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Trump urges Speaker Mike Johnson to raise taxes on the wealthy, adding new wrinkle to massive GOP bill
Trump privately pressed Johnson to increase the tax rate on the highest earners and close the so-called carried interest ...
GOP centrists revolt against steep cuts to Medicaid and other programs in Trump’s tax breaks bill
As GOP leaders draft President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of some $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $1.5 trillion in ...
Illegal immigrant murderers could face death penalty under new GOP bill
Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, is introducing a bill on Thursday called the Justice for Victims of Illegal Alien Murder Act, ...
Central Valley congressman was the only Democrat to back a GOP oil and gas bill
There appeared to be no evidence in the committee of the sort of bipartisanship Gray had urged. Gray’s amendment was defeated ...
Louisiana governor pushes Trump to weigh primary challenger to GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, AP sources say
President Donald Trump and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry have discussed the possibility that Julia Letlow, a congresswoman ...
House passes GOP-led bill to rename Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America
The House has passed a Republican-led bill that would rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, moving a step closer ...
Ocasio-Cortez slams GOP threats to Medicaid: ‘They’re robbing people’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed Republicans for threats to Medicaid funding, arguing they’re “robbing people” to benefit “the rich.” She’s been a vocal ...
Tax the rich? Slash spending? Republicans wrestle with economic priorities in the Trump era
What, exactly, the Republican Party stands for in terms of economic policy in the second Trump administration is a question ...