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Trump meets with Republicans on Capitol Hill as GOP struggles to agree on legislative strategy

President-elect Donald Trump is meeting privately on Capitol Hill late on Wednesday with Republican senators as House and Senate GOP leaders are straining to come up with a strategy for tackling his legislative priorities as the party takes power in Washington. Mr. Trump said it “feels great” to be back inside the U.S. Capitol for the first time since he …

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2 days, 13 hours ago

Trump returns to Capitol Hill: Meets GOP leaders amid new era in Washington

India Today

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump is meeting privately on Capitol Hill late Wednesday with Republican senators as House and Senate GOP leaders are straining to come up with a strategy for tackling his legislative priorities as the party takes power in Washington. Trump said it “feels great” to be back inside the U.S. Capitol for the first time since he left …

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Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris and others as 39th president returns to Washington

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington on Tuesday for state funeral rites that featured the kind of bipartisan praise and ceremonial pomp the Georgia Democrat rarely enjoyed at his political peak. As the sun set outside the Capitol, Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Mike …

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5 days, 9 hours ago

Pete Hegseth has enough votes to become nation’s Secretary of Defense, top Republican tells Trump

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Trump that the former Fox News host has …

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5 days, 13 hours ago

Trump’s push for quick passage of ‘one powerful bill’ meets realities on Capitol Hill

CNN

Washington CNN — President-elect Donald Trump wants to put his entire agenda into a single, massive bill – and he wants it done “quickly.” But he will soon meet the realities of Capitol Hill, even under single-party Republican rule. “So if you’re a tax-cutting person, which I understand, and you’re holding a border bill hostage, I think that’s a dangerous …

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6 days, 13 hours ago

GOP congressional leaders set the stage to move on Trump’s agenda

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CNN — Donald Trump and his GOP allies in Congress have recently shared some of the first details of their ambitious agenda — sweeping tax cuts, border security and raising the debt limit — which they hope to muscle through in the first 100 days of the president-elect’s term. “At the end of the day, President Trump is going to …

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6 days, 13 hours ago

GOP congressional leaders set the stage to move on Trump’s agenda

CNN

CNN — Donald Trump and his GOP allies in Congress have recently shared some of the first details of their ambitious agenda — sweeping tax cuts, border security and raising the debt limit — which they hope to muscle through in the first 100 days of the president-elect’s term. “At the end of the day, President Trump is going to …

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6 days, 17 hours ago

Trump undercuts GOP leader and 'throws a curveball' into House Republicans' plans: report

Raw Story

Donald Trump is already undercutting Republican U.S. But Trump told House Speaker Mike Johnson he wants one "beautiful bill," according to Politico's reporting. "Trump’s decision is a break from Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s pitch for a two-bill strategy that would have seen Republicans pass a border and energy bill first followed by a tax bill. The report goes on …

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1 week ago

House and Senate majority leaders set the agenda for early weeks of a new Congress

NPR

House and Senate majority leaders set the agenda for early weeks of a new Congress The new Republican majorities in the House and Senate plan to move border legislation and cabinet confirmations first, with tax bills coming later this year. WALSH: Well, addressing border security was a Republican's top priority in the 2024 campaign, and the speaker made it clear …

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1 week ago

New Majority Leader Thune kicks off Senate session with pledge to preserve filibuster

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority will be to “ensure the Senate stays the Senate.” Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Republicans are taking power on Friday a little more than two weeks before Donald Trump …

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1 week, 3 days ago

US under second Trump era: A look at biggest political changes expected in 2025

Hindustan Times

The US is all set to see Donald Trump taking over the Oval Office as the 47th President of the nation following his January 20 inauguration. A look at Trump's promises During his campaign trail, Trump pledged to take over additional powers as president and overhaul the US government. His most prominent pledges that may get implemented in 2025 include: …

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2 weeks ago

'Short window': Mitch McConnell's replacement is under the gun to make Trump happy

Raw Story

After years in the background, Sen. John Thune is stepping into the limelight as the new Senate Majority Leader as Sen. Mitch McConnell steps aside and Thune's primary focus will be making sure Donald Trump will be happy while he also attempts to keep his caucus in line. As Ball wrote, "Perhaps no one in Washington will be more central …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

'Politburo of MAGA movement': CNN writer sees ominous message at Army vs. Navy game

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Donald Trump’s lauding it over the Army vs. Navy football game over the weekend, flanked by the cohorts he's picked for Cabinet positions or that he reviles as staunch allies in Congress, sent shivers down a CNN columnist’s spine Monday. “When Trump, Vance and the congressional leaders — as well as the ubiquitous Elon Musk — peered over the loudly …

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1 month ago

Senior Republican plots 'scheme' to derail 4 Trump nominations: MSNBC's Katty Kay

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According to MSNBC contributor Katty Kay, incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune is working behind the scenes with his GOP colleagues to cripple the nominations of at least four of Donald Trump's nominees to his cabinet. With Rep. Matt Gaetz already having withdrawn his name for consideration to be the next attorney general, Kay reported to the "Morning Joe" panel …

