WASHINGTON — Law enforcement agencies and associations are pushing for Congress to reject a Trump administration proposal to cut funding for a program aimed at reducing drug trafficking and illicit drug production, as well as change where it is run in the government.

The Trump administration’s fiscal 2026 budget request proposes to move the...Read more

No taxes on tips and overtime will likely come to fruition as a major tax policy heads to President Donald Trump’s desk.

The House of Representatives voted 218-214 to approve Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill known as the “big beautiful bill” on Thursday after months of negotiations and opposition from Democrats. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Business investors and wealthy Americans are among the biggest winners in President Donald Trump’s tax bill. Those hit the hardest by the sweeping package include elite universities, who face new levies, and immigrants.

The House passed the bill in a 218-214 vote just a day ahead of Trump’s self-imposed July 4 deadline.

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WASHINGTON — Racing to meet President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline, the House approved his massive tax and spending cut package on Thursday following a marathon session. Republicans said the bill amounted to a needed national “course correction,” but Democrats from Maryland and other states said it would rip health insurance from ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Trump administration is seeking to wipe rainbows and other “political banners” from streets and crosswalks across the nation, a move that puts at risk the multi-colored crossing near the former Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent a letter to the nation’s governors this week ...Read more

WASHINGTON — After an overnight session and hours of floor debate, the House voted Thursday in favor of the “Big Beautiful Bill” — giving final congressional approval to a landmark achievement for President Donald Trump after he wrangled Republican lawmakers to pass the most expensive legislation in history by the Fourth of July.

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans pushed their sweeping tax and spending package across the finish line Thursday, handing President Donald Trump a major legislative victory that could define next year’s midterm elections.

After a long day and night of back-room arm-twisting, House leaders finally secured enough votes from reluctant Republicans...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Americans mark the Fourth of July holiday this weekend, the Trump administration is planning ahead for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year, a moment of reflection for a nation beset by record-low patriotism and divided by heated culture wars over the country’s identity.

White House officials ...Read more

President Donald Trump took time out from rallying support for his “big, beautiful bill” to call Democratic Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin a “dope” with an “ugly face.”

“This DOPE has been consistently losing to me for YEARS, and I love watching his ugly face as he is forced to consistently concede DEFEAT TO TRUMP,” the Republican ...Read more

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Thursday broke the record for longest “magic minute” speech on the House floor as he sought to stall a vote on the "Big Beautiful Bill."

It was still dark out at 4:52 a.m. when Rep. Jeffries stood up on the floor of the House of Representatives and started to denounce President Donald Trump’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — After an overnight session and hours of floor debate, the House voted Thursday to approve the “big, beautiful bill” — giving final congressional approval to a landmark achievement for President Donald Trump after he wrangled Republican lawmakers to pass the most expensive legislation in history by the Fourth of July.

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will decide the legality of bans on transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports, taking on a contentious cultural issue and potentially opening the door to Republican efforts to implement such bans nationwide.

The justices agreed to hear arguments in two cases, originating ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” will soon become the new law of the land. Though some Republican lawmakers are currently withholding their support, most lawmakers expect it to eventually pass — unleashing its impact on Medicaid, food stamps, taxes and the federal deficit.

Maryland Democrats have spent ...Read more

WASHINGTON — ​The House early Thursday edged closer to passing Republicans’ mammoth tax and spending package despite last-ditch efforts from Democrats to prolong what appears to be an inevitable approval later Thursday of the “big, beautiful” legislation called for by President Donald Trump.

After tamping a revolt from GOP ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to weigh in on the growing controversy over transgender athletes and decide if federal law bars transgender girls from women's school sports teams.

"Biological boys should not compete on girls' athletics teams," West Virginia's attorney general said in an appeal the court voted to hear.

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WASHINGTON — ​The House took a critical step toward approving their mammoth tax and spending package early Thursday morning by adopting a rule for the measure after tamping down a revolt from GOP conservatives.

The rule governing floor debate for the “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill won adoption on a 219-213 vote with just one ...Read more

CHICAGO — With Illinois’ March primary for the 2026 midterm elections less than a year away, politicians are lining up to fill the seats being vacated by longtime members of the state’s congressional delegation who are retiring or campaigning for higher office.

The domino effect that began in late April with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s ...Read more

The pursuit of perfection is politics is a fool’s game, and so it is with President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” The sausage-making in the Senate wasn’t pretty — some positive provisions, including federal land sales, were sent to the shredder — but the upper chamber approved the legislation Tuesday, moving the White House...Read more

WASHINGTON — Confident that passage of President Donald Trump’s signature legislation was all but assured, West Wing aides summoned holdouts in the House Republican caucus Wednesday to deliver a blunt message: Follow the president’s orders and get it done by Friday.

It was a call to action after House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., ...Read more