33 h. ago The market entrails look worrying after Trump’s ‘Triple B’ budget

Investor unease at the US’s fiscal position is growing

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39 h. 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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47 h. 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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50 h. ago What Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill means for the US economy

The president has staked his second-term agenda on the sprawling tax-and-spend legislation

Economics

51 h. ago To save Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful bill,’ Republicans disregard the math

Analysis: The leadership doesn’t like the debt-exploding numbers of Donald Trump’s proposal exposed by the Congressional Budget Office, Eric Garcia writes

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54 h. ago US Speaker hails $3tn Trump budget bill deal but Republican hardliners hold out

Mike Johnson overcomes sticking point on taxes but needs to placate fiscal conservatives in his party ahead of vote

Economics

59 h. ago Johnson hails deal on $3tn Trump budget bill but Republican hardliners hold out

House Speaker overcomes sticking point on taxes, but must placate fiscal conservatives ahead of key vote

Economics

61 h. ago House Republicans reach deal on Trump’s $3tn budget bill, Johnson says

Speaker overcomes key sticking point on taxes as he presses to deliver cornerstone of president’s legislative agenda

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3 d. ago Mike Johnson inches closer to passing Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ but holdouts remain

Trump made clear he wants the SALT caucus to cut a deal. That could end up saving — or dooming — his ‘big, beautiful bill’

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3 d. ago ‘Plenty of time’ to solve climate crisis, interior secretary tells representatives

Burgum defends Trump budget slashing green funds, saying AI and Iran pose bigger threats than warmingThe US has “plenty of time” to solve the climate crisis,” the interior secretary, Doug Burgum, told a House committee on Tuesday.The comment came on his first of two days of testimony to House and Senate appropriators in which he defended Donald Trump’s proposed budget, dubbed the “one big, beautiful bill”, that would extend tax reductions enacted during Trump’s first term, while cutting $5bn of funding for the Department of the Interior. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Donald Trump’s planned cuts to NASA’s budget could trigger Armageddon, boffins fear

The US President's move to slash the space agency’s funding by 24% will make it harder to track dangerous asteroids, experts warn

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5 d. ago Trump budget would cut ocean data and leave boaters, anglers and forecasters scrambling for info

Sweeping research cuts in President Donald Trump's proposed budget would target an ocean-monitoring system that scientists say is crucial to predicting tsunami escape routes and hurricane intensity and helping ships navigate dangerous harbors safely

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7 d. ago Why these Republicans finally stood up to Trump – and the price they could pay as a result

The Freedom Caucus will need to choose whether they care more about fiscal restraint or being a Trump fan club, Eric Garcia writes

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7 d. 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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7 d. ago Blow for Trump as his ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ fails in committee amid conservative revolt

Trump’s attempt to get Republicans behind the bill fails

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1 week ago Budget US airline criticized for making ICE deportation flights in Trump’s immigration push

The airline joins several companies seeking to profit from Trump’s increased focus on deportations

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2 w. ago Rangers hit out at Trump’s plans for National Parks: ‘They’re going to be sold off’

The budget proposal comes amid a push from the Trump administration to open national parks for mineral extraction, mining, logging and drilling.

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2 w. ago US celebrates Leo XIV as first American pontiff: ‘Everything dope, including the pope’

Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson hails hometown cardinal as Donald Trump and others offer congratulationsNew pope chosen: latest updatesAmericans are celebrating and speaking out after the US cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, was announced as the next pope.“Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!” Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after the pope, who was born in Chicago, appeared on the Vatican balcony in Rome on Thursday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Americans celebrate Leo XIV as first US pontiff: ‘Everything dope, including the pope’

Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson hails hometown cardinal as Donald Trump and others offer congratulationsNew pope chosen: latest updatesShare your views on Pope Leo XIVAmericans are celebrating and speaking out after the US cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, was announced as the next pope.“Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!” Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after the pope, who was born in Chicago, appeared on the Vatican balcony in Rome on Thursday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago FBI director says bureau needs more funding than what Trump administration budget proposal calls for

FBI Director Kash Patel is breaking with the Trump administration over a budget proposal that would dramatically slash funding for the bureau

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