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EconomyThe Budget Office says Trump’s spending bill would add $2.4 trillion to the national debt—just one day after Elon Musk slammed Congress over this same fear
By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressJune 4, 2025

PoliticsTrump pushes senators to pass his big tax bill by the Fourth of July just as Elon Musk slams it as a ‘disgusting abomination’
By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and The Associated PressJune 4, 2025

PoliticsCBO 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, Leah Askarinam, Joey Cappelletti and The Associated PressMay 21, 2025

PoliticsTrump 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, Leah Askarinam, Joey Cappelletti and The Associated PressMay 21, 2025

PoliticsTrump is heading to Congress to push his ‘big, beautiful bill’ as it risks collapse ahead of votes this week
By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Leah Askarinam and The Associated PressMay 20, 2025

PoliticsTrump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ advances in rare Sunday night vote, but conservatives want more cuts: ‘The bill does not yet meet the moment’
By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressMay 19, 2025

By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressMay 18, 2025

PoliticsTrump’s ‘Big’ and ‘Beautiful’ tax cut bill suffers a major blow as his own party fails to pass the legislation
By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking and The Associated PressMay 16, 2025

PoliticsWhat’s in Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’, from $5 trillion in tax cuts to a 21% tax on university endowments
By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressMay 14, 2025

PoliticsGOP House members and senators rip Medicaid cuts and booming deficits in tax bill as Trump says ‘The Bill is GREAT’
By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking and The Associated PressMay 13, 2025

PoliticsHouse GOP aims to cut $880 billion mostly from Medicaid in move that could leave 8.6 million without healthcare
By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressMay 12, 2025

PoliticsTrump’s 2026 budget claws back $163 billion in domestic spending while boosting national security
By Lisa Mascaro, Josh Boak and The Associated PressMay 2, 2025

PoliticsTrump is sending mixed signals on a millionaire tax, but thinks it would push rich Americans to leave the country
By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressApril 25, 2025
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