Efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency result in major savings and policy changes, including on border security ...

President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and even Elon Musk ...

During a GOP town hall held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on May 29, 2025, Republican Senator Rand Paul makes petty remarks targeted ...

President Trump is floating the idea of increasing taxes on the ultra wealthy who make $2.5 million annually from 37% to 39.6 ...

Campaign rhetoric on Trump's mega bill in Congress offers a look into early messaging tactics both parties will fine-tune ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defended the House-passed spending package in an interview that aired Sunday while lauding the bill’s unprecedented cuts.  President Trump has endorsed the ...

During an oversight hearing by the House Appropriations Committee held on May 6, 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi ...

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President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" has U.S. Representatives Jasmine Crockett and Brandon Gill at odds with each ...

That could include hundreds of thousands of Kansans and Missourians. More than 3 million people living in or near poverty ...

One of the most contentious and important aspects of what President Donald Trump has dubbed the “big, beautiful” budget bill ...

On May 29, the Centers for Disease Control updated its childhood immunization schedule to say that healthy kids between the ...