Tag: Temporary

01 NOV

House Republicans are considering making their giant corporate tax cut temporary

Alex Wong/Getty Images The House Republican tax bill is slated to be released on Thursday. One of the remaining questions is whether the biggest cuts will be permanent or temporary. According to reports, the huge slash of the corporate tax rate will not last outside of ten years due to budgetary rules. Republican leaders’ soon-to-be-released […]

08 OCT

Trump says he would open to a temporary healthcare reform deal

Thomson Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would be open to a one- or two-year deal as a way to reform the nation’s healthcare system, as his administration and the Republican Party have vowed to do. “So if we could do a one-year deal or two-year deal as a […]

14 SEP

Facebook is testing a temporary unfollow option for your News Feed

Facebook is testing out a new feature that would let users temporarily unfollow a friend or a Page. TechCrunch noticed a Snooze option today, which a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to us is in testing mode. “We’re testing new ways to give people control over their News Feeds so they can stay connected with the stories […]

28 AUG

Burning Man has a temporary airport for the 1% who take luxury helicopter rides to the playa

Instagram/Black Rock Helicopters Burning Man — the annual festival held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert — kicked off August 27. Though tens of thousands of people travel there by car, those who can afford it choose to touch down on the playa by private plane or helicopter. Every year, volunteers build Black Rock City Airport from scratch […]

14 JUL

US judge grants bid to exempt grandparents, other relatives from Trump’s temporary travel ban

REUTERS/Kate Munsch (Reuters) – A US judge on Thursday granted the state of Hawaii’s bid to exempt grandparents and other relatives from President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on residents from six Muslim-majority countries and refugees. US District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu had been asked to narrowly interpret a US Supreme Court ruling that […]

03 APR

Homeless families are being forced out of London as temporary housing costs soar

Homeless families in London are being given temporary accommodation outside the capital because the spiralling cost of rent is draining council funds, new figures show. According to London Councils (LC), the number of placements outside the capital rose from 113 between April and June 2012 to 551 between December and April 2016. Read more Authorities […]

04 FEB

Federal judge puts temporary hold on Trump’s immigration order nationwide

Spencer Platt/Getty Images SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. judge on Friday imposed a nationwide hold on President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, siding with two states that had challenged the executive order that has launched legal battles across the country U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle ruled […]

04 FEB

‘No one is above the law and that includes the president’: Washington state AG explains temporary hold on Trump’s immigration ban

Screenshot via CNN Washington’s state attorney general had a warning for President Donald Trump after a federal judge put a temporary nationwide hold on Trump’s immigration order. “In our country, no one is above the law and that includes the president,”Bob Ferguson, Washington state’s top law official, said on CNN Friday night. US District Judge […]