Tipped workers could soon get a new tax break. Here’s what to know.

President Trump’s promise to eliminate federal income tax on worker tips could soon come to fruition after the Senate passed President Trump’s massive budget package. One part of the legislation, the centerpiece of the Trump administration’s economic agenda, would provide workers who rely on tips for a large share of their income, such as waiters,

Comparing the Medicaid cuts in House and Senate “big, beautiful bill”

Washington — Republicans plan to slash Medicaid funding to help offset the tax cuts and new spending included in President Trump’s massive domestic policy bill. There are some differences between the approaches taken by Senate and House Republicans, making Medicaid among the most divisive issues lawmakers have had to navigate in recent months.  Staring down

Trump tours “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center in Florida

Washington — President Trump on Tuesday toured the site of a new immigration detention center in South Florida that state officials are calling “Alligator Alcatraz.”  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem are visiting the facility alongside the president. The controversial detention facility is at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition

U.S. holding immigrant detainees from Asia, Africa, Europe at Guantanamo

The Trump administration recently transferred immigration detainees from countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean to detention facilities at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba, dramatically expanding the nationalities of those held there, internal U.S. government records obtained by CBS News show. As of earlier this week, Guantanamo Bay’s immigration detainees — who

Tesla shares sink as Musk and Trump renew feud over spending bill

“Vote-a-rama” on Trump bill: What we know Everything we know about the Senate “vote-a-rama” on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” 12:44 Tesla shares fell Tuesday as Tesla CEO Elon Musk and President Trump renewed their dispute over the massive Republican spending bill up for a final vote in the Senate. The electric vehicle company’s stock price

Watch Live: Senate nears final vote on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”

Washington — The Senate is nearing a final vote on President Trump’s massive tax and spending bill after a marathon series of amendment votes that stretched more than 24 hours as Republicans work to pass the centerpiece legislation of Mr. Trump’s second-term agenda. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been working to sway GOP holdouts

Trump threatens Musk subsidies after Musk again targets Trump’s budget bill

President Trump once again targeted former close aide Elon Musk early Tuesday, attacking the amount of government subsidies Musk is receiving after the tech billionaire and world’s richest person renewed criticism of the president’s flagship spending bill. “Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far,” Mr. Trump said on his Truth Social