PCE Report Showed Inflation Eased Slightly in January
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PCE Report Showed Inflation Eased Slightly in January

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Getting inflation under control since the worst surge in decades has been a bumpy process in recent months. New data on Friday showed a little progress, but also an unexpected pullback in consumer spending, complicating the path forward for the Federal Reserve as…

What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much.
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What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The House passed a budget resolution Tuesday night after the speaker, Mike Johnson, persuaded several Republican lawmakers, including those who have expressed reservations about possible Medicaid cuts, to support the bill. In theory, the budget, which kicks off the process of passing an…

House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts
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House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The House on Tuesday narrowly passed a Republican budget resolution that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $2 trillion reduction in federal spending over a decade, clearing the way for major elements of President Trump’s domestic agenda. The nearly party-line…

Opinion | James Carville: The Best Thing Democrats Can Do in This Moment
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Opinion | James Carville: The Best Thing Democrats Can Do in This Moment

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Republican Party is all too often effective at campaigning and winning elections, but there’s another fact about it that a lot of Americans forget: The Republican Party flat out sucks at governing. Even Tucker Carlson agrees with this. For all the huffing…

Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now
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Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Even by Washington standards, the second Trump presidency has begun in frenetic fashion: mass firings at federal agencies, tariff threats against allies and foes alike, and haggling over how to get a Republican budget through a narrowly divided Congress. Business leaders and corporate…

As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?
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As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As the reality sets in that the United States is drastically diminishing its foreign assistance to developing countries, an urgent conversation is starting among governments, philanthropists, and global health and development organizations. It is centered on one crucial question: Who will fill this…

Senate G.O.P. Passes Budget Resolution, and Punts on Tough Questions
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Senate G.O.P. Passes Budget Resolution, and Punts on Tough Questions

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The budget plan that Republicans pushed through the Senate early Friday was a necessary first step toward enacting President Trump’s ambitious domestic goals, but it punted the most difficult and divisive questions about how Congress will do so. On a largely party-line vote,…

Overnight ‘Vote-a-Rama’ in the Senate Frames a Contentious Budget Debate
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Overnight ‘Vote-a-Rama’ in the Senate Frames a Contentious Budget Debate

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Senate was on track to pass Republicans’ budget plan on a straight party-line vote sometime early Friday morning. But first, it was time for a well-worn parliamentary ritual: the hourslong marathon of votes on proposals that will never become law (and were…

Opinion | Trump’s First Four Weeks Felt Like Four Years
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Opinion | Trump’s First Four Weeks Felt Like Four Years

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines I’m just saying the best way to tackle those issues is to forget about stupid, greedy tax cuts for the rich and juice up the economy with efficient government, targeted spending on services like quality child care, good schools and health care for…

Bracing for a Shutdown Fight, Democrats Warn Their Votes Are Not a Given
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Bracing for a Shutdown Fight, Democrats Warn Their Votes Are Not a Given

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines One month out from a deadline to avert a government shutdown, Republicans in Congress are struggling to find the votes to extend federal funding, and Democrats are issuing a stark warning: Don’t look at us this time. After two years of coming to…