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Trump has not elaborated on how large a payroll tax cut would be. If he were to make such a move, he would not be the first to implement such changes. Former President Barack Obama previously reduced the taxes paid by employees to 4.2%, down from 6.2%, in 2011 and 2012. Yet experts say that the boost consumers get to their pay checks might not be that noticeable. If $10,000…

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education By MICHAEL STRATFORD 08/21/2019 05:59 PM EDT President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed the Education Department to more easily forgive the federal student loans owed by veterans with disabilities, making a move Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had resisted for months. Veterans and other student loan borrowers who are “totally and permanently” disabled are entitled under existing law to have their federal student loans canceled by the Education Department. But…

Denmark is a close American ally deserving of far better from President Trump. The American people, who expect their president will put U.S. interests before his own ego, also deserve better. I say this in light of insults Trump directed at the Danish prime minister on Wednesday after she labeled his efforts to buy Greenland as “absurd.” Trump’s outburst follows his similarly petulant tweet on Tuesday that “based on Prime…

Denmark is a close American ally deserving of far better from President Trump. The American people, who expect their president will put U.S. interests before his own ego, also deserve better. I say this in light of insults Trump directed at the Danish prime minister on Wednesday after she labeled his efforts to buy Greenland as “absurd.” Trump’s outburst follows his similarly petulant tweet on Tuesday that “based on Prime…

Denmark is a close American ally deserving of far better from President Trump. The American people, who expect their president will put U.S. interests before his own ego, also deserve better. I say this in light of insults Trump directed at the Danish prime minister on Wednesday after she labeled his efforts to buy Greenland as “absurd.” Trump’s outburst follows his similarly petulant tweet on Tuesday that “based on Prime…

Mr. Trump has tried to make the two Democratic lawmakers, Representatives Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the face of the Democratic Party after they made comments this year that were critical of American support of Israel. Though their views on Israel are far from representing the majority of the Democratic Party, Mr. Trump has seized on the divide and is trying to sell it to Jewish…

In an overdue but welcome move from the Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday their new regulation replacing the Flores Settlement Agreement, which forces the separation of migrant children from their parents while they await asylum proceedings. For all that immigration activists and even members of the media have lambasted the DHS’ elimination of the potentially illegal Flores settlement, it may right one of the worst humanitarian…

The federal budget deficit is expected to grow to $960 billion this year, the Congressional Budget Office said. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP The federal budget deficit is expected to grow to $960 billion this year, the Congressional Budget Office said. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Congressional budget forecasters are predicting more red ink — nearly $1 trillion this year — as a result of the bipartisan…

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Our president is an absolute savage. And lately his Twitter feed has shown it, with President Trump roasting Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and sharing a hilarious meme about Greenland. The comedic genius of Trump’s tweets should not go unacknowledged. These tweets would be awesome, if they didn’t come from the leader of the free world — a man who could start a nuclear war at the push of a button….

Our president is an absolute savage. And lately his Twitter feed has shown it, with President Trump roasting Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and sharing a hilarious meme about Greenland. The comedic genius of Trump’s tweets should not go unacknowledged. These tweets would be awesome, if they didn’t come from the leader of the free world — a man who could start a nuclear war at the push of a button….

Our president is an absolute savage. And lately his Twitter feed has shown it, with President Trump roasting Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and sharing a hilarious meme about Greenland. The comedic genius of Trump’s tweets should not go unacknowledged. These tweets would be awesome, if they didn’t come from the leader of the free world — a man who could start a nuclear war at the push of a button….

Video Gen. Jack Keane fears Al Qaeda will reestablish a base in Afghanistan if US troops withdraw The U.S. and the Taliban are reportedly resuming peace talks; reaction and analysis from Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane, chairman of the Institute for the Study of War. Retired military general and Fox News analyst Jack Keane told “The Story” an approaching deal between the United States and the Taliban…

Tom Hamburger Josh Dawsey August 20 at 9:22 PM President Trump talked Tuesday with National Rifle Association chief executive Wayne LaPierre and assured him that universal background checks were off the table, according to several people familiar with the call. Trump told LaPierre that the White House remained interested in proposals that would address weapons getting into the hands of the mentally ill, including the possibility of backing so-called “red…

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Image caption Luka Ivezic is studying misinformation and politics at Kings College London Twitter announced on Monday it had removed 936 accounts it said belonged to a state-backed Chinese effort to sow discord and undermine protests in Hong Kong. The accounts taken down represented “the most active portions of this campaign”, the company said. That was news to Luka Ivezic, a 24-year-old student at Kings College London, whose account –…

The answer, as usual, is to be found in Trump’s TV-viewing habit. I suspect that, during his recent Executive Time, he watched the James Bond film “Quantum of Solace,” in which the villains conquer a country by monopolizing the fresh-water supply. Greenland’s ice, with enough water to fill the Great Lakes 115 times, is the world’s second-largest supply of fresh water.

President Trump, on a tirade about Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib on Tuesday, claimed that American Jews who voted Democrat were either ill-informed or were exhibiting “great disloyalty.” This is a disgusting comment that reveals that, despite his constant attacks on them, Trump has no idea what actually made Tlaib and Omar’s statements anti-Semitic. Asked to react to Omar and Tlaib’s recent Israel-bashing press conference, Trump went off on…

President Donald Trump walks on stage to address construction workers in Pennsylvania. Trump and top White House officials are worried about a global economic slowdown that could trigger a U.S. recession. | Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette via AP Economy The White House is weighing cuts to corporate and payroll taxes, among other measures, to cushion the U.S. economy if an election-year recession hits. By NANCY COOK 08/20/2019 07:05 PM EDT In public,…