Tom Price, the health and human services secretary, resigned on Friday. Mr. Price drew criticism for his use of expensive chartered flights, which undermined President Trump’s promise to “drain the swamp” of an entitled capital.
The first detailed assessment of the tax plan found that the average tax bill would fall by $1,600, or 2.1 percent, in 2018. But the biggest drop would go to those with incomes above $730,000.
The Trump administration is expected to announce Friday that it will pull more of its personnel out of Havana, Cuba, after mysterious attacks that have hurt 21 people associated with the embassy.
Less than 24 hours after Republicans unveiled a sweeping plan to rewrite the tax code, Washington lobbyists are already jockeying to protect valuable tax preferences.
Steve Scalise, the No. 3 Republican who nearly lost his life to a gunman on a baseball field, returned to the House on Thursday to bipartisan applause.