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GOP senators worry Trump’s $2K tariff rebates will add too much to debt

Senate Republicans are wrestling over what to do about President Donald Trump’s proposal to give $2,000 tariff dividend checks to most Americans amid widespread Republican concern over the soaring ... Read More

Trump faces rare Republican pushback as he presses Senate to scrap the filibuster

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress have spent most of the year acquiescing to President Donald Trump’s demands — they’ve quickly confirmed his Cabinet nominees, passed his “ big beautiful bill ... Read More

Republican leaders reject ending the Senate filibuster despite Trump’s call to nuke it

Even House Speaker Mike Johnson — who rarely breaks with Trump in public — offered a cautious warning about keeping the filibuster intact. “The filibuster has traditionally been used as a very ... Read More

An epochal political week opens with shutdown about to break record

A defining week has dawned in American politics with huge implications for Donald Trump’s second presidency, for his fellow Republicans and for a Democratic Party seeking to build a new future from ... Read More

Trump says his tariffs will help American businesses. So why are they suing?

WASHINGTON − The sine wave on David Levi’s T-shirt illustrates the physics behind the STEM kits he creates to teach kids how to build electronic musical instruments from scratch. But the oscillating ... Read More

After Republican election losses, Trump pushes lawmakers to end shutdown, filibuster

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump wants to end the shutdown by pressuring Republicans to terminate the filibuster, a long-standing Senate rule ... Read More