House Speaker Mike Johnson and a group of blue-state Republicans have reached a critical but tentative deal to boost the cap on state and local tax deductions to $40,000 in the GOP megabill, according to three Republicans with direct knowledge of the private agreement. The new deduction cap, which would be per household, will be […]
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Republican leaders are increasingly confident they will be able to notch a final deal with key GOP megabill holdouts and move toward a final vote in the coming days after several whirlwind hours of closely held negotiations. The upbeat turn in the frequently tumultuous talks was described by six senior Republicans who are participating in […]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) shared a photo of what she described as a “naked silhouette” of herself that she said was taken without her consent while renewing allegations of sexual abuse against multiple men, including her ex-fiancé, during a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday. The four men Mace has accused of crimes have repeatedly denied wrongdoing. […]
House Republicans on Tuesday passed legislation to rescind a Biden-era policy meant to more closely scrutinize proposed bank mergers, sending the regulatory rollback to President Donald Trump’s desk. The House voted 220-207 to nullify a new rule finalized by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency last September that created a tougher regulatory process […]
From the moment she was named New Jersey’s interim U.S. Attorney, Alina Habba made it clear she would use the office as a political bludgeon. Just before her March swearing-in, Habba talked to a far-right activist about turning “New Jersey red,” announced investigations into its Democratic governor and attorney general over immigration, called out Sen. […]
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative sought last week to gain access to the government’s central publishing operation, a congressional offshoot that provides public access to federal documents. The Government Publishing Office is the fourth legislative branch agency that President Donald Trump’s administration has recently attempted to access. DOGE made an inquiry about placing […]
Speaker Mike Johnson pitched Senate Republicans on the House’s megabill plan Tuesday. Not all of them were swayed by the overture. Multiple GOP skeptics came out of the lunch meeting saying they planned to continue pushing for further changes to the party-line domestic-policy bill — the latest sign that the bill’s challenges don’t end in […]
President Donald Trump called Rep. Thomas Massie a “grandstander” during his visit to the Capitol Tuesday morning to whip support for his “big, beautiful bill,” after previously calling for other Republicans to wage primary challenges against the Kentucky Republican. Massie said he’s unbothered — and still a “no” on the legislation House GOP leaders hope […]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration potentially suspending habeas corpus, engaging in a public scuffle Tuesday with a Democratic senator over the definition of the legal principle that serves as a check on the government’s ability to detain people. When asked at a Senate hearing Tuesday by Sen. Maggie Hassan […]
Senate Republicans will move this week to nix California’s vehicle emission waivers, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said, setting up a high-stakes fight over the chamber’s rules. Thune said in a Tuesday floor speech that he will move forward with three House-passed resolutions that use the Congressional Review Act to roll back EPA waivers that […]