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Trump signals openness to changes in GOP tax plan (Yahoo)
President Donald Trump said Monday changes to the Republican tax bill are coming, as he looks to win over holdout GOP senators in an effort to pass the package by the end of the year.
In a morning tweet, the president said, “With just a few changes, some mathematical, the middle class and job producers can get even more in actual dollars and savings.”
Trump is suggesting openness to making unspecified changes to the way millions of “pass-through” businesses are taxed, a sticking point for some lawmakers. [Read More]
Sen. Al Franken, who is currently plagued by a number of sexual misconduct accusations, received a tough grilling in a 30-minute interview with WCCO on whether he has ever grabbed a woman’s backside.
In the first television interview since four women accused the Minnesota senator of sexual misconduct, Franken apologized and said he was “embarrassed and ashamed of some of what has come out.”
When confronted by WCCO’s Esme Murphy about Leanne Tweeden’sallegation that he forcibly kissed her during a USO tour in 2006, Franken said he “had a different recollection of the kiss.” [Read More]
Consumer agency official sues Trump administration over its leadership (Fox News)
The federal official tapped by an outgoing Obama appointee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Agency filed a lawsuit on Sunday challenging President Trump’s decision to instead appoint his budget director to the post – setting up a Monday showdown at the controversial agency.
The disputed appointment has pitted the Trump White House and Justice Department against top congressional Democrats, with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., saying Deputy Director Leandra English should serve as acting director until a new boss is confirmed.
“[T]he Trump administration is ignoring the established, proper, legal order of succession that we purposefully put in place, in order to put a fox in charge of a hen house,” Schumer said in a statement. [Read More]
Joe Scarborough Gives Impassioned Defense of John Conyers: ‘I Would Call That an Icon!’ (Mediaite)
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough launched into an impassioned defense of Rep. John Conyers, arguing on Morning Joe that despite the sexual harassment allegations, the congressman is still an American icon.
Scarborough was responding to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’strain-wreck interview on Sunday’s Meet the Press, in which she stumbled over a number of questions on Conyers’s fate in Congress, and called the civil rights leader “an icon in our country.”
The Morning Joe co-host noted that Conyers might have dementia, stating “he’s clearly not capable of being a United States congressman.” [Read More]
Report: FBI failed to tell US officials they were targets of Russian hackers (The Hill)
The FBI reportedly did not inform U.S. government officials that a Russian hacking operation was attempting to breach their personal emails.
According to an investigation by The Associated Press, the bureau possessed evidence for a year that showed the officials were targets of a Kremlin-linked hacking entity known as Fancy Bear.
The AP said that in the course of its almost 80 interviews, it identified only two instances in which the bureau informed the officials.
Three sources confirmed to the news outlet that the bureau was aware of the cyber efforts for over a year.
“The FBI routinely notifies individuals and organizations of potential threat information,” the FBI said in a statement to the AP. [Read More]
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