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Biden Signs Final Bill to Fund the Government, Ending Shutdown Fears

The president signed a $1.2 trillion spending package that passed early on Saturday morning, narrowly avoiding a shutdown.

The Far Right Wants Its Revenge on Speaker Johnson Over Spending Bill

Bipartisan spending legislation approved by Congress represented a major defeat for ultraconservatives, who immediately turned on Speaker Mike Johnson.

Enraged Over Spending Bill, Greene Threatens to Oust Johnson

The hard-right Georgia Republican called the $1.2 trillion legislation an “atrocious attack on the American people” and said the speaker had betrayed his G.O.P....

Details of $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill Emerge as Partial Shutdown Looms

Tucked inside a massive measure to fund the government through the fall are several initiatives sought by members of both parties. Aides are still...

Social Security and Medicare Are on the Ballot

Biden has a plan. Trump doesn’t but could wind up gutting those programs.

Biden Plan Would Raise Taxes on Corporations and the Wealthy

The proposals in President Biden’s budget plan, including the tax increases, project to reduce deficits by about $3 trillion over a decade.

Biden’s Budget Calls for Tax Increases on Corporations and the Wealthy

The budget, which would cut the deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade, reinforces Biden’s efforts to counter Republican tax proposals that Democrats...

Biden Budget Will Underscore Divide With Republicans and Trump

The president’s fiscal 2025 budget proposal includes about $3 trillion in deficit reduction over a decade, largely from raising taxes on high earners and...

Republicans’ Big F.B.I. Cut Came From Scrapping One Senator’s Earmark

The G.O.P. has boasted about cutting the budget of what it calls the “weaponized” F.B.I. by 6 percent. Most of that came from wiping...

House Passes Bipartisan $460 Billion Spending Bill to Avert a Partial Shutdown

Staring down yet another spending deadline, Speaker Mike Johnson again relied on Democratic votes to push through a six-bill package to fund about half...

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