Cheddar's J.D. Durkin reports live from Capitol Hill about the big news surrounding the GOP Tax Reform Bill. After rectifying a procedural snafu in the House vote, President Trump will get one step closer to his first big legislative victory this afternoon.
The White House is planning a "major tax event" for later this afternoon. The administration stresses that this will not ber a formal signing of the bill.
J.D. also reports on the news out of Alabama. Eight days after the special election there, Judge Roy Moore has yet to concede, even though there is a 21,000-vote difference between himself and his challenger, Democrat Doug Jones. Jones is in the lead. Moore and supporters are mounting a $75,000 fundraising effort to launch an investigation into any possible voter fraud.
Melania Trump says it’s “heartbreaking” to see teens grapple with the fallout after they’re targeted by malicious and sexually explicit online content.
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of Government Efficiency requests.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government is not ruling out filing a civil lawsuit against Google if it maintains its stance of calling the stretch of sea between northeastern Mexico and the southeastern United States the “Gulf of America.” Sheinbaum, in her morning press conference on Thursday, said the president’s decree to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico is restricted to the “continental shelf of the United States” because Mexico still controls much of the body of water. “We have sovereignty over our continental shelf,” she said.
U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum “will not go unanswered,” European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen vowed on Tuesday, adding that they will trigger toug
