In Charts, What 7 Seniors' Tax Bills Would Be With Tax Reform

Dec. 8, 2017
Good morning from Washington. Yesterday, FBI Director Christopher Wray faced questions about Hillary Clinton and Russia in a congressional hearing. Fred Lucas has the highlights. As a series of fires ravages California, Rachel del Guidice compiles images that show what it's like on the ground. Is the mainstream media ignoring a Fox News anchor who spoke out about sexual harassment? Kelsey Harkness and Bre Payton analyze in their "Problematic Women" show. Seventy-six years ago today, the United States entered World War II.
Commentary In Charts, What 7 Seniors' Tax Bills Would Be With Tax Reform While seniors' earnings and pension income would be subject to new individual income tax brackets and rates, those changes would actually mean tax cuts—not increases—for an overwhelming majority of seniors and retirees. Read More
News FBI Chief Vows to Keep Politics Out of Probes After Trump Says Bureau's Reputation Is in 'Tatters' Throughout most of the hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray deflected in answering the questions. On Republican questions about the Clinton email probe, he noted that the FBI's inspector general is reviewing how the probe was conducted. Read More
News GOP Congressman to Resign for Having 'Discussion of Surrogacy' With Female Staffers Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., announced that he will leave Congress in January after reportedly asking two of his female staffers to be surrogates for his child. Read More
Commentary Doomsday Will Not Follow Repeal of Obamacare's Individual Mandate Critics of the Senate tax bill say repeal of the mandate penalty to buy Obamacare coverage will result in a spike in premiums, an increase in the numbers of the uninsured, and a "collapse" of the health insurance markets. Here are the facts. Read More
News Problematic Women: Time Magazine Forgets About Gretchen Carlson and Pro-Lifer Time Magazine names the silence breakers as person of the year—but why did it leave out former Fox News' Gretchen Carlson? Watch the Video or Listen to the Podcast
News Jack Phillips Case Shows Misunderstanding of Discrimination, Warn Legal Experts "Sexual orientation discrimination laws are being misused right now in a way to silence and punish those who have religious convictions about marriage being between a man and a woman," says Kristen Waggoner, lawyer for Jack Phillips. Read More
Commentary Support Grows for Air Force Colonel Suspended Over Religious Beliefs on Marriage Col. Leland Bohannon's superiors decided in May that the colonel's decision not to sign a "certificate of appreciation" for a same-sex spouse was enough to suspend him from duty. Read More
News 28 Photos That Take You Inside California Wildfires' Destruction "Daddy. The home is gone," says Amanda Lewis of the California house where she grew up. See the Photos
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