If you itemize deductions on your 1040, you’re probably familiar with the so-called “SALT deduction,” which allows you to write off state and local taxes. The Republican tax plan currently making its way through Congress may eliminate this deduction – while also capping the deduction for property taxes at US$10,000. Capri Cafaro, a former state senator in Ohio, now an executive in residence at American University, considers why this change may make it harder for state and municipal governments to spend money.
And, researchers from the Centre from Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University foresee trouble in Donald Trump’s controversial decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. It has the potential to raise tensions across the region, destabilize the Palestinian authority, and stoke anti-Western Islamic movements around the world.
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The Capitol is lit up at dawn on Nov. 30, 2017 as Senate Republicans work to pass their sweeping tax bill.
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Capri Cafaro, American University
If you own property and make less than US$200,000, the Republican tax overhaul is likely going to eliminate a tax deduction you use.
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Spyros Sofos, Lund University; Vittorio Felci, Lund University
The city is key to both Israeli and Palestinian identity.
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David C. Barker, American University
If Republicans don’t cut taxes on the wealthy when they have control of both houses of Congress and the presidency, what do they live for?
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Artemis Spyrou, Michigan State University; Wolfgang Mittig, Michigan State University
By figuring out fission, physicists were able to split uranium atoms and release massive amounts of energy. This Manhattan Project work paved the way both for atomic bombs and nuclear power reactors.
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Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
Many people have criticized Donald Trump's mental health. Recently, more than two dozen psychiatrists weighed in, from afar. Here's why that might not be good.
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