Deirdre Walsh
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House Republicans pave the way for Trump cuts with budget deal
House Republicans approved a budget, narrowly, after some pushback from conservatives. Now GOP leaders in the House and Senate have to agree on details of major spending cuts to pave way for President Trump's tax cuts and border security agenda.
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House approves budget framework, kickstarting work on Trump's domestic agenda
House Republicans narrowly adopted a multitrillion dollar budget framework on Thursday, paving the way for lawmakers to begin work on many of President Trump's top policy priorities.
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House GOP leaders prepare budget vote, daring dissenters to oppose Trump
House GOP leaders are moving ahead with a budget plan that is meant to pave the way for future votes on President Trump's domestic agenda, but members within their own party oppose the bill. Some dissenters have remained opposed to the bill, despite pressure from leaders and Trump himself.
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Trump trade official signals tariffs are negotiating tool amid GOP skepticism
President Trump's trade representative, Jamieson Greer, told senators that Trump's tariffs prompted more than 50 countries to reach out to negotiate trade deals. But Greer declined to give a timeline.
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2 mothers bring the House to a halt over push to allow proxy voting for new parents
GOP leaders tried to block a bipartisan measure to allow proxy voting, but nine Republicans joined with Democrats to overcome it.
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Bipartisan push to allow proxy voting for new lawmaker parents
Lawmakers with young children are trying to change House rules to allow new parents up to 12 weeks to vote remotely around the birth of a child
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GOP leaders accused of making threats to block bill to let new moms vote remotely
Lawmakers from both parties teamed up to force a House vote on a measure allowing new parents to vote by proxy for 12 weeks, but House Speaker Mike Johnson opposes it on Constitutional grounds.
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Hill Republicans aim to rein in judges but divided on strategy
Following court decisions restricting the Trump administration's policies on immigration enforcement and cuts to federal agencies GOP lawmakers are pushing back. But they're split on how to respond.
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Intelligence leaders: We didn't share classified information in Signal chat group
The CIA Director and the Director of National Intelligence testified that they did not share classified information in a messaging group chat that discussed the U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen.
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Senate Democrats face major dilemma: help GOP pass funding bill or trigger shutdown
The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to avoid a shutdown or block the bill and be blamed for triggering one.
