Budget proposals seek tolling expansion and security fee hike
The White House budget would broaden tolling on interstates and raise airline passenger security fees while cutting transit grants. It calls for $76 billion in total 2017 spending with $16.2 billion discretionary for the Transportation Department and a plan to privatize air traffic control and private rest stops.
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Transportation Safety Administration
Ivanka Trump
Department of Homeland Security
Pentagon
Trump budget plan looms but faces congressional rework
The proposal tightens Social Security and Medicare, cuts farm subsidies and foreign aid, and seeks a broad tax overhaul. Senate Republicans aim to adopt parts of the plan amid White House touting budget balancing, while Democrats criticize its impact on Iowa communities and working families.
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Chuck Grassley
Iowa
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House
Paul Ryan
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Capitol Hill
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Iowa City
Florida Neo Nazi converts to Islam kills two roommates
Devon Arthurs 18, a Florida resident who converted to Islam is accused of shooting dead two roommates after claiming they disrespected his faith. Police say he later held three people at a Tampa smoke shop and confessed detailing the killings. A search found bomb making components in his shared apartment.
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Tampa
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Jeremy Himmelman
Andrew Oneschuk
Green Planet
America
Allah Mohammed
Florida
FBI
U.S
Farm groups oppose Trump cuts to agriculture budget
Farm groups protested President Trump's plan to trim agriculture funding by about 46.54 billion over ten years. Agriculture Secretary Perdue warned real job losses could reach 5,263. Critics say cuts hit farmers and the crop insurance program, risking coverage and farm livelihoods.
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Trump
Zack Clark
National Farmers Union
Ron Moore
American Soybean Association
Jeff Harrison
Crop Insurance Professionals Association
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