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Manuel Balce Ceneta, The Associated Press President Donald Trump congratulates Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell while House Speaker Paul Ryan watches at the White House after the final passage of tax overhaul legislation by Congress on Dec. 20. Re: “Debating the passage of the Republican tax-reform bill,” Dec. 23 letters …

In July, Penn State’s board of trustees met to discuss the most important issues facing a school system with 99,000 students and a $5.7 billion budget. It took about three hours before someone brought up Jerry Sandusky and Joe Paterno. As the chairman tried to end the meeting, a hand …

For households rushing to prepay property taxes before a new cap on deductions takes effect, the IRS released some good news Wednesday: In many cases, it will allow such a maneuver. That had been up for debate, because the new tax law was silent on such a scenario, even though …

With a sharp crack of the gavel, Preet Didbal made history this month as the first known Sikh woman in the nation to preside as a city mayor. In Northern California’s Yuba City, Didbal’s rise to mayor was celebrated as a long-awaited affirmation of the Sikh community’s contributions in California. …

Gloria Capitan couldn’t have imagined her fate. Her cause felt just, and her community was behind her. Besides, who would kill a 57-year-old grandmother? It had been a long two years. Since 2014, a coal stockpile down the road had been polluting her town, Lucanin, sickening her family and covering …

North Korea’s totalitarian leader, Kim Jong Un, began 2017 by announcing his intention to launch a long-range ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States. The boast made headlines, but in one little noticed noticed passage, the young leader Kim also admitted entering the year “anxious and remorseful” about his …

The U.S. economy was the feel-good story of 2017 — the pace of real economic growth rising strongly and the stock market playing out a euphoric high. Corporate profits are at a record high and job growth is moving toward the level that economists consider full employment. But that came …

President Trump flew to Salt Lake City this month to remove 2 million acres from two national monuments in Utah, and to rebuke “distant bureaucrats” for acting to safeguard the West’s public domain without adequately consulting neighboring communities. “Under my administration, we will advance that protection through a truly representative …

President Trump isn’t taking a holiday vacation from Twitter. In one of three tweets early on Thursday from his West Palm Beach golf club, he charged that China was “caught RED HANDED” allowing oil shipments to reach North Korean ports. Pronouncing himself “very disappointed,” Trump in effect was acknowledging the failure of …

Doug Jones on Thursday became the first Democrat in 25 years to be confirmed as winner of a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, just hours after his opponent, controversial Republican Roy Moore, filed a lawsuit urging officials to delay certification because of “systematic election fraud.” The three Republicans who make …