Rokita reverses course on skipping TV debate for GOP Senate candidates
Rokita’s camp said Tuesday that the candidate wanted to participate in order to directly challenge any misleading statements from the other candidates.
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GOP Senate candidates embrace Trump while bashing each other
The three Indiana Republican candidates running for the U.S. Senate spent much of Sunday night’s debate positioning themselves as the biggest supporters of President Donald Trump.
IRS head sees huge task ahead to administer new tax law
The agency, pummeled for years by criticism from congressional Republicans and funding cuts, now must administer and enforce the most sweeping overhaul of the U.S. tax code in three decades.
Anthem among health care’s biggest gainers from federal tax cuts
Four of the 20 biggest health-care companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index saw a benefit from the tax overhaul in the fourth quarter. Among them was Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc.
Zuckerberg says regulation of social media inevitable
After two days of congressional testimony, what seemed clear was how little Congress seems to know about Facebook, much less what to do about it.
House Speaker Paul Ryan says he won’t seek re-election
The Wisconsin Republican cast the decision to end his 20-year career as a personal one, saying he did not want his children growing up with a “weekend dad.”
Facebook’s Zuckerberg fends off senators during five hours of questioning
Under fire Tuesday for the worst privacy debacle in his company’s history, CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized several times for Facebook failures and batted away often-aggressive questioning from lawmakers.
Trump signs executive order pushing work for welfare
The order focuses on finding ways to strengthen existing work requirements and exploring new requirements for benefits such as food stamps, cash and housing assistance programs.
Trade, tax cuts at center of Donnelly’s run in Trump country
Sen. Joe Donnelly is doggedly cultivating those who are agitated with Donald Trump as he seeks a second term in a state that the president won by 19 percentage points in 2016.
Leaders of Trump’s Indiana campaign endorse Rokita
Members of Trump’s team from 2016 are backing Rokita in Indiana’s GOP Senate primary, claiming fellow Rep. Luke Messer and former state Rep. Mike Braun didn’t do enough to support Trump.
China vows to ‘counterattack’ U.S. as trade spat worsens
Now in a tit-for-tat fight with the United States, the global superpower vowed Friday to retaliate if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to apply tariffs to an additional $100 billion worth of Chinese goods.
Trump proposes new tariffs on $100B in Chinese goods
President Trump’s surprise move came a day after Beijing announced plans to tax $50 billion in American products, including soybeans and small aircraft, in response to a U.S. move this week to slap tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports.
Civil rights icon recalls RFK’s Indianapolis speech about MLK assassination
Civil rights icon John Lewis recalled crying in an Indianapolis park where in 1968 he heard Sen. Robert Kennedy tell a crowd about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and make a plea for peace and unity.
Trump supporter Rokita called future president ‘vulgar’ in 2016
Senate candidate Todd Rokita is embracing President Donald Trump in his campaign, but that wasn’t always the case before Trump was elected.
China lists $50 billion in U.S. goods it might hit with 25 percent tariff
Beijing’s list of 106 products included the biggest U.S. exports to China, reflecting its intense sensitivity to the dispute over American complaints that it pressures foreign companies to hand over technology.
Trump administration moves to cut Obama-era fuel-efficiency rules
The Trump administration announced that fuel-efficiency regulations for cars and light trucks are too stringent and must be revised.
Three more debates lined up for GOP candidates for U.S. Senate seat
The first debate to be televised statewide is slated for April 15, with all three candidates confirming their participation. One of the trio has declined to partake in the third debate.
Money pulled for satellite instrument being built in Indiana
The federal spending plan approved March 23 by Congress contained no money for the $208 million Radiation Budget Instrument being built at a Harris Corp. plant in Fort Wayne for NASA.
Indiana soybean farmers worry about possible China tariffs
Some Indiana farmers are concerned that the struggling soybean industry could face another blow if China imposes tariffs on U.S. soybeans.
Decision to add citizenship question to census draws outcry
The 2020 U.S. Census will include a question about citizenship status, a move that brought swift condemnation from Democrats, who said it would intimidate immigrants and discourage them from participating.