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Today in Black History: Human rights activist and author Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born on this date in 1927 in Heiberger, Alabama.

The New York Times


National


Trump Proposes Sharply Cutting Tax Rates for Individuals

EDITORIAL: Trump’s Laughable Plan to Cut His Own Taxes

7 Key Elements of the White House’s Plan


What Trump’s Tax Proposal Will Cost

Without a Deal, Trump Says, He’ll ‘Terminate Nafta’

Tillerson in No Rush to Fill Nearly 200 Appointed Posts

Bribe Cases, a Jared Kushner Partner and Potential Conflicts

Flynn Under Defense Dept. Investigation Over Foreign Payment


Republicans Propose Short-Term Funding Plan to Avert Shutdown


F.C.C. Chairman Pushes Sweeping Changes to Net Neutrality Rules


Anthem Threatens to Leave Health Exchanges if Subsidies Are Halted


Local


Amtrak Plans to Close Several Penn Station Tracks for Major Repairs

New York’s City Council Seeks to Bolster ‘Sanctuary City’ Status

State Police Will Help Battle MS-13, Cuomo Says

Opinion: Don’t Let the N.Y.P.D. Co-opt Body Cameras


The Christian Science Monitor


Amid sexual harassment scandal, Fox News now faces racial discrimination lawsuit

What's left out of Trump tax plan? The 'D' word.

Berkeley paradox: Birthplace of free speech now offended by it

Health care adds latest wrinkle to Puerto Rican debt crisis


The Star-Ledger


Bayonne High students stage walkout to protest teacher layoffs


Bayonne school board votes to lay off nearly 300 district employees

'No Section 8': N.J. warns landlords over discriminatory apartment ads


2 injured after World Trade Center Oculus elevator buckles

9 ways to fix NJ Transit, according to the experts


Philly.com


As his troubles mount, Seth Williams puts his home up for sale

Stop suspending elementary-age pupils, advocates ask Philly schools

Another Philly principal who was fired for cheating ordered reinstated by court

Pa. gets 'slapped' by feds, improves feeding the poor



The Chicago Tribune


Missing toddler found dead in Joliet Township home


Wisconsin Gov. Walker: Won't remove Sheriff Clarke over jail dehydration death

Waukegan District 60 staff notified their jobs are in jeopardy

Some Chicago neighborhoods, suburbs still clawing back from housing crash

Illinois soda tax could cut health costs, raise $561 million in revenue annually


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


People's Climate March planned for Saturday in Washington with events in Akron, Medina

Shaker Heights High School teacher charged with sexually abusing student 22 years ago

Ohio grades Donald Trump's first 100 days as president: Ohio Matters

Extend the EB-5 foreign investor program that's yielded millions for Cleveland jobs: editorial


The Los Angeles Times


Republicans are rethinking their disdain for the Paris accord – creating a political headache for Trump

Trump says U.S. won't leave NAFTA — for now


They were kids in 1992. Here's how two Korean Americans are telling the story of the L.A. riots

Los Angeles County gets a 'C' on UCLA's latest environmental report card


The Detroit Free Press

Astronomical auto insurance is biggest drag on Detroit, Duggan says


DIA turns Detroit youth into artists


Federal inspector criticizes Michigan's demolition spending


Prosecutor: Vendor secretly recorded Sen. Bert Johnson

Michigan Senate compromises on funds for Flint water, Fraser sinkhole


USA Today

How Trump's tax plan would affect households


The Washington Post


Pentagon to investigate Flynn’s payments from foreign groups


Trump goes big on tax overhaul plan that would affect most Americans


How Trump’s tax proposal could benefit his own business empire

House Democrats know they will lose the fight for Trump to release his taxes. Here’s why they are still doing it.

‘Build that wall’?: Joke to some, this vivid campaign promise now carries real political risk for Trump


House Republicans introduce one-week spending bill to continue budget talks

Trump tells leaders of Mexico, Canada that he won’t pull out of NAFTA ‘at this time’

Federal study of D.C. voucher program finds negative impact on student achievement

Judge: Mostly white Southern city may secede from school district — even if effort motivated by race


Former Md. governor Martin O’Malley deposed in redistricting lawsuit

Analysis: NFL draft profiles are full of racial stereotypes. And that matters for when quarterbacks get drafted.





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