Christopher Bond, Former Missouri Governor and U.S. Senator, Dies at 86
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Christopher Bond, Former Missouri Governor and U.S. Senator, Dies at 86

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Christopher S. Bond, who was Missouri’s youngest governor and the state’s first Republican governor since 1945 when he was elected in 1972, and who went on to serve four terms in the U.S. Senate, died on Tuesday in St. Louis. He was 86….

Rob Sand, Iowa’s Only Democrat in Statewide Office, to Run for Governor
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Rob Sand, Iowa’s Only Democrat in Statewide Office, to Run for Governor

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Rob Sand, Iowa’s elected state auditor and the only Democrat now holding a major political office in the state, said on Monday that he would run for governor next year, boosting his party’s hopes of gaining a policymaking foothold in a place that…

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….

G.O.P. Targets a Medicaid Loophole Used by 49 States to Grab Federal Money
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G.O.P. Targets a Medicaid Loophole Used by 49 States to Grab Federal Money

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In 1989, New Hampshire’s Republican governor, Judd Gregg, had a gaping budget hole he didn’t know how to fill. His health secretary came up with a solution: a tax maneuver he’d learned through the grapevine that would force Washington to send the state…

Charles Koch Says Many in the Country Are ‘Abandoning’ Its Principles
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Charles Koch Says Many in the Country Are ‘Abandoning’ Its Principles

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Charles Koch, the billionaire industrialist and conservative megadonor, made a rare public appearance Thursday evening and called for libertarians to embrace their principles, in comments that seemed obliquely directed at a Republican Party taken over by President Trump. Mr. Koch was at one…

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…

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Sues White House to Block Board Firings
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Sues White House to Block Board Firings

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, accusing it of illegally trying to fire three members of the company’s board. In the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, the media organization said the White House emailed…

Rough Night for Republican at Town Hall in N.Y. Swing District
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Rough Night for Republican at Town Hall in N.Y. Swing District

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines No one was expecting a love fest when Representative Mike Lawler, Republican of New York, faced constituents in his suburban swing district on Sunday night. Still, even he seemed surprised by the night’s first clash — over the Pledge of Allegiance. “Please tell…