that obamacare was dead and republicans and the white house have killed it. obviously trump is going to be rolling out his infrastructure package next month. and i think that is definitely going to signal that the white house at this point in time isn t really planning on anymore action from republicans, but republicans promise voters in 2016 that they would repeal obamacare. and that is something they said needed to be done in 2017. they needed to deliver on that promise. whether or not they follow through with what the white house is doing, we ll have to see. may just try to sell what president trump said yesterday, the optics of repealing. we dealt with it. we fulfilled campaign promises here. while i have you, you reported on president trump s announcement of ten more judicial nominations yesterday. obviously this is coming after a record breaking week for most federal appeals court judges confirmed in first year in office. although with all this happening, we did see some nomi
qualifications. has the administration learned its lesson on vetting when it comes to these nominations. the administration said that just the fact they had to withdraw the nominations of three u.s. district court nominees really is par for the course in terms of president trump s predecessors. it s interesting when president trump allegedly spoke with senator john kennedy a republican for louisiana who is really the one who grilled matthew peterson during his confirmation hearing and sort of gave him the green light to continue with that similar line of questions for future trump judicial nominees and said if we send you someone who is not qualified, we want you to weed that guy out. we want you to question him really hard. sarah sanders told reporters earlier this week that you know, matthew peterson was just not the right man for the job and they re always looking for the best and brightest to name to the federal bench. that s an interesting way to spin it when he had zero exper
alexander dug through the legislation and has all the details. president trump has been promising it for months. we want to give you the middle eastern people a giant tax cut for christmas. what are you getting? lower taxes for eight and ten americans including most middle and lower class families. someone self employed, this is a much needed tax relief for small business. individual tax cuts expire after eight years. corporate tax cut from 31 is apartment. individual health care mandate erased entirely in 2019. without the mandate, 13 million more americans will be uninsured in ten years. fears his premiums wills sky rocket. my costs are going to more than double what they were last year. for all its advertised benefits doubling the standard deduction and increasing the tax credit to 2,000 unwrapping the bill may also bring surprises.
pentagon confirmed yesterday the united states has multiple ground operations in yemen. first time under the trump administration acknowledged that u.s. military operations are taking place in that country which also targets isis and al qaeda in the peninsula. says america has conducted more than 120 strikes in yemen this year alone. you may recall days after president trump took the oath of office, navy seal was killed after a controversial raid in yemen. comes after war between saudi arabia and iran being waged predominantly in that country. also facing a epidemic and on the brink of massive famine. a truck plowed into a group of people crossing the intersection. the driver along with another individual has been arrested. at this stage, we believe it
questionable ballot that was later determined to be a vote for the incumbent. under virginia law, the board of elections will now choose the winner by lot. which means they will likely pull names out of a hat to determine who wins the seat. the clock is ticking for congress to avoid a government shutdown by friday s midnight deadline. republicans pushing to pass another stopgap spending bill that would fund the government through january. house republicans are expected to meet at 5:00 p.m. today to determine how to proceed, however minority leader nancy pelosi sent a letter yesterday urging house democrats to vote against the spending bill if it does not address the party s priorities. president trump and republicans are celebrating following the passage of the gop s bill ushering in the first overhaul of country s tax system in decades. mark as political victory for president and republicans after nearly a year in control with little to show for it. what exactly is in the new ta