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Tax relief for East Palestine awaits Biden’s signature

EAST PALESTINE — With personal injury payments from the $600 million derailment settlement beginning to trickle in, a bill that makes any derailment-related compensation tax exempt is headed to President Joe Biden’s desk. The Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023 recently passed ...

Trump, Biden teams insist they’re working hand in glove on foreign crises

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump doesn't think much of Joe Biden's foreign policy record. The Republican president-elect frequently casts the outgoing Democratic president as a feckless leader who shredded American credibility around the world during his four-year term. But a funny thing ...

Trump taps immigration hard-liner Kari Lake as head of Voice of America

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's picking Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor and a Senate seat to head the congressionally funded broadcaster that provides independent news ...