The legislation that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released last week would lower federal spending by $321 billion over the decade, the Congressional Budget Office projects, compared with $119 billion in the House version. The analysis comes as McConnell and other Senate Republican leaders try to hurry a vote on their bill this week.
The justices agreed to allow a limited version of President Trump’s ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to take effect, and will consider in the fall the president’s broad powers in immigration matters in a case that raised fundamental issues of national security and religious discrimination.
Why is it that we’re still framing a battle of the sexes as the ultimate test, as if until a female athlete proves she can win an exhibition match against an inferior man, she will not have wrested control of the clicker, the thermostat and the wheel? John McEnroe’s remarks, facetious as they may be, are an excuse to do a status check of how far we’ve come — or not.
Jared Kushner’s real estate company received the loan as the bank was negotiating to settle federal and state charges that it aided a possible Russian money-laundering scheme. Kushner’s association with Deutsche Bank is among a number of financial matters that could come under review by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, who is examining President Trump’s son-in-law as part of his probe into possible Russian influence in the election.
Over a series of five meetings in March, totaling about 10 hours of questioning, Page denied wrongdoing when asked about allegations that he may have acted as a go-between for Russia and the campaign, according to a person familiar with Page’s account.
About five decades ago, everyone wanted to be a guitar god. They were inspired by the men who roamed the concert stage, including Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana and Jimmy Page. Now those boomers are retiring and they’re looking to shed, not add to, their collections. And younger musicians aren’t stepping in to replace them.
The former Wall Street executive is tracking the subtle alterations in once taken-for-granted governmental norms that she believes could undermine democracy. A lot of people are paying attention.
