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PoliticsTrump presides over third government shutdown, with fresh opportunity to fire thousands of workers and close down federal offices
By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Stephen Groves and The Associated PressOctober 1, 2025

PoliticsTrump crackdown on ‘radical left’ after Charlie Kirk’s death targets Soros, Indivisible despite evidence of lone shooter
By Chris Megerian, Lisa Mascaro, Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated PressSeptember 17, 2025

By Michelle L. Price, Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressJuly 30, 2025

PoliticsPaul Dans, Project 2025’s chief architect, says the U.S. Senate is ‘the headwaters of the swamp’
By Lisa Mascaro, Meg Kinnard and The Associated PressJuly 28, 2025

PoliticsHouse GOP can’t pass Trump’s tax bill as holdouts on center and far-right push back in late-night session
By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, Joey Cappelletti and The Associated PressJuly 3, 2025

PoliticsThe Senate just passed Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts. Here’s what else is inside
By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Matt Brown and The Associated PressJuly 1, 2025

PoliticsSenate works through the night as GOP tries to cut deal that satisfies those who want more and less Medicaid cuts
By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Matt Brown and The Associated PressJuly 1, 2025

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Joey Cappelletti and The Associated PressJune 30, 2025

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Joey Cappelletti and The Associated PressJune 29, 2025

PoliticsSenate eyes key vote on Trump’s tax bill, while Musk calls it ‘utterly insane and destructive’
By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Joey Cappelletti and The Associated PressJune 28, 2025

PoliticsTop Senate rulemaker tells GOP that some Medicaid spending cuts in ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ don’t work and Senators are scrambling
By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressJune 27, 2025

PoliticsRepublicans are scrambling after learning their proposed cuts to Medicaid, which would offset trillions in tax breaks, violate Senate rules
By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressJune 26, 2025

PoliticsGOP senators are struggling over how to cut billions in healthcare funding without hurting hospitals or patients and it’s stalling the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressJune 26, 2025
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