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At least one person was killed and another seriously injured when an Amtrak train carrying Republican members of Congress hit a truck in rural Virginia.
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Congress voted to restore funding through Feb. 8 after an agreement to pursue immigration bills in the coming weeks. The White House says the government will resume normal operations on Tuesday.
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The leaders of the intelligence community sat in the Oval Office with the president and urged him to walk back his criticism of a controversial surveillance law.
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President Trump enters his second year in office, fresh off his first legislative victory. Are there more to come? What about that Russia probe, hot spots overseas — and those midterm elections?
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Now that Republicans have passed a massive tax bill, they are hoping to tackle entitlement spending in 2018. But they will have to deal with one fewer seat in the Senate and elections in November.
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Congressional Republicans delivered on their first major legislative accomplishment of the Trump era on Wednesday, when the House voted 224-201 to pass the tax package.
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After the House passed the $1.5 trillion tax cut plan, a technical issue in the Senate dictated changes to the bill. The House will have to vote again Wednesday morning.
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"We're going to make our tax system work for you again," Trump said Wednesday, the same day that House and Senate GOP lawmakers announced they have a final tax package they think they can pass soon.
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In an interview with NPR, the House speaker said the tax bill was "designed" as a middle-class tax cut. But in reality, at its core, it is a corporate tax cut.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer changed their minds after Trump tweeted that he didn't see a deal happening to keep the government funded past Dec. 8.