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  • File – (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Politics

    Overnight Senate voting on ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ pushed off after early vote barely passes

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., departs following a classified briefing on President Donald Trump’s directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last weekend, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)Politics

    After a dramatic vote, the Senate pushes ahead on Trump’s tax break and spending cut plan

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., arrives for a closed-door Republican meeting to advance President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    Senate eyes key vote on Trump’s tax bill, while Musk calls it ‘utterly insane and destructive’

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee Chairman Sen Bill Hagerty R-Tenn., questions Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins, during a hearing to examine proposed budget estimate for fiscal year 2026 for the SEC, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ce.neta)The Coins

    Senate passes stablecoin regulation bill without facing elephant in the room: Trump’s crypto empire

    By Joey Cappelletti, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • A cut-out of Trump holds up a bitcoin in front of some data serversFinance

    The Senate’s stablecoin legislation is moving just as fast as crypto itself, but it doesn’t address the elephant in the room: Trump’s conflicts of interest

    By Joey Cappelletti, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • Brian Armstrong, left, Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, and Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Circle, participate in the State of Crypto Summit, in New York, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)The Coins

    Senate set to pass bill regulating stablecoins without addressing Trump crypto investments

    By Joey Cappelletti, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and President Donald Trump arrive for a House Republican conference meeting, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Politics

    CBO says tax breaks in ‘big, beautiful bill’ would increase deficit by $3.8 trillion while Medicaid and other cuts will only shave $1 trillion in spending

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • President Donald Trump, center, surrounded by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., speaks to reporters before a House Republican conference meeting, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Politics

    Trump implores GOP to support his ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ but holdouts say ‘no’: ‘We’re still a long ways away’

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • President Donald Trump arrives at a swearing in ceremony for Dr. Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    Trump will mark 100 days with Michigan rally—his first since returning to the White House

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
  • Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of congress Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Wyandotte, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool)Politics

    Democrats slam Trump’s ‘unprecedented giveaway to his billionaire friends’ in response to president’s Congress speech

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
  • Kamala HarrisPolitics

    Harris raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Trump—and is still asking donors for more money

    By Bill Barrow, Joey Cappelletti, and others
  • Eminem raises his fist on stage as Barack Obama claps besides himPolitics

    Eminem stumps for Kamala Harris at Detroit rally: ‘I don’t think anyone wants an America where people are worried about retribution’

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
  • Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald TrumpPolitics

    Unions face a moment of truth in Michigan as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump woo them in starkly different terms

    By Joey Cappelletti, Matt Brown, and others
  • Hugh Kieve, 10, of Washington, holds a sign outside the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 21, 2024, as he and his family come out to show support for President Joe Biden. Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Politics

    Democrats express relief over Biden exit with recent polling showing nearly two-thirds wanted him to withdraw: ‘I haven’t had hope for a while’

    By Joey Cappelletti, Mike Householder, and others
  • Clara Ostrander stands in her family’s field in Maybee, Mich., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The family sought to lease some of the property for a solar energy project that would have paid enough to help them keep their land. Local opposition tanked the project and Ostrander now says there are neighbors she will never speak to again. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)Environment

    Clean energy projects keep getting derailed by local opposition. Now states are trying to grab enough power to overrule it

    By Joey Cappelletti, John Hanna, and others