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Trump, GOP face tough choices for second tax bill
President Trump and Republican lawmakers passed their major tax-and-spending cut bill earlier this summer, faster than almost anyone else in Washington, D.C., was expecting.
Now, they're planning their second act.
The new law extended Republicans’ 2017 tax-rate reductions while making big cuts to healthcare and other social programs, adding $3.4 trillion to the national deficit through the next decade.
But there's still plenty of tax policy left for Con...
Bad news awaits Republicans returning to DC
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Remember back in July when Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) abruptly adjourned the House of Representatives for summer recess? The quick exit gave Republicans an escape from headlines about the Trump administration’s refusal to release files on Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased sex offender.
Now, Congress is about to return. And the Epste...
Ranking the Democratic contenders for president in 2028
Democrats are still licking their wounds from then-Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat last November — and grappling with the implications of President Trump’s second term.
For the moment, they are essentially a leaderless party. But that will change in due course.
The 2028 presidential field looks wide open from this distance. But some prominent Democrats have already been making moves that seem plainly geared toward the next presidential cycle.
The H...
Buttigieg has a flip-flop problem that could hurt in 2028
No one can deny that Pete Buttigieg is a highly skilled and articulate politician. While mayor of South Bend, Indiana’s fifth-largest city with a population of 100,000, he became a major contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, narrowly winning the Iowa caucuses and finishing a strong second in the New Hampshire primary.
Buttigieg’s swift political rise catapulted him into President Joe Biden’s Cabinet, where he served as Transportation secretary for four yea...
Schumer, Jeffries call on GOP leaders to meet to avoid government shutdown
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) have sent a letter to Republican leaders calling on them to schedule a meeting “immediately” to discuss the path to a funding deal to avoid a government shutdown after Sept. 30.
Schumer and Jeffries want a “four corners” negotiation of the top party leadership in each chamber to put together a deal on a stopgap funding measure that would give lawmakers more time to finish work o...
RFK Jr. further limits COVID-19 vaccines
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Trump tests Fed independence in court
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Trump administration threatens federal sex education funding in 46 states over ‘gender ideology content’
The Trump administration is threatening to strip millions in federal grant funding from dozens of states with sex education programs that include information about transgender people.
The Department of Health and Human Services’s (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) said Tuesday it is putting 46 states, U.S. territories and Washington, D.C., “on notice” to remove within 60 days “all references to gender ideology” from their Personal Responsibility Education...
What is Gavin Newsom’s net worth?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is not only a high-profile politician but also a businessman with an extensive financial portfolio.
As of 2025, his net worth is estimated at around $30 million, according to Finance Monthly, reflecting a mix of political salaries, entrepreneurial ventures and investments.
Political careerNewsom began his political journey in 1997 when San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown appointed him to the Board of Supervisors.
In 200...