{"id":30843,"date":"2017-12-17T11:01:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T04:01:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"top-headlines-12-17-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/top-headlines-12-17-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Headlines for December 17, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div align=\"center\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/images\/posts\/headline\/news5.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px; height: auto;\" alt=\"Headline News from the Associated Press\" \/>\n\t<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_CONGRESS_TAXES?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\" target=\"offsite\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Trump defends tax plan, proclaims economy set 'to rock'\"><strong>Trump defends tax plan, proclaims economy set &#8216;to rock&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 25px; margin-bottom: 25px; border-bottom: 2px dotted silver;\">WASHINGTON        (AP) &#8212; Closing in on the first major legislative achievement of his term, President Donald Trump on Saturday defended the Republican tax cut as a good deal for the middle class while boldly suggesting it could lead to explosive economic growth&#8230;.\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_CONGRESS_TAXES_POLITICS?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\" target=\"offsite\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"For GOP, tax bill's most visible win may be averting failure\"><strong>For GOP, tax bill&#8217;s most visible win may be averting failure<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 25px; margin-bottom: 25px; border-bottom: 2px dotted silver;\">WASHINGTON        (AP) &#8212; Despite the sheer size and society-spanning impact of the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul, the quickest and most potent political victory that Republicans would savor by pushing the bill through Congress next week may be what it averts: another big GOP legislative crash in the age of Trump&#8230;.\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_MED_CDC_FORBIDDEN_WORDS?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\" target=\"offsite\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"A CDC ban on 'fetus' and 'transgender?' 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