AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday the Republican tax plan will aim to reduce the corporate tax rate to mid- to low-20 percent — a smaller cut than what President Donald Trump wants.

Ryan is providing some specifics as the GOP starts to write legislation overhauling the tax system, with help for the middle class a main goal.

Trump, who made overhauling taxes a pillar of his push for economic growth, has called for a 15 percent tax rate for corporations. The rate now ranges from 15 percent to 35 percent.   Continue reading “Ryan aiming for mid- to low-20 percent corporate tax rate”

ABC News

A judge has delayed a decision about sending a 31-year-old truck driver from suburban Chicago to New York City to face terrorism charges.

Dilshod Khusanov appeared Thursday in Chicago federal court. His court-appointed lawyer said Khusanov wanted more time to consider his options and wants to ask an attorney he knew previously to represent him. A status hearing was set for Sept. 19.  Continue reading “Decision on sending man to NY to face terror charges delayed”

NPR

As the water rose on their first-floor apartment, Rosa Sosa and her family fled to a vacant unit on the second floor. They watched in horror as it continued to rise, as it swallowed most of the cars in the parking lot that rings their sprawling two-story complex, as it stuck around, stubbornly, even after the rain stopped.

The family waited nearly two days for the floodwaters to recede. When they finally returned home, they found all of their possessions destroyed and themselves back where they were three years ago when they first crossed into the U.S., illegally, fleeing the gangs of El Salvador. They had nothing then. They have nothing now.   Continue reading “Houston’s Undocumented Residents Left Destitute And Fearful In Harvey’s Wake”

NPR

Seattle Seahawks star defensive end Michael Bennett says he is considering filing a civil rights lawsuit against Las Vegas police after a harrowing encounter last month.

Bennett was in Las Vegas on Aug. 26 to attend the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight. He says that as he was heading to his hotel afterward, he and hundreds of others heard what sounded like gunshots.   Continue reading “NFL’s Michael Bennett Says Las Vegas Cop Threatened To Shoot Him In The Head”

Tucson.com

In the end, only one number really mattered when it came to Tucson stopping its policy of destroying guns in city possession — $57 million.

That is the amount in annual state-shared revenues the city would have have to forgo if it defied a ruling by the Arizona State Supreme Court that the practice conflicted with state law. Specifically, the ruling affirmed that surplus property must be auctioned to the highest bidders.

Continue reading “Tucson ends policy on destroying seized, surrendered guns”

Fox 10 News

PHOENIX (KSAZ) – Instead of “steals and deals,” today’s IRS auction is more like “deals and wheels.”

On the auction block is a 2011 Cadillac CTS two-door coupe and all the golf balls, bags, shoes, and 170 clubs both right and left handed.

Representatives say it’s a draw for many types of people.   Continue reading “Sold! IRS holds auctions across the Valley”

ABC 15 News

MESA, AZ – The manhunt for a suspect allegedly connected to an officer-involved shooting in Casa Grande has ended after he was found dead.

Authorities were on the hunt for 37-year-old Juan Rodriguez-Fregoso who was suspected of shooting an off-duty Casa Grande police officer and another person Wednesday morning.  Continue reading “Police: Suspect in Casa Grande officer-involved shooting found dead”

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Anti-War – by Jason Ditz

One week after the Pentagon announced an escalation of the Afghan War of an unspecified size, anonymous US officials are saying that the deployment will be about 3,500, bringing the total size of the US forces in the country to 14,500.

The Pentagon would officially neither confirm nor deny the figure, saying that they will not comment in any way on the numbers until there is an official announcement. This figure is roughly in line with expectations of the size of the deployment.   Continue reading “US Sending 3,500 More Troops to Afghanistan, Bringing Total to 14,500”

Free Thought Project – by Jay Syrmopoulos

Benghazi, Libya – Lending credence to the theory that ISIS operates as a strategic asset of the Israeli Mossad, Libyan security forces have arrested an ISIS leader in the north-eastern Libyan city of Benghazi – who just so happens to be a Mossad agent.

The man arrested, Ephraim Benjamin, was allegedly an Israeli Mossad agent who began his operation following the 2011 toppling of the Libyan government that resulted in the murder of Libyan President Moammar Ghaddafi, according to the Israeli website Inian Merkazi, which translates to “Central Issues.”   Continue reading “‘ISIS Commander’ Arrested by Libyan Authorities Exposed as Israeli Mossad Agent”

Breitbart – by Charlie Nash

Estonia, who lead the current European Union Presidency, has called upon other EU Member States to increase their Internet censorship, following in the footsteps of Communist China, according to a leaked document.

“A Council of the European Union document leaked by Statewatch on 30 August reveals that during the summer months, Estonia (current EU Presidency) has been pushing the other Member States to strengthen indiscriminate internet surveillance, and to follow in the footsteps of China regarding online censorship,” reported European Digital Rights (EDRi), an international advocacy group. “Standing firmly behind its belief that filtering the uploads is the way to go, the Presidency has worked hard in order to make the proposal for the new copyright Directive even more harmful than the Commission’s original proposal, and pushing it further into the realms of illegality.”   Continue reading “Report: EU Presidency Calls for China-Style Internet Censorship”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits jumped to a more than two-year high last week amid a surge in applications in hurricane-ravaged Texas, but the underlying trend remained consistent with a strong labor market.

The surge in claims reported by the Labor Department on Thursday offered an early glimpse of Hurricane Harvey’s impact on the economy. The storm unleashed unprecedented flooding in Houston, disrupting oil, natural gas and petrochemical production and forcing a temporary closure of refineries.   Continue reading “Hurricane Harvey boosts U.S. jobless claims to more than two-year high”

ABC 7 News

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KABC) — A suspect was arrested in a brutal ax attack that left a man seriously wounded outside of a West Hollywood 7-Eleven.

The man suspected of stabbing another man multiple times with an ax outside of the convenience store early Saturday morning, was identified as 41-year-old Kisu Brady Brown.   Continue reading “Suspect arrested in brutal ax attack outside West Hollywood 7-Eleven”

An excerpt from ‘Behold A Pale Horse’ – William Cooper

by Neal Knox

Those who avoid and evade the reason for the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution would surely admit that if Lithuania had a Second Amendment, Mikhail Gorbachev violated it on March 22, 1990 – Russian troops seized arms from the Lithuanian militia. Or was “the right of the people to keep and bear arms” actually violated two days earlier, when Premier Gorbachev ordered private citizens to turn in their hunting and competition guns to the Russian army within one week “for temporary safekeeping” or have them confiscated and their owners imprisoned? Continue reading “Lessons From Lithuania”

Breitbart – by Ann Coulter

Congress has tried to sneak through amnesties three times in a little more than a decade. Every time, the American people somehow found out — despite the best efforts of the press — rose up in a rage and killed the proposed bills.

In 2006, President Bush got the brilliant idea to push amnesty on the country. His party was wiped out the very next time voters could get to the polls.   Continue reading “Ann Coulter: We Made Donald %#&@ Trump PRESIDENT — What Else Can We Do?”