Republicans and President Trump are really excited that the Senate passed a blueprint of a budget late Thursday. This is the first step to getting tax reform done, they say, reports The Washington Post.

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President Donald Trump sent this tweet on Thursday morning: “Workers of firm involved with the discredited and Fake Dossier take the 5th. Who paid for it, Russia, the FBI or the Dems (or all)?” reports CNN.

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Controversial Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore said Wednesday that professional athletes who protest during the national anthem are breaking the law, reports the Washington Examiner. “It’s against the law, you know that?” Moore told Time, referring to a section under U.S. Code Title 36. “It was an act of Congress that every man stand and put their hand over their heart. That’s the law.”

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