54 h. ago House passes bill to to combat fentanyl trafficking, sending it to Trump's desk

The House has passed bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on fentanyl

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3 d. ago House passes Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ bill ... again. Here’s why

Legislation technically has not been sent over to the Senate yet as Democrats urge Republicans to listen to Elon Musk and “Kill the Bill”

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1 week ago Cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania would see funding cut under bill passed by the state House

A bill to reduce how much Pennsylvania school districts have to pay for cyber charter students is advancing in the state Legislature

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2 w. ago Marine reveals chilling moment he heroically stopped manic passenger from killing all onboard Houston flight

Jody Armentrout, a sergeant major in the Marines, told how he managed to stop a manic passenger from killing everyone onboard a flight from Japan to Houston, Texas.

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2 w. ago France’s National Assembly votes in favour of legalising assisted dying

Bill passed by lower house 305-199, backed by centrist MPs and leftwing parties while most on right opposed itFrance’s parliament has voted in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying, paving the way for euthanasia and assisted dying under what campaigners say would still be some of the strictest conditions in Europe.After a sometimes emotional session, deputies passed the first reading of the bill by a vote of 305 to 199. They also unanimously backed a less contentious law establishing a right to palliative care in specialist end-of-life institutions. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Chilling video shows manic passenger who tried to kill all onboard flight to Houston

A routine international flight turned into a mid-air emergency, forcing an unexpected landing and sparking panic among passengers.

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3 w. ago Why Republicans are angry about Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

President’s signature legislation moves to Senate after narrowly passing House but could face a raft of further objections on everything from tax cuts to Medicaid

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3 w. ago Tax cuts and mass deportations: what to know about Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ spending bill

All the key points laid out in US president’s House-approved sweeping bill as it awaits Senate considerationThe Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday passed the One Big Beautiful Bill act, which will enact Donald Trump’s taxation and spending priorities. The legislation will now be considered in the Senate, where the Republican majority will probably make its own changes.Here is what the version of the bill passed by the House would do: Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ spending bill, from tax cuts to mass deportations

All the key points laid out in the US president’s House-approved sweeping bill as it awaits Senate considerationThe Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday passed the One Big Beautiful Bill act, which would enact Donald Trump’s taxation and spending priorities. The legislation will now be considered in the Senate, where the Republican majority will probably make its own changes.Here is what the version of the bill passed by the House would do: Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Work requirements could transform Medicaid and food aid under US budget bill

Work requirements for Medicaid recipients, hospitals checking citizenship status, food assistance cuts and other measures in the budget passed by the U.S. House would rearrange the U.S. social safety net

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3 w. ago House passes Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ tax and spending bill after months of wrangling – US politics live

Sweeping legislation will now be sent to the SenateThe Kremlin said on Thursday that a report in the Wall Street Journal which said US president Donald Trump had told European leaders that President Vladimir Putin did not want to end the war in Ukraine contrasted with its own knowledge.The Journal said Trump had briefed European leaders after talking to Putin by phone on Monday and said Putin wanted to keep fighting in Ukraine because he thought he was winning.With a narrow 220-212 majority, House Speaker Mike Johnson could not afford to lose more than a handful of votes from his side.Republicans on the party’s right flank had pushed for deeper spending cuts to lessen the budget impact, but they met resistance from centrists who worried they would fall too heavily on the 71 million low-income Americans enrolled in the Medicaid health program. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ passes the House of Representatives after contentious fight in dead of night

The bill now heads to the Senate, where it will inevitably face major changes

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3 w. ago Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ clears key committee after contentious fight in dead of night

Conservatives in the House Rules Committee fold, setting up the bill for final passage on the House floor

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3 w. ago Senate passed ‘no tax on tips.’ Here is who could see massive drops in their bill to Uncle Sam

The bill was swiftly passed in a surprise move and will now go to the House of Representatives for a vote

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3 w. ago Trump visits Capitol to urge House Republicans to pass ‘big, beautiful 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 wide-ranging bill to enact his taxation and immigration priorities.In a speech to a closed-door meeting of Republican lawmakers in Congress’s lower chamber, the president pushed representatives from districts in blue states to drop their demands for a bigger State and Local Tax (Salt) deduction, and also sought to assuage moderates concerned that the legislation, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, would hobble the Medicaid health insurance program. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago House Republicans block Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ in major setback

Rightwing lawmakers say president’s bill – centered on tax cuts and funding deportations – doesn’t make enough cutsRightwing lawmakers derailed Donald Trump’s signature legislation in the House of Representatives on Friday, preventing its passage through a key committee and throwing into question whether Republicans can coalesce around the massive bill.The party has spent weeks negotiating a measure dubbed the “one big, beautiful bill” that would extend tax cuts enacted during Trump’s first term, fund mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, and temporarily make good on his campaign promise to end the taxation of tips and overtime. To offset its costs, Republicans have proposed cuts to the federal safety net, including Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Republican fiscal hardliners block key vote for Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ – live

In a major setback for Trump’s sweeping tax agenda, five Republicans stood in the way of passing the bill from advancing toward a full House vote next weekAlso on Iran, AFP reports that Trump said earlier that Tehran should make a quick decision on an American proposal for a nuclear deal or “something bad will happen”.Speaking in Abu Dhabi as he finished his Gulf tour, Trump said his administration had handed Iran a proposal for a agreement, adding that “they know they have to move quickly or something bad is going to happen”. Continue reading...

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