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Committee Chairwoman Sen. Susan Collins
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Senate passes $9 billion in spending cuts—but Republican senator says ‘nobody really knows what program reductions are in it’

By Kevin Freking, Mary Clare Jalonick and The Associated Press
July 17, 2025
A pedestrian walks past a PEPFAR sign
Politics

Trump’s push to cut another $9 billion in spending could spare $400 million for HIV/AIDS relief

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July 16, 2025
donald trump and elon musk in the oval office
Politics

Elon Musk says Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could spell disaster for America. Here are its biggest pain points, according to critics

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July 1, 2025
Senate works through the night as GOP tries to cut deal that satisfies those who want more and less Medicaid cuts
Politics

Senate 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 Press
July 1, 2025
Overnight Senate voting on ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ pushed off after early vote barely passes
Politics

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

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
June 30, 2025
Senate GOP restores Medicaid cuts to Trump tax package
Politics

Senate GOP restores Medicaid cuts to Trump tax package

By Rachel Cohrs Zhang, Erin Durkin and Bloomberg
June 29, 2025
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis won’t run in 2026 after opposing Trump’s bill and being threatened with a primary challenge
Politics

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis won’t run in 2026 after opposing Trump’s bill and being threatened with a primary challenge

By Ali Swenson and The Associated Press
June 29, 2025
Top Senate rulemaker tells GOP that some Medicaid spending cuts in ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ don’t work and Senators are scrambling
Politics

Top 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 Press
June 27, 2025
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’
Politics

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’

By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
June 26, 2025
Crypto stocks soar after Senate passes stablecoin bill, Circle up over 50%
Companies

Crypto stocks soar after Senate passes stablecoin bill, Circle up over 50%

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June 20, 2025
Senate GOP would gut EV incentives and provisions to move U.S. away from fossil fuels in massive tax cut bill
Politics

Senate GOP would gut EV incentives and provisions to move U.S. away from fossil fuels in massive tax cut bill

By Alexa St. John and The Associated Press
June 18, 2025
Senate passes stablecoin regulation bill without facing elephant in the room: Trump’s crypto empire
The Coins

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

By Joey Cappelletti, Mary Clare Jalonick, Alan Suderman and The Associated Press
June 18, 2025
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

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