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Dozens of Marines have been added to the security details in Israel, Jordan and Turkey and may be added to U.S. embassies in seven other countries.
Countries should ban them if necessary, WHO says
Countries should ban them if necessary, WHO says
Countries should ban them if necessary, WHO says
A total of 35 people have now fallen ill from the salmonella outbreak that led to the recall of more than 200 million eggs.
A total of 35 people have now fallen ill from the salmonella outbreak that led to the recall of more than 200 million eggs.
The New Tax Law Will Make Outsourcing Worse
We have already documented the many ways the Republican tax bill is bad for working people. In short, it's a massive giveaway to big corporations and the wealthy that throws away trillions of dollars we need to invest in America and create good jobs for working people.
This week, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) organized an event to take a deeper look at how the new law will preserve and create incentives for corporations to move U.S. jobs overseas and shift corporate profits to tax havens abroad.
Professor Kimberly Clausing of Reed College and Law Professor Rebecca Kysar of Brooklyn Law School outlined the following problems:
The GOP tax bill unnecessarily creates new incentives to move tangible assets offshore.
The new law largely preserves and even encourages the shifting of U.S. profits offshore and makes the United States the least desirable place to book income.
The new law’s “territorial tax system” (meaning ordinary offshore profits are not taxed) loses revenue, and the international provisions as a whole lose revenue.
Other provisions of the GOP...
A 9-year-old boy suffered minor injuries after the bounce house was violently sent airborne and struck a car, authorities said.
A 9-year-old boy suffered minor injuries after the bounce house was violently sent airborne and struck a car, authorities said.
In coastal Texas and in Puerto Rico, Harvey and Maria upended life for all, but perhaps none more so than teenagers. Here are their stories.