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1 month ago

Top House Republican sounds alarm: Senate could blow chance to pass Trump tax plan

Raw Story

A key House Republican is already challenging incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune, warning that his strategy risks blowing Republicans' best chance to pass President-elect Donald Trump's tax bill, reported NBC News. This comes a week after reports that Thune wants to split the budget reconciliation process into two parts: one bill to pass an immigration and energy package, and …

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1 month, 1 week ago

GOP lawmakers already divided over sweeping Trump policy bill

Politico

“Our members need to weigh in on that. “We’re all unified around the objectives, how we roll it out, the tactics and strategies, still under discussion.” Supporters of the two-step strategy believe moving quickly on a first bill will let them get an early win on some of their biggest campaign promises — namely border security — right off the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Hegseth: Trump told me to ‘keep fighting’

Politico

“There are hard questions being raised, so he’ll have to answer those,” said incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who will meet on Wednesday with Hegseth. “My assumption is throughout the process, we’ll get that opportunity.” Several senators batted aside rumblings that Trump might swap in Florida Gov. Incoming Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker said he didn’t get the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'Last culling': MSNBC host expects midterms to rid GOP of senators not in MAGA 'lockstep'

Raw Story

The MAGA wing of the Republican Party has been successful in taking over the House of Representatives, but there are still those in the U.S. Senate who don't adore Donald Trump. But in two years, one-third of the Senate will be up for reelection again — and an MSNBC reporter thinks that could see a further culling of those not …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump news: Forget Project 2025. Steve Bannon is laying out what’s really coming.

Slate

Steve Bannon got out of prison exactly a week before Election Day. In the week I listened to the show, I heard Boris Epshteyn, a top Trump adviser, congratulate Bannon as a “warrior.” William McGinley, Trump’s choice for White House counsel, declared that the War Room posse “really delivered the victory.” Scott Bessent, Trump’s treasury secretary pick, went on the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rebel GOP senators begin to stand up against Trump plan

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to use a process known as "recess appointments" if GOP senators give him a hard time with his more controversial administration picks, who range from anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard — whose critics consider her an apologist for …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump just blew up any concept of a MAGA mandate

Salon

Contrary to his customary bragging that he won the election in an unprecedented landslide, President Donald Trump's percentage of the popular vote has fallen below 50% and it drops a little bit lower every day as the final votes are tallied up. Ever since Elon Musk and the rest of Trump's crack transition team gathered at Mar-a-Lago to plot his …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Republicans Are Mad That Democrats Are Confirming Lots Of Biden's Judges

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans are acting pretty mad that Democrats are using the lame duck to confirm lots of President Joe Biden’s judges. “After last night’s voting extravaganza, I wonder what we are doing.” Capito was referring to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer scheduling votes on some of Biden’s court picks on Monday night. “Particularly in the …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump demands the Senate stop doing its job confirming judges before he takes office

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The White House slammed Senate Republicans and its incoming leader, Senator John Thune of …

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Trump can bypass Mitch McConnell to force through recess Cabinet hires: expert

Raw Story

Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed that Donald Trump will not be successful in pushing the Senate into recess so that his Cabinet nominees can bypass the confirmation process. Sargent noted that Trump has appointed "profoundly unqualified people" to serve as the heads of top agencies like Fox host Pete Hegseth, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Gov. "So, the …

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Trump meets with Republicans on Capitol Hill as GOP struggles to agree on legislative strategy

Trump returns to Capitol Hill: Meets GOP leaders amid new era in Washington

Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris and others as 39th president returns to Washington

Pete Hegseth has enough votes to become nation’s Secretary of Defense, top Republican tells Trump

Trump’s push for quick passage of ‘one powerful bill’ meets realities on Capitol Hill

GOP congressional leaders set the stage to move on Trump’s agenda

GOP congressional leaders set the stage to move on Trump’s agenda

Trump undercuts GOP leader and 'throws a curveball' into House Republicans' plans: report

House and Senate majority leaders set the agenda for early weeks of a new Congress

New Majority Leader Thune kicks off Senate session with pledge to preserve filibuster

US under second Trump era: A look at biggest political changes expected in 2025

'Short window': Mitch McConnell's replacement is under the gun to make Trump happy

'Politburo of MAGA movement': CNN writer sees ominous message at Army vs. Navy game

Senior Republican plots 'scheme' to derail 4 Trump nominations: MSNBC's Katty Kay

Top House Republican sounds alarm: Senate could blow chance to pass Trump tax plan

GOP lawmakers already divided over sweeping Trump policy bill

Hegseth: Trump told me to ‘keep fighting’

'Last culling': MSNBC host expects midterms to rid GOP of senators not in MAGA 'lockstep'

Trump news: Forget Project 2025. Steve Bannon is laying out what’s really coming.

Rebel GOP senators begin to stand up against Trump plan

Donald Trump just blew up any concept of a MAGA mandate

Republicans Are Mad That Democrats Are Confirming Lots Of Biden's Judges

Trump demands the Senate stop doing its job confirming judges before he takes office

Trump can bypass Mitch McConnell to force through recess Cabinet hires: expert