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Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee set to release Trump’s taxes in the coming days | CNN Politics By Lauren Fox, Daniella Diaz, Jeremy Herb CNN December 21, 2022 The Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee said Tuesday it would release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns within days and asserted that the IRS failed to properly audit the former president’s taxes while he was in office. The committee also released a report Tuesday that detailed six years’ worth of the former president’s tax returns, including his claims of massive annual losses that significantly reduced his tax burden.…
READ: House Ways and Means Committee report finding Trump was not properly audited by IRS as president | CNN Politics CNN December 21, 2022 The Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday released a summary report that concluded the IRS failed to audit former President Donald Trump’s taxes as required under the mandatory presidential audit program. Read the report here: Read a supplemental report from the Joint Committee here. Continue Reading…..
Pope Francis to Return 3 Parthenon Marble Fragments to Greece By Elisabetta Povoledo and Alex Marshall New York Times December 20, 2022 Pope Francis will return to Greek hands three 2,500-year-old pieces of the Parthenon that have been in the papal collections of the Vatican Museums for two centuries, the Vatican said in a statement on Friday. The fragments — a head of a horse, a head of a boy and a bearded male head — will become the property of Archbishop Ieronymos II, the head of the Greek Orthodox Church, the statement added. Most surviving fragments of…
Gaetz jabs Trump over McCarthy support: ‘HR was not always his best thing’ The Hill December 20, 2022 Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) voiced clear disagreement with former President Trump after he supported House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as the next Speaker, saying Trump has not chosen the “best people” to work for him in the past. “HR was not always his best thing,” Gaetz told the conservative network Real America’s Voice on Monday at a Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix. Gaetz added that Trump chose a “parade of horribles” to serve in his administration. Continue Reading…..
Trump responds to Jan. 6 criminal referrals: ‘It strengthens me’ The Hill December 20, 2022 Former President Trump on Monday responded to the Jan. 6 committee’s decision to urge the Justice Department to prosecute him and some of his associates over their involvement in the Capitol riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, saying the move makes him “stronger.” “These folks don’t get it that when they come after me, people who love freedom rally around me. It strengthens me. What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger,” Trump said on his Truth Social social media platform. Continue…
Prosecutor: Oath Keepers saw Jan. 6 as ‘first battle’ in war AP NEWS December 19, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Oath Keepers charged with plotting to stop the transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden accepted an “invitation to sedition” issued by the far-right extremist group’s founder, a federal prosecutor said Monday at the start of a second trial for group leaders and members. Jurors heard opening statements two weeks after a different jury convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and Florida chapter leader Kelly Meggs of seditious conspiracy and other charges stemming from a…
Vatican Removes Anti-Abortion Activist From the Priesthood By Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham New York Times December 19, 2022 A well-known Catholic priest and incendiary leader of the anti-abortion movement was removed from the priesthood by the Vatican, according to a letter from Pope Francis’ representative to the United States that was obtained by The New York Times. Frank Pavone, who leads the advocacy organization Priests for Life, and was once a religious adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, was dismissed from the clergy on Nov. 9 with no possibility of appeal, the letter states. The letter…
Vatican Removes Anti-Abortion Activist From the Priesthood By Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham New York Times December 18, 2022 A well-known Catholic priest and incendiary leader of the anti-abortion movement was removed from the priesthood by the Vatican, according to a letter from Pope Francis’ representative to the United States that was obtained by The New York Times. Frank Pavone, who leads the advocacy organization Priests for Life, and was once a religious adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, was dismissed from the clergy on Nov. 9 with no possibility of appeal, the letter states. The letter…
What to watch as Jan. 6 panel cites Trump’s ‘attempted coup’ AP NEWS December 18, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Capitol riot will make its final public presentation Monday about the unprecedented effort by Donald Trump to overturn the results of the presidential election he lost in 2020. The committee has called it an “attempted coup” that warrants criminal prosecution from the Justice Department. That is expected to be the committee’s closing argument as it wraps up a year-and-a-half-long inquiry and prepares to release a final report detailing its findings about the insurrection in…
What could GOP control of the House mean for U.S.-China tensions? NBC News December 18, 2022 Congressional Republicans have vowed to get tougher on China as they prepare to take control of the House, cheering critics of Beijing but also raising concern that one of Washington’s most important bilateral relationships could be further destabilized. Both Democrats and Republicans have grown more vigilant about China in recent years, but Republicans more often frame China’s rise as a threat to U.S. economic and national security. Although Democrats kept control of the Senate in the midterm elections last month, Republicans are…