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Democrats target 5 Republican-held swing districts in new town hall blitz

The Democrats have held dozens of town halls in 35 states over the past few weeks, intending on expanding that series in the weeks to come.

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Author: Peter Aitken

Democrats Take the Mic as Republicans Cancel Town Halls and Duck Constituents

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Author: Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire senior national correspondent

House passes Republican budget framework paving way for Trump’s agenda

Multi-trillion-dollar resolution unlocks path to deliver Trump’s sweeping tax cut and immigration plan

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Author: Lauren Gambino

News & Insights

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

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Author: Sally Holtgrieve

The Guardian view on the tariff war pause: the Trump trade shambles is not over

Editorial: The US president blinked first, but this is just a time-out. The threat to the global economy remains real.

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Author: Editorial

Four Republican US senators back Biden-era energy tax credits

Four Republican senators are asking Congressional leadership to preserve energy tax credits included in the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act in the impending budget reconciliation bill, according to a letter circulated on Thursday.

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Author: Reuters

Transcript: The real cost of a trade war

Katie Martin speaks to Robert Armstrong

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Author: FinancialTimes

Two Texas Republicans throw support behind Paxton in brewing Senate fight

Trump has yet to announce his endorsement in the GOP primary.

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Author: Amanda Friedman

House passes Republican bill requiring voters provide proof of U.S. citizenship

The issue is one of President Donald Trump’s top election-related priorities.

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Author: PBS News

The finish line of Mike Johnson’s budget marathon is still far in the distance

ANALYSIS: The GOP has a long way to go before legislation extending the Trump tax cuts and cutting federal spending makes it into law, writes John Bowden

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Author: John Bowden

Watch: Did Trump plan for the 90-day tariffs pause?

News of the US president’s plan to halt higher-band taxes came as a surprise on Wednesday, but was it part of a plan?

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Author: @BBCNews

New letter from GOP senators adds to pressure campaign to preserve the IRA

As budget reconciliation rolls along, four additional members of Congress have penned a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune asking him to protect

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Author: Kelsey Misbrener

Trump’s triple-digit tariff essentially cuts off most trade with China, says economist

President Trump’s tariff increase on imports from China would basically end most trade between that country and the U.S., according to economist Erica York.

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Author: Sean Conlon

China tariffs in US now up to 145%, aged care commission jobs at risk, bum-breathing turtle in danger

The White House says overall tariffs on China now at 145% rather than the 125% announced yesterday

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Author: Anna Macdonald

What does Trump’s tariff pause mean for global trade?

What is the situation after the historic upheaval in American trade policy.

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Author: @BBCNews

House approves key budget blueprint to unlock Trump’s agenda

House Republicans have taken a critical step to advance President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and border priorities through Congress, a major win for party leadership after quelling a conservative rebellion over the plan’s price tag.

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Author: Sarah Ferris, Annie Grayer

House passes bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections

Four Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, which the Senate will need to pass before it heads to Trump’s desk for his signature.

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Author: Rebecca Shabad,Kyle Stewart

Mike Johnson quashes GOP revolt to pass Trump-backed budget bill

The vote puts Republican leaders one critical step closer to being able to pass a hulking fiscal bill that includes $4 trillion in tax cuts and a $5 trillion debt ceiling increase.

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Author: Andrew Solender

Trump’s Tariff Reversal Calms Some G.O.P. Nerves, but Questions Linger

Most Republicans welcomed the unexpected three-month pause on several of President Trump’s tariffs, but some want more clarity about the president’s end game and more power for Congress over trade.

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Author: Robert Jimison,Maya C. Miller

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq slide as tariff-pause euphoria gets a reality check

Wall Street is weighing Trump’s remarkable escalation in the US trade battle with China.

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Author: Brett LoGiurato

Johnson presses ahead with vote on Trump budget blueprint

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he was pressing forward with a vote Thursday morning on the party’s “one big, beautiful bill” full of President Trump’s legislative agenda, holding a joint a…

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Author: Mychael Schnell

GOP lawmakers exhale deeply after Trump backtracks on trade war

Republican senators breathed out a sigh of relief when they found out at a lunch meeting Wednesday that President Trump announced he would drop tariffs on most foreign trading partners for 90 days,…

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Author: Alexander Bolton

Capitol agenda: A brutal blow for Johnson and Trump

GOP leaders are heading back to the budget drawing board after failing to flip enough holdouts Wednesday night.

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Author: Mia McCarthy,Lisa Kashinsky

What have been the effects of Trump’s tariff war so far?

The president’s imposition, then pausing, of tariffs has messed with financial markets and prompted accusations of insider trading

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Author: Phillip Inman

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