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Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill is built on falsehoods about low-income families | Brigid Schulte and Haley Swenson

Republicans portray those in poverty as lazy people who make poor decisions. They’re using that trope to justify huge cuts to the social safety net

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Author: Brigid Schulte

Newly introduced GOP Bill seeks to write Trump’s strategic Bitcoin reserve into law

Trump-backed legislation could solidify the U.S. Bitcoin reserve as fiscal and geopolitical leverage.

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Author: Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright

Four races to watch as Democrats fight to retake the Senate

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer believes his party can retake the Senate in next year’s midterm elections — but Democrats face daunting odds.

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Author: Theodoric Meyer,Hannah Dormido

Trump directs a new threat at Elon Musk, with an eye toward the 2026 midterm elections

The president warned his top campaign donor he’ll face “very serious consequences” if Musk dares to support candidates Trump doesn’t like.

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Author: Steve Benen

Opinion | Loss of insurance from GOP bill could mean more than 100,000 deaths

It is hard to articulate a justification for ballooning the federal debt in service of saving fewer lives.

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Author: Natasha Sarin

Live updates: U.S. to hold trade talks with China as Trump seeks concessions

Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the Republican-led Congress.

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Author: Washington Post staff,David J. Lynch,Steve Hendrix

Defying debt warnings, Republicans push forward on Trump tax agenda

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress are determined to enact his tax-cut agenda in a political push that has largely abandoned longtime party claims of fiscal discipline, by simply denying warnings that the measure will balloon the federal debt.

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Author: David Morgan

Analysis | The White House’s through-the-looking-glass budget spin

OMB director ignores current law and relies on budget gimmicks to claim massive deficit reduction.

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Author: Glenn Kessler

What we know about the Los Angeles immigration raids and protests

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Author: Dylan Donnelly, news reporter

BBC Verify Live: Using online tools to track scale of LA protests

Latest updates from the BBC’s specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.

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Author: @BBCWorld

Freeways blocked, cars on fire: LA protests against immigration raids and National Guard deployment

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Author: Karina Tsui, Hanna Park, Jessie Yeung

US Speaker Mike Johnson downplays Musk’s influence, says Republicans

With an uncharacteristically feistiness, Speaker Mike Johnson took clear sides Sunday in President Donald Trump’s breakup with mega-billionaire Elon Musk. The Republican House leader and staunch

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Author: AP

Republicans will pass Trump’s tax bill: Speaker Mike Johnson

US News: Speaker Mike Johnson defended the GOP’s tax and budget policy bill against Elon Musk’s criticism, asserting that the legislation aims to aid hardworki

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Author: AP

Sanders warns of authoritarianism after Trump deploys national guard to LA

Senator says the future of the US ‘rests with a small number of Republicans in the House and Senate who know better’

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Author: Maya Yang

Newspaper headlines: Trump’s ‘LA face-off’ and NHS out for blood

Donald Trump’s crackdown on the LA immigration protests features prominently on Monday’s papers.

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Author: @BBCNews

Texas representative on deployment of National Guard troops to L.A. and ‘big, beautiful bill’

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) spoke with Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan Sunday about President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles, as well as talk about Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

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Author: CBS News

Texas Republican says L.A. is ‘tip of the iceberg’ as deportations nationwide ‘about to go way up’

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), who represents a southern border district, praised President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and said he thinks activity in Los Angeles is just “the tip of th…

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Author: Sarah Fortinsky

Transcript: Rep. Tony Gonzales on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” June 8, 2025

The following is the transcript of an interview with Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on June 8, 2025.

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Author: facethenation

Top Republican Flames Musk for Pushing GOP ‘Off the Cliff’

“I’d rather go down in history as being on the right side of this stuff,” the Nebraska Republican said.

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Author: Emell Derra Adolphus

Republicans urge Trump to extinguish Los Angeles protests ASAP: ‘Put down the mob’

Congressional Republicans were united in backing Trump’s response to the riots in Los Angeles.

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Author: Brady Knox

Opinion | Republicans are right to blanch at this Elon Musk gravy train

Musk turned on Trump only after losing green subsidies from House GOP.

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Author: Editorial Board

How the Republican Budget Bill Will Raise Your Electric Bill

The legislation would kneecap America’s short-term wind and solar installations while undermining the hope for innovative new solutions.

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Author: Matthew Yglesias

Trump and Musk aides have spoken amid pause in hostilities

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Author: Dasha Burns,Julia Marsh

Republican lawmaker slammed for ‘hateful’ post about Sikh congressional chaplain

Rep. Mary Miller, an Illinois Republican, said in a post on X that a Sikh chaplain should “never have been allowed” to lead prayer in Congress.

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Author: Zachary Schermele

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