Aug. 1, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where President Donald Trump is stirring the pot by suggesting Congress should lose its exemption from Obamacare since the lawmakers aren't willing to rescue Americans from the health care law. Fred Lucas reports. The nation's treasury secretary pledges tax reform in five months. Rachel del Guidice recaps. A figure in House Democrats' IT scandal sheds assets, Luke Rosiak learns. Plus: David Inserra and Max Morrison on an expected spike in deportations, and William Turton on the rallying news of Dunkirk.
Critics of Obamacare long have argued that Congress and its employees should have to live under the health care law like other Americans must.
"This is a pass/fail exercise and we will pass tax reform, period," Steve Mnuchin says.
Quickly removing people who have recently entered the U.S. illegally is a smart way for the Department of Homeland Security to maximize its limited resources.
In court documents about an IT aide to the former Democratic Party chairman, prosecutors say they fear "dissipation of the proceeds of the fraud and destruction of evidence in other locations."
"Why would ABC News label a peaceful group as a 'hate group' simply because of a difference of opinion?" he asks.
The deliverance of the men at Dunkirk and the stirring words of Winston Churchill inspired Britons to continue fighting through the bitter days ahead.
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