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Weather Authority Alert Day issued for Monday & Tuesday, May 12- 13th

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What's in Trump's big bill? Money for migrant clampdown but tax breaks and program cuts hit 'bumps'

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Congress is drafting President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security and deportation funds.

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The Latest: Trump places 25% tariffs on auto imports

Read full article: The Latest: Trump places 25% tariffs on auto imports

President Donald Trump says he is placing 25% tariffs on auto imports.

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What's next for Trump agenda after House GOP approves tax breaks and slashed spending in budget

Read full article: What's next for Trump agenda after House GOP approves tax breaks and slashed spending in budget

Now that House Republicans have passed an ambitious budget blueprint for President Donald Trump’s agenda, it is time for hard work.

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Southerners are cleaning up from tornadoes that swept the region

Read full article: Southerners are cleaning up from tornadoes that swept the region

Cleanup is underway after a strong storm system spawned hail, rain, high winds and tornadoes across the southern U.S. over the weekend.

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House passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism

Read full article: House passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism

The U.S. House passed legislation that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism.

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Prosecutors say father of Georgia shooting suspect knew son was obsessed with school shooters

Read full article: Prosecutors say father of Georgia shooting suspect knew son was obsessed with school shooters

Prosecutors say the father of a teenager accused of a deadly high school shooting in Georgia was aware that his son was obsessed with school shooters.

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Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks

Read full article: Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks

Senators are heading home for the month after failing to advance a bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some business tax breaks.

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IRS expects to collect hundreds of billions more in overdue and unpaid taxes thanks to new funding

Read full article: IRS expects to collect hundreds of billions more in overdue and unpaid taxes thanks to new funding

The IRS says it expects to collect hundreds of billions of dollars more in overdue and unpaid taxes than previously anticipated using funding provided to the agency by the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act.

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House passes bill to enhance child tax credit, revive key tax breaks for businesses

Read full article: House passes bill to enhance child tax credit, revive key tax breaks for businesses

The House has passed a roughly $79 billion tax cut package expanding the child tax credit for millions of families and restoring three key tax breaks for businesses.

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Lawmakers announce bipartisan effort to enhance child tax credit, revive tax breaks for businesses

Read full article: Lawmakers announce bipartisan effort to enhance child tax credit, revive tax breaks for businesses

According to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, there are “many things” for both Republicans and Democrats to celebrate in a new bipartisan tax package.

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Slowing inflation suggests that Biden's policies are helping, but American voters are still hurting

Read full article: Slowing inflation suggests that Biden's policies are helping, but American voters are still hurting

President Joe Biden can make an increasingly strong case that he’s helped fix inflation, if only he can get voters to believe him.

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Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics

Read full article: Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics

Federal officials estimate that local governments now have spending plans in place for most of the money they received under a prominent pandemic relief law.

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Hunter Biden's guilty plea is on the horizon, and so are a fresh set of challenges

Read full article: Hunter Biden's guilty plea is on the horizon, and so are a fresh set of challenges

President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, faced new challenges on the eve of a scheduled court appearance Wednesday in which he’s set to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors on tax and gun charges.

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Top Republicans are gearing up to investigate the Hunter Biden case. Here's what to know.

Read full article: Top Republicans are gearing up to investigate the Hunter Biden case. Here's what to know.

The Republicans who lead three key House committees are joining forces to probe the Justice Department’s handling of charges against Hunter Biden after making sweeping claims about misconduct at the agency.

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GOP releases testimony of whistleblowers claiming interference in Hunter Biden case

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House Republicans have released testimony from two IRS whistleblowers who allege that the Justice Department interfered with their yearslong investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.

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Who gets a break? Clashing ideas on tax relief are teed up for the 2024 campaign

Read full article: Who gets a break? Clashing ideas on tax relief are teed up for the 2024 campaign

Days after the bipartisan deal on the debt limit became law, House Republicans proposed a slew of tax cuts, leading to charges of hypocrisy by Democrats in a squabble that shows clashing visions for the U.S. economy.

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Debt limit deal heads to vote in full House while McCarthy scrambles for GOP approval

Read full article: Debt limit deal heads to vote in full House while McCarthy scrambles for GOP approval

Under fire from conservatives, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is hunting for votes from fellow Republicans for the debt ceiling deal.

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House votes to restore solar panel tariffs paused by Biden

Read full article: House votes to restore solar panel tariffs paused by Biden

The House voted Friday to reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries.

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House Republicans pass US debt bill, push Biden on spending

Read full article: House Republicans pass US debt bill, push Biden on spending

House Republicans have narrowly passed a sweeping debt ceiling package as they try to push President Biden into negotiations on federal spending.

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McCarthy edges Republicans closer to House debt vote

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House Republicans are pushing their debt ceiling package toward a vote.

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Philly's slain 'Boy in Box': 66 years later we know his name

Read full article: Philly's slain 'Boy in Box': 66 years later we know his name

Nearly 66 years after the battered body of a young boy was found stuffed inside a cardboard box, Philadelphia police have revealed the identity of the victim in the city’s most notorious cold case.

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GOP's new committee leaders prepare blitz of investigations

Read full article: GOP's new committee leaders prepare blitz of investigations

House Republicans are promising aggressive oversight of the Biden administration once they assume the majority next year.

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Police search for 5 shooters in high school football ambush

Read full article: Police search for 5 shooters in high school football ambush

Authorities have publicly identified the 14-year-old killed in a shooting that also wounded four other teens as they walked away from a Philadelphia high school athletic field after a football scrimmage, saying they believe he was not the intended target of the shooting.

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House moves toward OK of Dems' sweeping social, climate bill

Read full article: House moves toward OK of Dems' sweeping social, climate bill

Democrats have brushed aside monthslong divisions and are approaching House passage of their expansive social and environment bill.

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Gun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children

Read full article: Gun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children

Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfire to teenagers gunned down in turf wars, drug squabbles or for posting the wrong thing on social media.

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Pelosi vows to pass $1T bill, move ahead on larger measure

Read full article: Pelosi vows to pass $1T bill, move ahead on larger measure

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has moved a vote on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to later in the week as Democratic leaders shore up support for the measure.

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Panel OKs Dems' $3.5T bill, crunch time for Biden agenda

Read full article: Panel OKs Dems' $3.5T bill, crunch time for Biden agenda

Democrats have pushed a $3.5 trillion, 10-year bill strengthening social safety net and climate programs through the House Budget Committee.

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Man killed in weekend Halifax County crash identified

Read full article: Man killed in weekend Halifax County crash identified

HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. – UPDATEAuthorities have identified the man they say died in a Halifax County crash over the weekend. Police say Jason Smith, 32, of Java was not wearing a seatbelt when his 2007 Chevy pickup truck went off the side of Beulah Road and overturned. He died in the crash. ORIGINAL STORYVirginia State Police are investigating a fatal single-car crash in Halifax County that occured Saturday at 9:07 p.m.A pickup truck crashed on Beulah Road near Sawmill Trail. This crash remains under investigation.

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