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A new AP-NORC poll shows that while Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, everyday Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy.
The big question on the tips of many political watchers’ tongues right now is whether the Trump administration’s botched handling of the Epstein files will do what virtually nothing has yet: turn President Donald Trump’s devoted base against him.
The major budget bill cuts around $1 trillion from health care spending over the next decade, with the Medicaid program taking the biggest hit.
The passing of the spending clawback comes at a time when Trump's MAGA base has revolted over findings that there was not a "client list" of Epstein's.
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The Texas Tribune on MSN1.7 million Texans could lose health coverage under expiring tax credits, ACA changes in GOP megabillHaving never expanded Medicaid, Texas avoided most of the looming federal cuts other states will face. But the Affordable Care Act is a different story.
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House Republican leaders are preparing for a late night in the chamber as they try to jam through President Donald Trump’s $9 billion package of cuts to federal funding — after a day of intense talks with GOP holdouts demanding a vote on a Jeffrey Epstein-related measure.
Sen. Bernie Moreno has introduced a bill that would harsher penalties for CEOs and HR officials for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and violating immigration laws.
The spending cuts package, requested by the White House, heads back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline for Trump to sign it into law.
New tax-and-spending law expands benefits for investments in sparsely populated regions.
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President Trump and Texas GOP leaders push for mid-decade redistricting to create five new winnable seats, as both parties engage in mapping strategies to control the House in 2026.
Trump “has a strategy in all this and I suspect that’s gonna play out because, dad-gummit, he wins every dad-gum time,” the Republican added, playing into the MAGA notion that Trump always knows exactly what he’s doing at any given time because he’s playing 4D chess.
This year, an unofficial shadow primary is playing out at GOP fundraisers across New York and in the halls of Congress. Already, Trump has urged Rep. Mike Lawler to run for reelection in his swing Hudson Valley House district.