unless Republicans got everything needed to shut down the flow of migrants into the United States, potentially complicating efforts to reach a bipartisan compromise in Congress. "I do not think we should do a Border Deal, at all, unless we...
At least 40 Boeing 737 Max 9 jets have been inspected so far in the Biden administration's probe into the aircraft, after a plane lost part of its fuselage mid-flight earlier this month and was forced to make an emergency landing, officials said Wednesday. Representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation...
Pakistan launched counterstrikes on Iran early Thursday, allegedly targeting a militant group’s hideout in the country just days after Tehran conducted airstrikes within its borders. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said it conducted “a series of highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision military strikes” against Baluch militant locations in the Siestan-o-Baluchistan province of Iran. A local Iranian official said...
A group looking to put an abortion rights measure on the ballot in Missouri finalized language it would use for their proposed constitutional amendment, and announced the coalition of groups it would be partnering with. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom announced Wednesday that the group compromised of a coalition of groups including the ACLU of Missouri, Abortion Action Missouri, Planned...