GOP tax bill could cost low-income Americans $1,600 per year, CBO says

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The Republicans’ “big beautiful” budget package is aimed at ushering in “a new golden age in America” through a combination of tax and spending cuts, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson. But a new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office finds that the bill may prove less golden for some Americans. The lowest-earning 10% of U.S.

Fighting Trump in Congress Like Fighting ‘Nazis in Northern Africa,’ Dem Rep Says

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‘I think he’s looking down right now, and he’s happy that I’m fighting today’s Nazis,’ Stephen Lynch says of dad who served in WWII Resisting President Donald Trump in Congress is like fighting Nazis in Northern Africa during World War II, according to Rep. Stephen Lynch (D., Mass.). “I’m proud of my Democratic colleagues who

Lawmakers outraged over senator’s forcible removal from DHS press conference

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Washington — Lawmakers are calling for answers after Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, expressed shock over “the manhandling of a United States senator,” adding that he wants answers “to what the

Federal judge to weigh Trump’s troop deployment to Los Angeles

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Washington — A federal judge will consider Thursday whether to temporarily restrict President Trump’s use of National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to assist with federal immigration enforcement in Los Angeles. The hearing in San Francisco marks the first test of Mr. Trump’s decision to place more than 4,000 members of the California National Guard