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Trump, Republicans prep ambitious but fraught plan for tax cuts and more

The GOP will attempt to pass one massive legislative package including tax cuts, border security and other priorities, putting lawmakers up against a high-stakes deadline.

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Author: Jacob Bogage,Marianna Sotomayor

Republicans try to whitewash Jan 6 legacy as snow-covered D.C. airs grievances

Analysis: Washington’s liberals aren’t entirely ready to move on as a new Trump administration looks to downplay January 6’s bloody legacy

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Author: John Bowden

Speaker Johnson’s push to pass Trump’s agenda in one massive bill faces big hurdles

Approving Trump’s plans for immigration, energy, tax policy and more in one multitrillion-dollar bill would be a daunting challenge. Johnson also wants to add a debt limit extension to it.

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Author: Sahil Kapur,Scott Wong,Julie Tsirkin

Democrats grin and bear it as they set example for Republicans on January 6

‘I can feel proud that we’re acting as constitutional patriots,’ Representative Jamie Raskin tells Eric Garcia on the four-year anniversary of the Capitol riot

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Author: Eric Garcia

Elon Musk’s PAC helped Republicans get a majority in Congress

Musk is a majority-maker, and he won’t let congress forget it.

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Author: Bloomberg

Top Federal Reserve bank regulator, under fire from GOP, to step down next month

Michael Barr said in a letter to President Biden he would step down as vice chair for supervision Feb. 28, or earlier if a successor was confirmed.

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Author: Christopher Rugaber

Dems to the GOP on budget reconciliation: ‘Good luck’

Just four years ago, Democrats were hotly debating how to enact President Joe Biden’s ambitious legislative agenda, facing similar issues.

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Author: Nicholas Wu,Daniella Diaz

First step on reconciliation in limbo amid GOP infighting

Republicans can’t start writing the instructions until they decide on a one- or two-track path.

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Author: Katherine Tully-McManus

VOA Mandarin: H1B visa program divides Republicans and worries Chinese tech workers

President-elect Donald Trump appeared to side with technology bosses Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in a row over H1B visa program that brings skilled workers to the U.S., even though he’s previously been critical of the program. How is it going to affect Chinese talents who intend to stay in the…

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Author: Gu Bo

US bank regulator resigns before Trump term

Michael Barr had been a target of Republicans for his call for stricter oversight of banks.

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Author: @BBCNews

Trump would ‘prefer’ one reconciliation bill but ‘open’ to two

President-elect Trump on Monday said he would prefer Congress pass his agenda on energy, taxes and immigration in one reconciliation bill but would be open to breaking it up over two pieces of legi…

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Author: Brett Samuels

Carville: Democrats have to focus on issues ‘Republicans can’t beef on’

Democratic strategist James Carville said in a new interview that Democrats need to focus on issues that Republicans “can’t beef on.” Carville joined MSNBC’s Jen Psaki on Sunday to discuss what the…

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Author: Lauren Irwin

They say Musk has turned the GOP into the new punk rock but I say ‘never mind the bollocks’

If there’s an escape from the omnipresence of Elon Musk it’s this: throw your phone in the sea, sing and dance, and stay out all night

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Author: Van Badham

Congress to certify Trump’s election win four years after insurrection

Senate and House to convene in joint session to certify results exactly four years after Trump’s supporters stormed Capitol

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Author: @ChrisJStein

Trump says he’s still open to two-bill track on GOP legislative priorities

“While I favor one bill, I also want to get everything passed. And you know, there are some people that don’t necessarily agree with it,” the incoming president said Monday morning.

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Author: Ursula Perano

Congress to certify Trump’s election on fourth anniversary of Capitol riot

Vice President Kamala Harris to preside over joint-session formally recognizing her own defeat as spectre of mob violence on January 6 2021 looms large

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Author: Joe Sommerlad

Trump and Republicans plot radical policy agenda in one ‘big, beautiful bill’

House speaker says party seeks single piece of legislation covering tax cuts, immigration and military spending

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Author: Ed Pilkington

Trump urges Congress to pass his agenda in a single, massive bill

The bill combines Trump’s priorities to cut taxes, bolster border security and increase domestic energy production.

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Author: Andy Sullivan

The Jan. 6 Rioters, 4 Years Later

Hundreds of rioters accused of nonviolent crimes during the attack on the Capitol have wrapped up their cases. Here’s what some of their lives look like now.

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Author: Alan Feuer

Trump backs massive single bill for taxes, border and energy

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Author: Jordain Carney

Analysis: Four years after his supporters invaded the US Capitol, Trump is more powerful than ever

Late on a day of chaos and blood on January 6, 2021, it was unimaginable that Donald Trump — who summoned a mob to Washington and told the crowd to “fight like hell” — would get anywhere near the presidency again.

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Author: Stephen Collinson

Johnson says he expects to pass most of Trump’s agenda with 1 ‘big, beautiful bill’ by Memorial Day

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday he expects to pass President-elect Trump’s agenda through one big reconciliation package before Memorial Day. In an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning …

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Author: Sarah Fortinsky

Washington DC braces for heavy snow and ice

A winter storm brought snow, ice and freezing temperatures to a broad swath of the US with some 60 million people across more than a dozen states from Kansas to New Jersey under winter weather warnings and advisories.

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Author: RTÉ News

Washington, Baltimore: Winter Storm Impacts Ahead – Videos from The Weather Channel

Significant snowfall from Winter Storm Blair is expected to impact parts of the mid-Atlantic, including Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Time it out here. – Videos from The Weather Channel | weather.com

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Author: The Weather Channel

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