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House GOP can’t pass Trump’s tax bill as holdouts on center and far-right push back in late-night session

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Senate works through the night as GOP tries to cut deal that satisfies those who want more and less Medicaid cuts
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Senate works through the night as GOP tries to cut deal that satisfies those who want more and less Medicaid cuts

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

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Top Senate rulemaker tells GOP that some Medicaid spending cuts in ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ don’t work and Senators are scrambling

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GOP senators are struggling over how to cut billions in healthcare funding without hurting hospitals or patients and it’s stalling the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

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Spain wins exemption from NATO’s 5% defense spending goal

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Congressional Budget Office digs further into ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ and now says it will raise deficit by $2.8 trillion, $441 billion more than before

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Senate GOP wants deeper Medicaid cuts to offset tax breaks in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

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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, Leah Askarinam, Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
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Trump implores GOP to support his ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ but holdouts say ‘no’: ‘We’re still a long ways away’

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Trump is heading to Congress to push his ‘big, beautiful bill’ as it risks collapse ahead of votes this week
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Trump is heading to Congress to push his ‘big, beautiful bill’ as it risks collapse ahead of votes this week

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GOP House members and senators rip Medicaid cuts and booming deficits in tax bill as Trump says ‘The Bill is GREAT’
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GOP House members and senators rip Medicaid cuts and booming deficits in tax bill as Trump says ‘The Bill is GREAT’

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