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Ugly fight over tax, Medicaid cuts as GOP tries to shape Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress have a difficult few months ahead of them as they look to broker agreement within their exceptionally narrow majority on policy issues that have already…
Medicaid cuts for Trump tax plan will devastate rural America, experts say
Colorado U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans at a fundraising event near Aspen last summer. Evans, who sits on the House committee charged with making $880 billion in cuts required as part of a…
Smith’s J6 motion details Trump’s bid to influence elections in key swing states
WASHINGTON — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan unsealed a lengthy and partly redacted motion Wednesday that charts special counsel Jack Smith’s final argument before November that former President Donald Trump…
President Biden urges governors, including Gov. Polis, to push Congress hard on immigration, Ukraine
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as members of the National Governors Association meet with her and President Joe Biden at the White House on Feb. 23, 2024. At right are…
Feds gear up for updated COVID-19, flu, RSV vaccine push starting in September
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is gearing up for a fall vaccination campaign that not only includes updated COVID-19 boosters, but the annual flu shot and the newly approved RSV…
Trump charged with conspiracy to defraud U.S., obstruct Congress, undercut voting in Jan. 6 plot
A mob of pro-Trump extremists overrun the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Alex Kent for Tennessee Lookout) WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted Donald Trump on Tuesday,…
U.S. Senate approves debt-ceiling bill, sends it to Biden ahead of Monday’s looming default deadline
WASHINGTON — The bipartisan debt limit bill is on its way to President Joe Biden after the U.S. Senate voted Thursday to clear the measure for his signature. The 63-36…
Neguse, Colorado Dems vote for deal to avert debt default; Boebert absent from House chamber
President Joe Biden meets with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to discuss…
Congress faces list of momentous decisions in looming lame-duck session
WASHINGTON — Congress returns to Capitol Hill and a lengthy to-do list this week, following a six-week midterm elections break that saw Democrats outperform expectations and Republicans barely inch toward…
House Democrats pass climate, health care, tax bill, send it to Biden for signature
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Friday cleared Democrats’ long-sought climate, health care and tax package, sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature. The roughly $750 billion measure…