Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:

• GOP Charges to Tax-Cut Finish Line. Republicans rallied around their plan to couple a sweeping, permanent tax cut for U.S. corporations with temporary benefits for individuals as they completed a six-week sprint to fashion a rewrite of the U.S. tax code. GOP lawmakers posted their 503-page bill on Friday evening after gaining key votes from two Republican senators who’d threatened to oppose it. Now, with votes planned in the House and Senate by the middle of next week, President Donald Trump is closing in on his first major legislative victory. The bill -- hammered out behind closed doors by Republican leaders -- would slash the corporate tax rate to 21 percent, the lowest that rate has been since 1939. It would provide across-the-board tax cuts for most individuals, but then wipe them off the books by 2026. Whether to extend them would be up to a future Congress.

• A Look at the Corporate Winners and Losers in Final Tax Measure.

• Hunter Harrison, Lauded Railroad Turnaround CEO, Dies at 73. E. Hunter Harrison, who turned around three railroad carriers during a five-decade career before being tapped by CSX Corp. to improve the company’s lackluster performance, has died days after taking medical leave. He was 73.

Wall Street Journal:

• GOP Tax Plan: Live Coverage.

• A Tax Reform for Growth. The GOP bill will spur investment and make the U.S. more competitive.

• Small Investors Rejoice After Lawmakers Cut Controversial Tax Provision. Critics said provision in Senate bill would have resulted in higher costs, less autonomy for investors.

MarketWatch.com: 

• Here come CME bitcoin futures: What you need to know.

Fox News: 

• Gregg Jarrett: Did the FBI and the Justice Department, plot to clear Hillary Clinton, bring down Trump? (video)

CNBC:

• Trump defends tax plan, says economy set 'to rock'.

• GOP releases its final tax plan — here's what's in it. (video)

• Here are the $5 trillion worth of winners and losers in the tax bill heading for a vote.

• Tax package could bring on a strong year-end Santa rally in stocks.

• Seth Klarman calls bitcoin a ‘trading sardine,’ others say ‘speculative mania’ — They are right.

Zero Hedge:

• Mueller "Improperly" Obtained "Tens of Thousands" Of Trump Transition Emails.

• Sessions Balks At Second Special Counsel: Says Recent FBI Bombshell May Have "Innocent Explanation".

• Scheme To Pay For Trump Accusers Emerges, One Woman Was Offered $750,000.

• Here Is The Full Text Of The Final Republican Tax Bill.

• Ex-FBI Assistant Director: Strzok Fabricated Information And "Belongs In Leavenworth".

• $19,000: Bitcoin Hits New All Time High After Burst Of Asian Buying; Bigger Than Wells, Wal-Mart.

• FBI Edits To Clinton Exoneration Go Far Beyond What Was Previously Known; Comey, McCabe, Strzok Implicated.

• Trump Set To Accuse China Of "Economic Aggression" On Monday.

• DOJ, AT&T Head To Court As Settlement Talks Collapse.

• Facebook(FB) Really Is Bad For You, Researchers Say

• What We Learned This Week...

• World's Largest Oil-Pipeline Company Uncovers Illegal Crypto Mining Operation.

• Stocks Surge To All Time High As Corker Unexpectedly Joins Rubio In Supporting GOP Tax Bill.

• Weekend Reading: Ignorance Is No Excuse.

• US Yield Curve Crashes Most In 6 Years As Stocks, Bitcoin Hit Record Highs. (graph)

Business Insider:

• Walmart(WMT) and Amazon's(AMZN) long-simmering feud exploded in 2017 — and it's redefining retail.

• Facebook(FB) admits that social media can be bad for you.

• Sears(SHLD) is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and Kmart could be its first casualty.