Taxpayers fund $10,000 trips for lawmakers abroad
A USA Today Exclusive reports that in the year before the 2016 election taxpayers financed 557 overseas trips costing over $10,000 each for members of Congress or staffers. Travel costs for such trips were a major portion of congressional travel and varied widely between government accounting estimates.
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Trump budget to boost defense and cut elsewhere
The new budget plan proposes a 10 percent rise in military spending while trimming other areas. Defense aims to strengthen capabilities, while nonmilitary programs face reductions to offset the increased defense outlay.
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Wave of anti-Semitic incidents hits Jewish sites coast to coast
Over a series of attacks on Monday 16 bomb threats targeted Jewish centers and cemeteries from Philadelphia to Miami Beach with vandals defacing headstones at Mount Carmel Cemetery. Leaders and law enforcement urged action as White House condemned anti-Semitic acts and voices blamed political climate for rising hostility. Rabbi Joshua Bolton surveyed damaged stones at Mount Carmel Cemetery where more than 100 headstones were vandalized.
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Oxford adds 300 plus slang terms to dictionary
Oxford Dictionaries expanded its online collection with over 300 new words and phrases including yas squad goals drunk text sausage fest cat lady and climate refugee. The update reflects recent slang and popular usage while noting that slang terms are real words added in the same way as others.
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