| Senate plan serves up lower tax bills. But fairness, not so easy Posted: 27 Nov 2017 01:53 PM PST ![Senate plan serves up lower tax bills. But fairness, not so easy]( "Senate plan serves up lower tax bills. But fairness, not so easy") As Congress returns from a Thanksgiving break, Republicans in the Senate are prepping for what they hope will be a rapid final push on tax reform. A vote on the Senate bill could come later this week. The House has already approved a similar bill with some $1.5 trillion in tax cuts over the next 10 years, spread across households and businesses.
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| After 25 years in US, alleged war criminal may finally face justice at home Posted: 27 Nov 2017 01:49 PM PST ![After 25 years in US, alleged war criminal may finally face justice at home]( "After 25 years in US, alleged war criminal may finally face justice at home") When immigration agents arrived last month at a modest, three-story house here to detain an undocumented Guatemalan man, it was no ordinary arrest. By most measures, Juan Samayoa Cabrera is a "bad hombre," the declared target of President Trump's effort to deport as many unauthorized immigrants as possible, in contrast to the Obama administration's prioritization of those with criminal records. The crimes that Mr. Samayoa allegedly committed didn't take place in this New England city, where he's lived for the past quarter-century, mostly in plain sight of US authorities.
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| Why Sinai mosque attack is seen as a major ISIS miscalculation Posted: 27 Nov 2017 01:41 PM PST ![Why Sinai mosque attack is seen as a major ISIS miscalculation]( "Why Sinai mosque attack is seen as a major ISIS miscalculation") The Sinai mosque attack appears to represent a strategic miscalculation by the Islamic State and its affiliates, the leading suspects in the deadliest act of terror in Egypt's history. In the attack on the Al Rawda mosque frequented by Sufis, ISIS signaled it had found an "enemy" with which it could rally citizens in Sunni-majority states similar to the way it has enflamed sectarian tensions in Shiite-Sunni communities in Iraq and Syria. ISIS has frequently listed Sufis among "heretics" and "soothsayers." In 2016, the group executed a 97-year-old Sufi cleric in Sinai, and in the January issue of its online Rumiya magazine it listed the Al Rawda mosque among Sufi "lodges" and places of worship to be targeted.
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| In the giving season, a special act of charity Posted: 27 Nov 2017 12:46 PM PST ![In the giving season, a special act of charity]( "In the giving season, a special act of charity") The kick-off event has lately become "Giving Tuesday," an initiative started in 2012 to counter the commercialism of Cyber Monday and Black Friday. This year's winner may be Haiti. Despite being devastated by a 2010 earthquake, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere made a big donation last week.
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