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Congressional Republicans delivered on their first major legislative accomplishment of the Trump era on Wednesday, when the House voted 224-201 to pass the tax package.

Republicans in Congress approved a sweeping and controversial $1.5 trillion tax overhaul, with the Senate voting early Wednesday along straight party lines to move the measure

The average household would get a tax cut of $1,610 in 2018, a bump of about 2.2 percent in that average household's income, according to a report released Monday.

An Amtrak train hurtled off an overpass Monday near Tacoma and spilled some of its cars onto the highway below, killing at least 6 people, authorities said.

People traveling through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport struggled to get home Sunday after a power outage there forced hundreds of flight cancellations.

Here, we consider a few ways the White House or its allies could disrupt the special counsel probe.

In a news release Sunday evening, the utility said the "the issue may have involved a fire which caused extensive damage in a Georgia Power underground electrical facility."

There were 23 executions this year, the center says. Over the past 25 years, only last year's total, 20, was lower.

Congressional Republicans released a final draft of their tax bill Friday.

A judge upgraded the second-degree murder charge against James Fields Jr. at a preliminary hearing on Thursday.

Rubio wants to increase the portion of the basic $2,000-per-child tax credit that would go to low-income families.

In making his closing argument for tax legislation expected to get a vote in Congress next week, President Trump announced that the changes would take effect early next year.

U.S. Sens. Tom Carper of Delaware and Bob Menendez of New Jersey, both Democrats, are also on the conference committee.

Sessions called anew Tuesday on Congress to strengthen immigration laws and said President Donald Trump's administration was taking steps to more strictly enforce law.

The group created to reform how the Democratic National Committee selects its presidential nominee announced plans to slash the number of superdelegates by more than half.