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U.S. Urges No Travel To Cuba, Cuts Embassy Staff

Senior U.S. officials say the United States is pulling roughly 60 percent of its staff out of Cuba and warning American travelers not to visit due to β€œspecific attacks” that have harmed U.S. diplomats.

Job in Jeopardy, HHS Chief Promises to Repay Charter Costs

Fighting to keep his job, health secretary Tom Price said Thursday he’d write a personal check to reimburse taxpayers for his travel on charter flights taken on government business and pledged to fly commercial β€” β€œno exceptions.”

Playboy Magazine Founder Hugh Hefner Dies at 91

Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of clubs, mansions, movies and television, symbolized by bow-tied women in bunny costumes, has died at age 91.

President Trump Announces New Tax Reform Bill

President Donald Trump promising a major tax overhaul. Trump unveiled what he calls his "historic" plan in Indiana Wednesday. And while he's touting dramatic tax cuts for businesses and the middle class some say the plan will be a substantial boost for the super-rich.

Trump, GOP Tax Plan Would Cut Rates For Many Americans

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are proposing a far-reaching, $5 trillion plan Wednesday that would cut taxes for corporations and potentially for individuals, simplify the tax system and nearly double the standard deduction used by most Americans.

College Basketball Takes a Big Hit with Arrests

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) β€” University of Arizona assistant basketball coach Emanuel Richardson entered the federal court wearing the same clothes he was arrested in earlier in the day, there to face charges of accepting bribes and paying at least one…

Trump, GOP Weigh Surtax On Wealthy, Doubled Deduction

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are considering an income tax surcharge on the wealthy and doubling the standard deduction given to most Americans, with the GOP under pressure to overhaul the tax code after the collapse of the health care repeal.

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