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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
Finance

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

By Fatima Hussein, Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
June 18, 2025
A cut-out of Trump holds up a bitcoin in front of some data servers
Finance

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, Alan Suderman and The Associated Press
June 17, 2025
Bob Menendez speaks
Politics

Former Sen. Bob Mendendez, angling for a pardon for his 11-year prison sentence, says he hopes Trump ‘cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system’

By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
June 17, 2025
Senate set to pass bill regulating stablecoins without addressing Trump crypto investments
The Coins

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

By Joey Cappelletti, Mary Clare Jalonick, Alan Suderman and The Associated Press
June 17, 2025
Senate GOP wants deeper Medicaid cuts to offset tax breaks in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
Politics

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

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
June 17, 2025
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, flanked by Sen. John Barrasso, speaks with reporters at a lectern after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on June 4.
Politics

Republican senators want to make changes to Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’. Here are the competing groups

By Mary Clare Jalonick and The Associated Press
June 9, 2025
Trump pushes senators to pass his big tax bill by the Fourth of July just as Elon Musk slams it as a ‘disgusting abomination’
Politics

Trump 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 Press
June 4, 2025
Dr. Annie Andrews
Politics

Meet Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician who plans to give Lindsey Graham a run for his money in South Carolina

By Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press
May 29, 2025
Cory Booker at the capitol
Politics

Cory Booker is capitalizing on his record-breaking 25-hour Senate floor speech with a new book called ‘Stand’

By Hillel Italie and The Associated Press
May 28, 2025
Cars in traffic on a bridge
Environment

The Senate just blocked California from becoming the first state to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars as the Trump administration doubles down on fossil fuels

By Mary Clare Jalonick and The Associated Press
May 22, 2025
Robert F Kennedy, aka RFK Jr, looking a little pale ahead of his first hearing in front of the Senate health committee since he was confirmed
Politics

RFK Jr. is about to get grilled by the Senate health committee for the first time since he was confirmed

By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
May 14, 2025
GOP House members and senators rip Medicaid cuts and booming deficits in tax bill as Trump says ‘The Bill is GREAT’
Politics

GOP 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 Press
May 13, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moves both hands as he speaks during a news conference at the Department of Health and Human Services on April 16, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Politics

Trump says he now wants daylight saving time to be permanent. The president of Save Standard Time thinks the ‘MAHA’ movement can help push back

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April 23, 2025
Trump wants Congress to kill ‘inconvenient’ Daylight Saving Time—and he’s not alone
Politics

Trump wants Congress to kill ‘inconvenient’ Daylight Saving Time—and he’s not alone

By The Associated Press and Michelle S. Price
April 11, 2025
GOP lawmakers lash out at Trump officials—but not the president—over tariff hits to the economy
Politics

GOP lawmakers lash out at Trump officials—but not the president—over tariff hits to the economy

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press
April 9, 2025

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