Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
Here’s an evening update to kick off your weekend. Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market President Joe Biden is ...
$2 Trillion in Spending Cuts? Musk Now Says DOGE Might Get to $1 Trillion
Elon Musk has made some big claims about the potential savings to be won by the efficiency effort he is leading und ...
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Trump’s Budget Chief Previews Constitutional Clash Over Spending
Happy Wednesday! President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump each announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas today after more than 15 months of devastating violence in the Middle ...
Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
Good evening. The nation observed a day of mourning on Thursday, as former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral was held at the ...
Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
Good evening. On this date in 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson gave a State of the Union address in which he declared an ...
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Trump’s Pick for Budget Chief Previews Fight Over Spending
The Senate on Wednesday ramped up its consideration of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, holding six confirmation hearings, including for Sen. Marco Rubio, nominated to be secretary ...
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Extending Trump Tax Cuts Would Benefit Top Earners the Most: Treasury
As Republicans prepare to extend the 2017 Trump-era tax cuts that are currently scheduled to expire at the end of the year — or make them permanent — a new analysis by the Treasury Department ...
Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
Trump’s directive may help create consensus on the issue, but many Republicans — particularly those from red states — still oppose the idea of lifting the cap. Budget watchdogs also dislike raising ...
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Republicans Eye New SALT Cap, Tying Debt Limit to Disaster Aid
Congressional Republicans are still plotting out the strategy and details of the budget reconciliation bill they want to use to pass major portions of President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda.
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Trump Vows to Create New Tariff Collection Agency
Good evening! On this date way back in 1952, NBC’s “Today” show first aired. The big show on Tuesday, though, was on Capitol Hill, where Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to ...
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How Elon Musk Is Firing Up the DOGE
The efficiency and cost-cutting effort known as DOGE is taking formative steps ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, and The New York Times has some new details ...
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency to Speed Tariff Rollout
Donald Trump’s unwavering faith in the power of tariffs was on display again this week as he threatened to use import taxes "at a very high level" against Denmark in his quest to acquire ...