The plan involves “hocus-pocus” math and potentially changing the rules of the Senate.

A handful of Republican senators, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, joined Democrats to quietly express alarm about how President Trump is freezing foreign aid

Republicans in Congress are trying to sort out a budget plan that would implement Trump’s tax cuts to reduce the deficit without cutting social programs. But something isn’t adding up, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen write at Axios. “Most politicians agree on three truths: We have a spending problem (too much), a tax problem (too high or too low), and …

After the House passed its budget resolution, Senate Majority Leader John Thune called it a ‘first step in what will be a long process, and certainly not an easy one’

House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed Wednesday that Republicans will not make cuts to Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security as they work to pass — and pay for — President Donald Trump’s sweeping legislative agenda.