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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=0a39b559-6f44-4299-8edc-cd8b54dc17dd&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## Video: President Trump Does Not Call Russia A Security Threat [Watch (HLS stream): President Trump Does Not Call Russia A Security Threat](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FoZwDtOS.m3u8) (0:42)  _Published 2017-08-28. President Trump avoids calling Russia a security threat during a press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö._ by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Aug 31, 2017 8:37 PM UTC by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Aug 31, 2017 8:37 PM UTC President Donald Trump began his fall pitch for tax reform, but his speech in Missouri Wednesday was short on specifics. Aside from laying out an “ideal” 15% corporate tax rate—which Republicans on Capitol Hill are already backing away from—Trump offered only vague outlines of the GOP proposal. Republican lawmakers have haggled for years over such a plan, but have had trouble devising any sort of widespread consensus. In selling the rough sketch, Trump tried to spin the steep business tax cuts, arguing that “lower taxes on American business means higher wages for American workers.” And while he focused on middle class tax relief, the GOP plan would do wonders for the balance sheets of those in the highest income bracket. The Trump tax reality. McCain to return to Washington. 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