By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani defended his democratic socialism on Sunday and argued that his focus on economic issues should serve as a model for the party, even though some top Democrats have been reluctant to embrace him. In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Mamdani said his …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate narrowly advanced President Donald Trump’s, sweeping tax-cut and spending bill on Saturday, during a marathon weekend session marked by political drama, division and lengthy delays as Democrats sought to slow the legislation’s path to passage. Lawmakers voted 51-49 to open debate on the 940-page megabill, with …
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(Reuters) -Republican U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin said on Sunday he believes babies born in the United States to immigrants living in the country illegally should be deported alongside their parents if the adults are removed. Mullin’s comments on NBC’s “Meet the Press” came in response to questions about a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Friday …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill would add $3.3 trillion to the nation’s debt over a decade, the nonpartisan U.S. Congressional Budget Office said on Sunday. (Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate advanced President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill in a key procedural vote on Saturday, raising the odds that lawmakers will be able to pass the legislation in coming days. (Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Kim Coghill)
(Reuters) -Tropical Depression Two in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm before making landfall along Mexico’s Gulf coast on Sunday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. “On the following track the depression is expected to make landfall along the Mexico coast on Sunday night and move further …
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ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) -Thousands of mourners, including former U.S. President Joe Biden, filed through Minnesota’s state Capitol Rotunda on Friday to pay final respects to slain lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were gunned down by an assassin earlier this month. The couple lay in state in St. Paul on the eve …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The latest version of the Senate’s massive budget bill that the Senate is racing through for a vote as soon as Saturday deals a fatal blow to the use of tax credits in place since 2005 to spur more wind and solar energy and would set a new tax on those projects for …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -California Governor Gavin Newsom filed a $787 million defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Friday, saying the network defamed him by lying about his phone call with Donald Trump related to the president’s immigration crackdown. The complaint filed in Delaware Superior Court accused Fox of demonstrating “willingness to protect President Trump …
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By Rich McKay (Reuters) -Five-term U.S. Representative Don Bacon, one of the few Republican voices in Congress who has taken positions independent of President Donald Trump, will not seek reelection, media reports said on Saturday, handing Democrats a chance to pick up another seat in the closely divided House. A spokesperson for Bacon, 61, who …
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