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Senate Fight Over Gas-Powered Vehicles Is Also a Filibuster Showdown

Republicans have readied a plan to overturn California’s law phasing out gas-powered vehicles, using a statute aimed at striking down federal regulations. Democrats say...

Senator Corrects Noem’s Habeas Corpus Definition

During a Senate hearing, Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, falsely described habeas corpus as the president’s “constitutional right” to deport people.

Chip Roy, Demanding More Spending Cuts, Reprises Role as Ringleader of G.O.P. Rebels

The Texas Republican is leading the conservative revolt against what his party calls its “big, beautiful bill.” Whether he will dig in or relent...

Trump Squeezes His Party on Domestic Policy Bill

The president visited the weekly meeting of House Republicans to make the case for the legislation and pressure members of his party to fall...

The New Tax Plan Is Complicated, Unfair and Unaffordable

This approach wouldn’t give Trump even what he told Congress he wanted.

Senate Advances Crypto Regulation Bill With Bipartisan Support

Democrats who had sided with the rest of their party last week to block the measure over concerns that President Trump could benefit dropped...

Inside the Republican Factions Dueling Over Trump’s Tax Bill

For every group demanding one policy, another equally powerful bloc insists on the opposite. The coalitions encompass the divergent ideological, political and regional interests...

House Republicans Advance Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

The Republican hard-liners who had blocked their party’s bill to deliver President Trump’s agenda allowed it to advance after saying they had won some...

Josh Hawley’s Surprising Plea for Medicaid

Readers respond to the Missouri senator’s argument for protecting Medicaid from cuts.

Republican Revolt Reflects a Core Party Divide Over Spending and Debt

Whether the ultraconservatives dig in and force big changes to the megabill carrying President Trump’s agenda or capitulate, as they have in the past,...

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