Politics

By  L. Brent Bozell III and Tim Graham, CNSNews - Speaking of makeup artists, Jill Harth filed a sexual harassment suit against Donald Trump in 1997 and renewed her allegations in the fall of 2016. John Solomon at The Hill reports that she repeatedly sent Trump gushing emails during his presidential campaign offering to do his makeup and even testify about how wonderfully he treated women.

Chris Woodward, Chad Groening, OneNewsNow - The new GOP-passed tax bill addressed the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act but a longtime critic of the law says it's still on the books... "We applaud Congress for taking action to zero out the Affordable Care Act penalty for Americans who cannot afford private insurance or do not want public coverage,"

By Rachel Greszler, The Daily Signal - With lawmakers poised to pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—a sweeping tax reform package—many individuals and families will see very different tax bills come 2018 and beyond. In general, an overwhelming majority of Americans will pay less in federal taxes... So how will you fare under the GOP tax plan?

By Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews - Because the court has held that the federal government to cannot force people to buy health insurance but can only tax them for not doing so—and because Congress has now eliminated that tax--Obamacare’s individual mandate is essentially repealed… However, under the new law, the repeal will not take effect until Dec. 31, 2018.