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The Senate burns the midnight oil hoping to pass Trump’s spending agenda, the man accused of fatally stabbing four college students in Idaho appears to have accepted a plea deal, and the city of Los Angeles is again engrossed in a legal battle over immigration.
The legislation now heads to the House for possible final approval, though a handful of Republicans there have already voiced opposition.
The big story: The Senate passed the bill by a 51-50 vote — with Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaking vote — as President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline loomed. Notable “no” votes: Republican Sens. Thom Tillis (North Carolina), Susan Collins (Maine) and Rand Paul (Kentucky) broke from their party to vote against the bill.
Senate Republicans are gearing up to tackle President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” – a sweeping and complicated piece of legislation with real-world implications for everyone from ...
Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurtling past Democratic opposition toward ...
House Republicans adopted a compromise budget resolution Thursday, allowing them to finally start the legislative process of drafting President Trump’s “big, beautiful” agenda package. The ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate slogged through a tense overnight session that dragged into Tuesday, with Republican leaders searching for ways to secure support for President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts while fending off proposed amendments, mostly from Democrats trying to defeat the package.