WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans who control the U.S. Senate Finance Committee unveiled changes to President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill on Monday that would make business-related tax breaks permanent while modifying Medicaid reforms and a new federal deduction for state and local taxes.

A pair of lawmakers in California are seeking to ban law enforcement officers in the state from wearing face coverings, amid protests in Los Angeles against the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told NBC’s Kristen Welker on Sunday that he would need the White House to make major modifications to the bill’s planned $5 trillion debt ceiling hike to garner his support. “Congress is awful with money,