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GOP lawmakers say economic numbers are a major red flag for Trump

Republican lawmakers say economic data released Wednesday is flashing a warning about the growing impact of President Trump’s trade war, which they fear could lead to a sharp political backlash. Th…

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Author: Alexander Bolton

US Senate rejects bid to block Trump’s tariffs

Three Republican senators join Democrats in voting for resolution to oppose US president’s trade policy.

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Author: Al Jazeera

Mike Johnson has work to do convincing Donald Trump to slash Medicaid

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Author: Rachael Bade,Adam Cancryn,Myah Ward,Meredith Lee Hill

Oversight Committee advances pension benefit overhaul

One Republican is sending a warning that it won’t pass the full House in its current form.

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Author: Lawrence Ukenye

Senate Rejects Bipartisan Measure to Undo Trump’s Tariffs

Only three Republicans joined Democrats in voting to end the national emergency President Trump declared to impose tariffs on most U.S. trading partners, leaving the measure short of the support needed to pass.

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Author: Robert Jimison

GOP Backs Cuts to Federal Workers’ Pensions in Budget Bill (1)

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Author: Ken Tran

House Republicans advance ‘best shot’ at reining in Obama-era consumer protections

House Republicans on Wednesday advanced legislation that seeks to significantly limit the funding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is able to access, a move Democrats say would “dism…

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Author: Aris Folley

SALT Republicans, leadership ‘still have some work to do’ after key meeting

House Republicans in favor of increasing the deduction cap on state and local taxes (SALT) said they “still have some work to do” after the group huddled with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for a key…

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Author: Mychael Schnell

Johnson fails to solve SALT problem after key meeting

Time is running out to meet the speaker’s deadline to pass Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

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Author: Brian Faler

Bipartisan push to rebuke Trump over tariffs falls short in Senate as GOP leader moves to kill effort

A bipartisan attempt to rebuke President Donald Trump over his trade policy fell short in the Senate on Wednesday amid two key absences in the chamber.

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Author: Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju

Pro-SALT Republicans, House Leaders Divided Over Tax Break

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Author: Erik Wasson,Billy House

Republicans’ Plan for Cutting Medicaid Is Becoming Clearer. They Won’t Be Able to Spin This One Away.

It’s put House Republican factions at loggerheads, but they can’t dance around the question any longer.

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Author: Jim Newell

US Senate to vote on bill to rein in Trump tariffs as economy contracts

The U.S. Senate was poised on Wednesday to vote on a resolution to block a host of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, hours after the federal government reported that the nation’s economy contracted for the first time in three years amid the chaos of the president’s tariff policies.

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Author: David Morgan

‘Limits of loyalty’: ‘Ultra MAGA’ GOP’s relationship with Speaker Johnson has ‘entirely fallen apart’

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has reportedly been feuding with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) since returning to Capitol Hill after she did not secure the crucial job she believed was already hers.Just days before the Senate planned to confirm Stefanik as the next United States ambassador to the United Na…

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Author: Ailia Zehra

Elise Stefanik, Cabinet Hopes Dashed, Considers Her Next Move

The New York Republican is contemplating a run for governor and nursing a feud with the House speaker after seeing her cabinet dream evaporate.

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Author: Annie Karni

Collins criticizes Trump administration, holds hearing on scientific research cuts

The Senate Appropriations Committee, which Collins chairs, is holding a hearing Wednesday morning with top scientists affected by the cuts, including a researcher from MDI Bio Lab in Maine

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Author: John Richardson

Listen live: NPR special report marking Trump’s 100th day

NPR’s live coverage examining the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term starts tonight at 8 p.m. ET.

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Author: NPR Staff

Senate GOP leaders succeed in protecting Trump tariffs

It comes the same day the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter — the first contraction in three years.

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Author: Stephen Neukam,Stef W. Kight

Debate: How have Trump’s 100 days gone

Jenn Pellegrino is chief spokesperson for the America First Policy Institute and Peter Loge, was a senior advisor in the Obama administration, and is now a professor at George Washington University.

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Author: @mattfrei

Top Republican Warns Cuts Threaten US Lead on Medical Research

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Author: Erin Durkin

Collins says Trump’s research cuts ‘must be reversed’

The Maine Republican could use her chair at Senate Appropriations to push back.

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Author: Erin Schumaker,David Lim

If leaders stay silent, the US won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days

We are tottering on the edge of dictatorship. Powerful voices across institutions, from politics to academia and religion, must speak out

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Author: Robert Reich

Senate to vote on a measure to undo Trump’s global tariffs

It will be the second Senate vote this month on a resolution aimed at reining in Trump’s tariff authority. If passed, the measure likely won’t advance through the GOP-led House.

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Author: Rebecca Shabad,Frank Thorp V,Kate Santaliz,Julie Tsirkin

Trump’s tax hike tease smashes GOP Overton window

Donald Trump has gored a lot of the GOP’s sacred cows. Of these Republican shibboleths, not raising taxes — especially not for the rich — is one of the most important. Last week, the President told Time magazine: “I actually love the concept [of a millionaire tax], but I don’t want it to be used […]Read More…

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Author: Emily Jashinsky

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