Budget Battles
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Trump Announces Another Shocking Cabinet Choice: RFK Jr. for HHS
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Trump’s Stunning Staffing Picks Set Off Political Shockwaves
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Johnson Says This Could Be ‘Most Consequential Congress’ of Modern Times
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Trump Preps for Immigration Crackdown With Key Appointments
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Trump Names His New Chief of Staff
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Trump Storms to a Second Term
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The Defining Numbers of the 2024 Election
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Congressional Republicans Choose Johnson, Thune as Leaders
House Republicans on Wednesday nominated Speaker Mike Johnson to keep his gavel in n the next Congress and Senate Republicans picked Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell,...
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Trump’s Stunning Staffing Picks Set Off Political Shockwaves
By Yuval Rosenberg and Michael RaineyVice President Kamala Harris spent much of her failed presidential campaign warning about how Donald Trump might govern if allowed to return to the White House with no guardrails. But Americans...
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Johnson Says This Could Be the ‘Most Consequential Congress’ of Modern Times
By Michael RaineyLawmakers returned to Capitol Hill Tuesday as Washington prepares for a major shift in power following Republicans’ apparent clean sweep of the White House and congressional control in last week's...
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Will Huge Deficits Weigh on GOP Plan to Slash Taxes?
By Michael RaineyAs Republicans prepare to forge a massive tax bill that could potentially pass via a party-line vote early next year, a crucial question hangs over their heads: How much larger are they willing to...
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Trump Names His New Chief of Staff
President-elect Trump on Thursday announced that Susie Wiles, the 67-year-old political operative who led his presidential campaign, will be his White House chief of staff. “Susie Wiles just helped...
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Trump Makes a MAGA Comeback
Donald Trump’s election to a second term in the White House cements an astonishing and historic political comeback, delivering supporters of his MAGA movement a profound sense of vindication while...
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Chart of the Day: About That IRS Money
By Michael RaineyThe Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provided roughly $80 billion for the IRS over 10 years for the purpose of modernizing operations and boosting staff, with the ultimate goal of collecting more...
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Medicaid Enrollment Drops 7.5%, Expected to Fall Further
By Michael RaineyThe Medicaid rolls declined by 7.5% in fiscal year 2024, the nonpartisan policy research group KFF reported this week in its annual survey of state Medicaid directors. The decline is expected to...
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Trump Says Congress Should Reconvene to Deliver More Disaster Relief
We’re down to the final two weeks of the presidential campaign and what was already one of the closest, most tumultuous races in U.S. history is getting even wilder. Former President Donald Trump on...
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Biden Forgives Another $4.5 Billion in Student Debt, Bringing Total to $175 Billion
By Michael RaineyThe Biden administration has approved another $4.5 billion in student loan debt relief for public service workers, the Department of Education announced Thursday. The approval will benefit about 60,...
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Trump Pitches Wall Street on Tariffs, Tax Cuts and Elon Musk
In a speech to the Economic Club of New York, former President Donald Trump on Thursday promised to create a government efficiency commission if he’s elected to another term, embracing an idea...
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Trump’s Tax Proposals Would Cost a Staggering $10.5 Trillion: Analysis
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, have promised or proposed a bevy of tax cuts and breaks as they campaign for the White House. Together, those plans...
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Trump, House Republicans Set Up September Shutdown Drama
When Congress returns to the Capitol next week, lawmakers will have to finalize and pass a stopgap spending bill by the end of the month — and while neither party really wants to be blamed by voters...
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Trump Economic Plans Would Cost More Than $4 Trillion: Analysis
By Michael RaineyAn array of tax and spending proposals put forth by former President Donald Trump would raise the federal budget deficit by more than $4 trillion over the next 10 years, according to an analysis by...
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Harris Targets Middle-Class Affordability in New Economic Agenda
By Michael Rainey and Yuval RosenbergVice President Kamala Harris on Friday outlined the economic policies she aims to pursue in the first 100 days of her administration, including proposals to subsidize homebuyers, reward families with...