Debate continues as the GOP tax plan gets closer to reaching President Donald Trump's desk. This week lawmakers from the House and Senate will work to reconcile the bills passed in each chamber.
Republicans pushed a nearly $1.5 trillion tax bill through the Senate early Saturday after a burst of eleventh-hour horse trading, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of his top priorities by Christmas.
Senate Republicans steamed toward passage of a $1.4 trillion tax bill Friday, overcoming eleventh-hour hitches in their drive to deliver a major legislative accomplishment to President Donald Trump by Christmas.
North Korea abruptly ended a 10-week pause in its weapons testing Tuesday by launching what the Pentagon believes was an intercontinental ballistic missile, a move that will escalate already high tensions with Washington.
President Donald Trumpβs year-end agenda is at a critical juncture as he heads Tuesday to Capitol Hill to rally Senate Republicans on taxes β and then pivot to negotiations with Democrats pressing for victories of their own in a separate, high-stakes showdown over the budget and immigration.
Mecklenburg County's new District Attorney is promising to stand up for victims of burglaries, domestic violence, and sexual assault. Spencer Merriweather is also the first African-American to lead the DA's office.
Even while fiercely denying allegations of sexual harassment, Michigan Rep. John Conyers is giving up his leadership position as top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, acknowledging a congressional probe into his possible misconduct had become an unwelcome distraction.
In a move that could signal cooperation with the government, lawyers for former national security adviser Michael Flynn have told President Donald Trumpβs legal team that they are no longer communicating with them about special counsel Robert Muellerβs investigation into Russian election interference.
Democratic Sen. Al Franken issued a Thanksgiving explanation and apology in the wake of four women alleging that he had touched them inappropriately, a message that ended with a promise to regain constituentsβ trust and suggested no resignation was being contemplated.
Charlotte area neighbors are frustrated about late, inconsistent, or mail that never shows up. Tonight we're hearing from residents across Charlotte, who are worried they won't receive bills or packages this holiday season.
Seeing an attempt to block its buyout out of Time Warner as a βradicalβ departure by the U.S. government, AT&T is preparing for a fight to see the $85 billion deal through.
The Trump administration is due to announce new sanctions on North Korea on Tuesday after declaring it a state sponsor of terrorism in the latest push to isolate the pariah nation.
The Republican tax reform plan is moving forward this week after passing in the House last week. Now, it faces a few hurdles in the senate but the White House is willing to be a little flexible.
The U.S. Secret Service says an individual has been taken into custody after attempting to jump a security barrier on the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the White House.
A controversial rezoning plan will be back in front of Gastonia City Council members next week. Neighbors are fighting to preserve one of the last undeveloped areas along Franklin Boulevard.
A state Supreme Court justice running for Ohio governor volunteered candid details of his sexual past on Facebook, saying Friday that he was taking a swipe at the βmedia frenzyβ over sexual misconduct.
Republicans rammed a near $1.5 trillion package overhauling corporate and personal taxes through the House on Thursday, edging President Donald Trump and the GOP toward their first big legislative triumph in a year in which they and their voters expected much more.
The House is set to vote on a tax overhaul bill and it's expected to pass.
North Carolinaβs two Republican senators say they oppose President Donald Trumpβs pick to oversee chemical safety at the Environmental Protection Agency, putting his nomination at serious risk.
Roy Mooreβs support from fellow Republicans is hemorrhaging after a second woman accused the Alabaman of groping her when she was a teenager in the late 1970s, the latest setback to his effort to win an open Senate seat that suddenly seems up for grabs.
