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Congressional negotiators from both parties released a sprawling bipartisan funding package Tuesday intended to keep the federal government open ahead of a Jan. 30 shutdown deadline, but provisions related to Immigration and Customs Enforcement are already threatening to fracture Democratic support in both chambers. The 1,059-page measure would fully fund …

The U.S. Senate deadlocked Friday over how to fund the government past a deadline at the end of September, escalating the odds of a shutdown and heightening tensions on Capitol Hill. Democrats on a 44-48 vote blocked a seven-week stopgap spending bill that had passed the House just hours earlier, …

President Donald Trump signed into law Friday evening his massive spending cut and tax break package to fulfill his domestic policy agenda on immigration and defense and overhaul American energy production. The “big, beautiful bill,” which Trump signed on Republicans’ self-imposed Fourth of July deadline, will make permanent the 2017 …

In a razor-thin vote on Thursday, House Republicans passed a sprawling tax and spending package that enshrines much of President Donald Trump’s second-term domestic agenda, sending the legislation to the president’s desk just in time for his July 4 deadline. The bill passed 218-214, with every Democrat voting no and …

In a dramatic 51-50 vote early Tuesday morning, the Republican-controlled Senate passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy package, putting the legislation — dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” — one step closer to becoming law. Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote after three Republicans — Sens. Rand …

With the clock ticking toward President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline, the Republican-controlled Senate began the final phase of debate Monday on the sweeping 940-page tax and spending bill that would reshape federal policy on taxes, health care, defense, and immigration. Dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill,” the legislation was already …

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released detailed analysis Wednesday showing Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” would increase federal deficits by $2.4 trillion during the next decade. CBO projects that if enacted as written, the legislation would result in 10.9 million people losing access to health insurance by 2034, a number that …

Tech mogul Elon Musk launched a scathing public attack on President Donald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending bill Tuesday, calling it a “disgusting abomination” in a surprise social media tirade that threatens to fracture the Republican coalition ahead of a critical Senate vote. “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a …

In a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump, the Republican-led House Budget Committee on Friday rejected a sweeping multitrillion-dollar spending package central to Trump’s economic agenda. The 16-21 vote exposed deep divisions within the GOP and throws into doubt the party’s ability to advance the bill before …

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday called for Congress to abolish the debt ceiling, labeling it a “psychological” barrier and an unnecessary risk to the economy. Trump’s remarks came during a phone interview with NBC News, a day after he criticized a bipartisan short-term government funding deal. “Getting rid of the …

Efforts to prevent a partial government shutdown from starting this weekend fell apart Wednesday when numerous Republicans, on and off Capitol Hill, expressed their frustration with the many extraneous provisions added to a short-term funding package. Complicating the situation, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance posted on social media that he and President-elect Donald …

Jennifer Shutt, Arkansas Advocate U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a six-month stopgap spending bill from heading to the floor for a vote Wednesday, scuttling efforts by the GOP to show solidarity behind their plan, which included a provision requiring ID to register to vote in federal elections. The spending …

Jennifer Shutt, Maine Morning Star Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy struggled Tuesday to convince members of Congress to approve billions in additional aid to his country at a crucial moment in the nearly two-year war with Russia. But the outlook was grim as lawmakers remained deadlocked on another piece of a …

Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent President Joe Biden has signed the stopgap spending bill, giving his administration and Congress about two months to work out an agreement on the dozen annual spending bills. Those appropriations measures were supposed to become law by the start of the fiscal year on Oct. 1, …

Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder U.S. senators voted 87-11 to approve legislation Wednesday that would fund the government into next year, clearing the measure for President Joe Biden’s signature. The stopgap spending bill, sometimes called a continuing resolution or CR, would fund part of the government until mid-January and the rest …