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Longtime New York lawmaker was first Black chair of House ways and means committee and fierce opponent of Iraq warFormer US congressman Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hil…
Prominent senators warn Trump to ‘get serious’ about addressing budget deficit or they will block ‘beautiful bill’Donald Trump has been warned by fiscal hawks within his own party in the US Senate that he must “get serious” about cutting government spe…
Measure would tighten eligibility for health and food programs for the poor and could add $3.8tn to US debtThe Republican-controlled US House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping tax and spending bill that would enact much of President Donald …
President says he will speak with advisers about taking public firms that support about 70% of US mortgagesDonald Trump said he will make a decision in the near future about taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public, a move which he said he is giving “v…
Connolly had served in Congress since 2009 and had announced in 2024 that he was battling esophageal cancerUS politics live – latest updatesGerry Connolly, a Democratic congressman from Virginia who previously served as the top Democrat on the House of…
Bipartisan bill to created tax deduction of up to $25,000 now goes to House but experts have criticized measureUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Senate passed the No Tax on Tips Act on Tuesday after the Nevada senator Jacky Rosen brought the bill…
President says party has ‘unbelievable unity’ to ensure passage in House but some lawmakers remain opposed Donald Trump traveled to the Capitol on Tuesday to insist that the fractious House Republican majority set aside their differences and pass his w…
As Palestinians are told to evacuate before ‘unprecedented attack’, the White House continues to publicly back IsraelAs Israel orders Palestinians to evacuate Khan Younis in advance of what it calls an “unprecedented attack” on Gaza, much of Washington…
Cuts worth $880bn could leave 13 million Americans without insurance in proposal that has divided RepublicansUS advocacy groups are waging an intensive campaign to protect Medicaid and Obamacare from Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”, after House Re…
Legislation would establish fees to seek asylum, care for a minor in US custody or apply for humanitarian paroleCongressional Republicans are proposing an array of new fees on immigrants seeking to remain in the United States in a move that advocates w…