This is AP News Minute. President Donald Trump celebrated the passage of a 1.5 trillion dollar tax overhaul, calling it a historic victory for the American people. Democrats called the legislation a boon to the rich. The package will bring generous t

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2017(十二)月

From NPR news in Washington. I'm Jeanine Herbst.The FBI says there are indications that the shooters in the massacre in San Bernardino were radicalized. But director James Comey says there is no evidence that Tashfeen Malik and Syed Farook were part

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The Duchess of York has been caught on camera offering to sell access to her husband Prince Andrew. The News of the World says Sarah Ferguson was filmed by one of its reporters posing as a businessman. And it appears that she accepts 40,000 US dollar

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This is AP News Minute. The explosive new book about President Donald Trump's administration is selling out at bookstores across the US and Europe. Fire and Fury, Michael Wolf's tell-all of the inner workings of the Trump's administration, stood numb

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Baltimore Sees Fifth Day of Police Protests 巴尔的摩反警察暴力抗议第五天 BALTIMORE Hundreds of protesters gathered Thursday in downtown Baltimore, in the eastern U.S. state of Maryland, to again demand changes to the justice system foll

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Commentator and personal finance advisor Liz Pullian Weston says Congress could pass other laws that would mean fewer people would need to file for bankruptcy. First, we need to reinstate usury laws. It seems almost quaint now. But thirty years ago

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By Alan Boswell Nairobi 24 September 2009 The U.S. government says it sent warning letters to 15 senior Kenyan officials who are viewed as impeding the implementation of key governance reforms. The U.S. ambassador to Kenya further stated that travel

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U.S. stock prices edged higher Friday after the U.S. Senate passed the biggest overhaul of the nation's financial system since the 1930s. The Senate measure must be reconciled with a version passed earlier in the House of Representatives, but it stil

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Pesticides Threaten Thailands Reputation as Food Exporter Here, in the hills of Northern Thailand, farm workers like Inson face the constant pressure of producing optimum harvests for overseas clients. Many farms rely on imported chemical pesticides

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Congress to Focus on US Border Crisis 国会将关注美国边境危机 WASHINGTON Clues could emerge this week whether Americas politically divided Congress will approve funds requested by President Barack Obama to address a surge of immigrants ille

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's not yet a bill for the Republican plan to overhaul the tax code. But the White House already has one of its main talking points. This week, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted that American households would get w

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Republican House leaders are making last-minute changes to their health care proposal in a bid to woo more conservatives ahead of a vote scheduled for Thursday. One of those changes would let states impose work requirements on so

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The U.S. Congress is debating how to overhaul the nations immigration system in an effort to get foreign nationals who earn advanced degrees at American universities to stay and work in the country to help the U.S. stay globally competitive. 美国国会

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More steps are being taken to improve U.S. food safety. The Agriculture Department unveiled new regulations April 5 that would force meat and poultry companies to delay shipments to consumers until government inspectors get results of products they h

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U.S. President Barack Obama says it is time to overhaul the rules governing the nation's financial sector. The Obama administration says that while it wants tighter regulations, it has no plans to nationalize banks. 美国总统奥巴马指出,现在

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The U.S. Congress is drafting legislation to overhaul financial regulation in the wake of the U.S. banking crisis. Lawmakers are considering establishing a regulatory body to monitor threats to the financial system. The issue was the focus of a Senat

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Doctors have long enjoyed prestige and status in Western countries. But in China, a series of violent incidents in recent years have made it an increasingly dangerous industry. In central China's Henan province, 90% of hospitals have now set up indep

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President Obama urged House Democrats to pass a broad health care reform bill, calling it This Generation's Moment. I urge members of Congress to rise to this moment, answer the call of history and vote yes for health insurance reform for America. Ho

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1. President Barack Obama is praising House lawmakers for passing a health care overhaul bill. The president is calling Saturdays vote a (quote) courageous one. He says he is confident the Senate will do the same. 2. Officials at Fort Hood in Texas

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Social Service Minister Kevin Andrew has signaled a major overhaul of the welfare system. He's told News Limited the current system is unsustainable. Mr. Andrew has set up a review which is likely to target disability pensions and unemployment benefi

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