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...long-awaited report on tax reform, which endorsed the flat tax while leaving out specifics on what percentage should be taxed and what, if any, deductions should be preserved. Both announcements point to the promise and problem of the flat tax for the GOP, notes TIME's Jeffrey Birnbaum. "The flat tax is the hottest new issue on the campaign trail and has launched Steve Forbes into second place," he says. But, the idea may rapidly be overtaken by politics. Since Jack Kemp is a longtime flat tax advocate, it seems odd that his commission didn't provide a detailed...
...Reported by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Nina Burleigh, James Carney, Michael Duffy and Karen Tumulty/Washington
...Hillary Clinton's alleged involvement in firing seven White House travel employees and the two-year delay in releasing former aide David Watkins' written account of the episode, White House spokesman Mike McCurry crisply replied, "Apparently previous searches were not exhaustive enough." The White House, notes TIME's Jeffrey Birnbaum, is feeling the heat as multiple investigations gain momentum. "This is one in a series of issues in which the First Lady and her associates are embroiled, and many more questions will be raised." Rep. William Clinger, chairman of the House committee that obtained the Watkins memo, told reporters Thursday...
...TIME correspondents to help paint the Speaker in all his brilliant, strange plumage. Doug Waller gathered childhood stories from "Newtie's" hometown of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania. Elaine Shannon and Adam Cohen looked into Gingrich's Southern ties. Wendy Cole hung out with "Kit" Gingrich, the Speaker's outspoken mother. Jeff Birnbaum followed Newt's money trail. In the meantime, Gingrich's heady first 100 days were documented close-up by TIME's prizewinning photographer P.F. Bentley. "P.F.'s passion is recording history as it happens," says picture editor Michele Stephenson. "He has great instincts, and he gets rare access because...
...Reported by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Nina Burleigh/Washington