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Tax bill: Trump victory as Senate backs tax overhaul

US senators have passed a sweeping tax cuts bill, paving the way for Donald Trump's first big legislative victory.

The package would mark the biggest tax overhaul since the 1980s.

The plan sees a sharp cut in corporation tax, but a Senate committee finding has warned it would add $1tn (£742bn) to the budget deficit.

Senate negotiators were handwriting amendments to the massive bill practically up until the final votes were taken.

Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the corporate tax rate would be permanently lowered from 35% to 20%, while future foreign profits of US-based firms would be mainly exempt from tax.

Republican Senator Bill Cassidy also praised the bill, saying "working families and middle-income families across the nation will be better off".

Special thanks to @SenateMajLdr Mitch McConnell and Chairman @SenOrrinHatch for shepherding our bill through the Senate. »

Elon Musk is putting his personal Tesla into Mars’ orbit

Authored by techcrunch.com

Musk revealed that the payload inside the rocket will be his own Tesla Roadster (in midnight cherry color, no less) which launch while playing Space Oddity by David Bowie.

The planned destination is Mars and, all being well, Musk said his personal vehicle will be in the planet’s orbit for “a billion years.”.

Timing is tight, but Elon Musk is Elon Musk. »

Denison woman who made up kidnapping, rape indicted

Authored by kxii.com

After the investigation, Denison police determined that no offense had been committed and that Harmon had falsified her report to law enforcement.

Three of the charges are third degree felonies Harmon could face up to 2-10 years in prison along with a $10,000 fine.

The fourth charge is a state jail felony, punishable by up to 2 years in state jail and a $10,000 fine. »

30 Years After Explosion, Challenger Engineer Still Blames Himself

Authored by npr.org

The night before the launch, Ebeling and four other engineers at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol had tried to stop the launch.

When Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, Ebeling and his colleagues sat stunned in a conference room at Thiokol's headquarters outside Brigham City, Utah.

Three weeks later, Ebeling and another engineer separately and anonymously detailed to NPR the first account of that contentious pre-launch meeting. »