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Legislation goes to House but unclear if lower chamber will accept changes to tax and spending bill amid factional splitsSenate Republicans on Tuesday passed a major tax and spending bill demanded by Donald Trump, ending weeks of negotiations over the …
This blog has now closed. You can read more of our US politics coverage hereThe senate has adopted an amendment offered by Republican senator Joni Ernst – who represents Iowa – to prevent jobless millionaires from claiming unemployment compensation.Law…
Senators extend ‘vote-a-rama’, in which bill faces series of amendments, into second dayUS politics live – latest updatesUS Senate Republicans were on Tuesday morning continuing to make a final push for passage of Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bil…
Case filed when JD Vance was senatorial candidate claims that restrictions impede first amendment rightsThe US supreme court agreed on Monday to hear a case that could further erode restrictions on money in politics, in a challenge that comes in part f…
Senators vote on potentially long list of amendments; White House confirms negotiations will restart after tech tax scrapped. This blog is now closed – please follow the latest in our new live blog hereNearly 300 current and recently terminated employe…
President insulted Republican senator and threatened to back his primary challenger after he opposed domestic billThom Tillis announced on Sunday that he will not run for re-election to the US Senate next year, one day after the North Carolina Republic…
Clearing an important procedural hurdle, the Senate voted 51 to 49 to open debate on the legislationThe Republican-controlled US Senate advanced president Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill in a key procedural vote late on Saturday, rais…
Trump critic represents swing district that includes Omaha, prompting optimism that Democrats could take vacated seatRepublican congressman and vocal Donald Trump critic Don Bacon is reportedly not going to seek re-election during the midterm races in …
This blog has now closed. Read our latest story hereThe Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the pl…
Partisan splits on display as president accuses Democrats of leaking draft Pentagon report on bombings’ impactRepublican and Democratic senators have offered starkly contrasting interpretations of Donald Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities af…