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Trump’s tax law includes a $40,000 SALT cap. Here’s who qualifies.

By Jeff Stein
Jul 12, 2025 1:23 pm - The new GOP tax law quadruples how much people can deduct in state and local taxes off their federal returns, offering significant relief to high earners in many Democratic-led states by partially undoing a big change in President Donald Trump’s 2017 law.
He seeded clouds over Texas. Then came the conspiracy theories.

By Will Oremus, Nicolás Rivero
Jul 12, 2025 6:00 am - Augustus Doricko knew when he founded a cloud-seeding start-up in 2023 that he’d have to contend with misunderstandings and conspiracy theories surrounding the technology. Still, he wasn’t quite prepared for the sheer volume of online fury he has faced in the wake of the catastrophic Texas floods that have killed more than 100 people and nearly twice that many missing.
David Gergen, consummate political insider, dies at 83

By Adam Bernstein
Jul 11, 2025 9:51 pm - David R. Gergen, who helped craft and protect the image of four presidents as a senior White House communications adviser and who traveled the consummate political inside...
Detained immigrants at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say there are worms in food and wastewater on the floor

By GISELA SALOMON and KATE PAYNE
Jul 11, 2025 7:18 pm - MIAMI — At the new Everglades immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz,” people held there say worms turn up in the food. Toilets don'...
Trump names self-styled ‘alpha male’ influencer ambassador to Malaysia

By Kelsey Ables and Maegan Vazquez
Jul 11, 2025 7:11 pm - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate Nick Adams, a former Australian politician and controversial MAGA influencer, to serve as the next U.S. amb...
Trump administration sues California over egg prices and blames animal welfare laws

By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Jul 11, 2025 4:08 pm - The Trump administration is suing the state of California to block animal welfare laws that it says unconstitutionally helped send egg prices soaring. But a group that sp...
Immigrants can learn about their rights at Wheeling library

Daily Herald report
Jul 11, 2025 2:10 pm - Immigrants can learn about their rights in an upcoming program at the Indian Trails Public Library in Wheeling.
How US views of immigration have changed since Trump took office, according to Gallup polling

By LINLEY SANDERS
Jul 11, 2025 10:06 am - Just months after President Donald Trump returned to office amid a wave of anti-immigration sentiment, the share of U.S. adults saying immigration is a “good thing” for the country has jumped substantially — including among Republicans, according to new Gallup polling.
Trump tours Texas flood sites and defends officials amid mounting questions about response

By SEAN MURPHY and WILL WEISSERT
Jul 11, 2025 9:47 am - President Donald Trump arrived Friday in Texas for a firsthand look at the devastation from the state's catastrophic flooding, but he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises to do away with the federal agency in charge of disaster relief.
'Abolished': State Department is laying off over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan

By MATTHEW LEE
Jul 11, 2025 7:54 am - The State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization plan unveiled by the Trump administration earlier this year, a move that critics say will damage America's global leadership and efforts to counter threats abroad.

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