Republicans, budget
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Republicans narrowly got their budget plan over the finish line. Now comes the hard part.
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House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework Thursday after initial resistance from GOP holdouts.
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Democrats have framed the debate as Republicans looking to slash key government programs so they can pass tax cuts that predominately help wealthier households.
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Trump, Republicans and Congress
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Republicans in Congress are worried that the market rout sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs is taking a heavy toll on retirees and people approaching retirement age - a critical constitu...
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Trump has launched tariff wars with nearly all of the United States' trading partners.
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The Trump administration has reversed sweeping cuts in emergency food aid to several nations while maintaining them in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest and most war-ravaged countries...
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House Republicans vote down measures intended to make it easier for married women and minorities to cast their ballot.
GOP leaders failed to win over holdouts who are pushing for steeper spending cuts, forcing them to delay their planned vote on the budget blueprint Wednesday evening.
House Republicans narrowly approved a blueprint for President Trump’s agenda, promising to find $1.5 trillion in cuts as part of the package.
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Congressional Democrats are taking steps to force their Republican colleagues to choose between backing President Donald Trump and reining in his economic policy amid mounting fears of a global recession.
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P’Nut the squirrel, a social media star, was seized and killed by state officials. Now, GOP lawmakers are demanding due process for seized animals with "Peanut’s Law."
On Tuesday, nine Republicans joined all Democrats in a 222–206 vote defeating Johnson's procedural rule, which would have blocked Luna from forcing action on the proxy voting proposal. Trump said he was "in favor" of allowing new parents in Congress to vote by proxy while speaking aboard Air Force One on Thursday.
Trump's border czar, Thomas Homan, has deep roots in NY. Republicans aim to leverage the connection to increase immigration actions.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and other GOP leaders are urging House holdouts to back a Senate-passed fiscal plan.
Republicans will now have to detail what specific programs they will cut, including potential changes to Medicaid.