Trump Revives Push for Higher Taxes on the Rich
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Trump Revives Push for Higher Taxes on the Rich

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump has asked House Speaker Mike Johnson to include a tax hike on rich Americans in the sprawling fiscal package lawmakers are putting together, according to two people familiar with the request, reviving an idea that many Republicans have opposed. Mr. Trump…

Johnson Rules Out an Aggressive Plan to Cut Medicaid as G.O.P. Moderates Waver
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Johnson Rules Out an Aggressive Plan to Cut Medicaid as G.O.P. Moderates Waver

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson has dropped one of the most aggressive options the G.O.P. was considering to cut Medicaid costs to help pay for President Trump’s domestic agenda, bowing to pressure from politically vulnerable Republicans and underscoring the deep party divisions imperiling the plan….

4 Lessons for Trump From the UK’s Failed Rwanda Migrant Deportation Deal
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4 Lessons for Trump From the UK’s Failed Rwanda Migrant Deportation Deal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On Sunday, Rwanda’s foreign minister said his country was in “early stage” talks with the Trump administration about a deal to take in migrants deported from the United States. That news had a familiar ring in Britain, where the former Conservative-led government agreed…

Opinion | Trump’s Tariffs Have Set Up a Trap for Mike Johnson and John Thune
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Opinion | Trump’s Tariffs Have Set Up a Trap for Mike Johnson and John Thune

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After more than 100 days of President Trump marked by overreach and economic self-immolation, congressional Republicans need a reset to save their political fortunes. Representative Mike Johnson, the House speaker, is banking on a spending and tax cut package to provide that jolt,…

What to Know About the First U.K. Local Elections Under Keir Starmer
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What to Know About the First U.K. Local Elections Under Keir Starmer

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Local elections taking place in England on Thursday are the first major test of the political climate since Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Labour Party swept to power in a landslide victory last year. A lot has changed since then. With the…

Elise Stefanik, Cabinet Hopes Dashed, Considers Her Next Move
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Elise Stefanik, Cabinet Hopes Dashed, Considers Her Next Move

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Styrofoam packing peanuts littered an empty office in the Rayburn House Office Building across from the Capitol on Monday morning as two moving men unpacked a plush couch, an upholstered armchair, lamps and a lucite side table. Representative Elise Stefanik of New York…

How Hauser & Wirth Took Over N.Y.C.’s Museums This Spring
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How Hauser & Wirth Took Over N.Y.C.’s Museums This Spring

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Earlier this month the Whitney Museum of American Art celebrated the opening of an exhibition by the painter Amy Sherald — Michelle Obama’s official portraitist — with a champagne toast over lush arrangements of daffodils and yellow ranunculus. At the Museum of Modern…

A Tragic End to a Helicopter Pilot’s New Adventure
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A Tragic End to a Helicopter Pilot’s New Adventure

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “Living the dream.” That was how Seankese Johnson, 36, described his new career as a New York City commercial helicopter pilot, flying sightseeing tours around Manhattan. The phrase was the headline atop his LinkedIn page on Friday, even as news spread among loved…

Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk
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Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday was forced to delay a vote on the Republican budget blueprint to unlock President Trump’s domestic agenda, after conservatives balked at a plan that they said would add too much to the nation’s debt. In a dramatic scene…

The House Republicans Holding Out Against Trump’s Budget and Tax Cut Plan
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The House Republicans Holding Out Against Trump’s Budget and Tax Cut Plan

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Representative Eric Burlison, a two-term congressman from Missouri’s Ozarks, is unequivocal about his support for President Trump. “I love the president,” he said this week as he walked through the Capitol. But Mr. Burlison is also one of about a dozen hard-line conservative…