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Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley introduced a bill on Thursday that would require congressional approval for new tariffs, the day after President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new taxes on a va...
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“Tariffs are a terrible mistake,” Paul said in a floor speech Wednesday. “They don’t work. They will lead to higher prices. They are a tax, and they have historically been bad for our economy.”
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A fast-spreading panic hit Capitol Hill on Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s trade war prompted markets to suffer their worst day since the onset of the pandemic in 2020 and analysts were predicting the worst was yet to come.
The senator delivered a fiery speech before his fellow colleagues voted against his resolutions that would have blocked $8.8 billion in arms sales to Israel.
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President Donald Trump said he was "in favor" of allowing new mothers in Congress to vote by proxy. The move puts him at odds with House Speaker Mike Johnson.
The tariffs were fueling the strongest GOP pushback since Trump's inauguration, though Speaker Mike Johnson defended them
Senate Republicans are looking to change how extending many of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts would be scored when it comes to future federal deficits. The Congressional Budget Office has projected that extending the cuts would increase deficits by nearly $4 trillion over the coming decade.
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A showdown is brewing between Congress and nonpartisan federal offices over lawmakers' power to repeal a Biden-era policy on electric vehicles.
In meetings with NATO ministers, Mr. Rubio is expected to press Mr. Trump’s call for a swift end to the war in Ukraine, an approach that alarms many European leaders who overwhelmingly support Kyiv and fear that Mr. Trump will wind up appeasing Mr. Putin.
Oliver Stone's "JFK" was nominated for eight Oscars and grossed more than $200 million but was also dogged by questions about its historical accuracy.
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The conservative legal group New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for imposing tariffs on Chinese imports.