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The House gives final approval to Trump’s big tax bill and sends it to him to sign

House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final congressional passage Thursday, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a Fourth of July deadline. The tight roll call, 218-214, came at a potentially high political cost, with two Republicans joining all Democrats opposed. GOP leaders worked overnight and the president himself leaned on a handful of skeptics to drop their opposition and send the bill to him to sign into law. […]

todayJuly 3, 2025 1

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House Republicans race toward a final vote on Trump’s tax bill, daring critics to oppose

Republican leaders in the House are sprinting toward a Wednesday vote on President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts package, determined to seize momentum from a hard-fought vote in the Senate while essentially daring members to defy their party’s leader and vote against it. “The American people gave us a clear mandate, and after four years of Democrat failure, we intend to deliver without delay,” the top four House GOP leaders said Tuesday after the bill passed the Senate 51-50, thanks to […]

todayJuly 2, 2025

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Biden urges Americans to ‘keep the faith’ as he spends final full day as president in South Carolina

 Joe Biden spent his final full day as president Sunday in South Carolina, urging Americans to “keep the faith in a better day to come” and reflecting on the influence of both the civil rights movement and the state itself in his political trajectory. On the eve of Monday’s inauguration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, Biden delivered a final farewell from a state that holds special meaning after his commanding win in its 2020 Democratic primary set him up to achieve his life’s goal […]

todayJanuary 23, 2025

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Harris raises $633 million in the third quarter but spends heavily in final push

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris ‘ campaign and affiliated Democratic groups raised about $633 million for the quarter, which ended last month, pushing their total to over $1 billion while maintaining a large financial advantage over Republican candidate Donald Trump in the presidential election’s final sprint. The vice president’s campaign, the Democratic National Committee and state parties raised more than $359 million in September alone. Harris’ campaign raised about $222 million in September. Harris’ team alone spent more than it took in last month, paying out […]

todayOctober 22, 2024

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In the campaign’s final weeks, Harris is keeping a focus on ‘blue wall’ states

MILWAUKEE (AP) — With three weeks left in the presidential campaign, Democrat Kamala Harris is spending most of her days trying to shore up support in the “blue wall” states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin as she tries to avoid a repeat of Hillary Clinton’s collapse there eight years ago. The vice president campaigned at a hockey rink on Monday in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she denounced Republican candidate Donald Trump as “unhinged.” She visited an art gallery in Detroit with actors Don Cheadle, Delroy Lindo, and […]

todayOctober 17, 2024 1

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‘This can be his legacy’: Advocates call for Biden to create reparations commission in final months

Racial justice advocates are frustrated yet hopeful after meeting with White House officials earlier this week in an attempt to compel President Joe Biden, in his final months in office, to take executive actions on creating a pair of U.S. commissions on reparations and racial healing.  The Monday meeting was hosted by the White House Domestic Policy Council after U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., requested that officials meet with leading racial justice activists who have worked closely with Congressional Black […]

todayAugust 9, 2024 1

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Friends and colleagues of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee reflect on her legacy and final days

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee was short in stature, but friends and colleagues of the longtime congresswoman remember her as someone who was a giant in her hometown of Houston, Texas, and in the nation’s capital. “She had no peer. There was no one you could compare her to. She was in a class by herself,” said Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., who grew close with Jackson Lee while they served together in the Congressional Black Caucus and through their shared membership […]

todayAugust 3, 2024