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AP: IRS Acting Commissioner Resigns Over Deal to Send Immigrants’ Tax Data to ICE

AP: IRS Acting Commissioner Resigns Over Deal to Send Immigrants’ Tax Data to ICE

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. Two people familiar with Melanie Krause’s decision confirmed the intended resignation to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity…MORE

Trump Signs Executive Orders to Boost Coal

Trump Signs Executive Orders to Boost Coal

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed four executive orders aimed at boosting coal, a reliable but polluting energy source that’s long been in decline. Under the orders, Trump will use his emergency authority to allow some older coal-fired power plants set for retirement to keep producing electricity to meet rising U.S. power demand…MORE

Netanyahu-trump Meeting Reveals Unexpected Gaps on Key Issues

Netanyahu-trump Meeting Reveals Unexpected Gaps on Key Issues

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington for a hastily organized visit bringing a long list of concerns. Iran. Tariffs. Turkey’s surging influence in Syria. And the war in Gaza. Netanyahu appeared to leave the meeting largely empty-handed — a stark contrast with his triumphant visit two months ago.…MORE

Texas Measles Outbreak Tops 500 Cases

Texas Measles Outbreak Tops 500 Cases

LUBBOCK, Tx. (AP) — Public health officials say a day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated. West Texas is in the middle of a still-growing measles outbreak with 505 cases as of Tuesday and the state expanding the…MORE