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Vance to meet with Senate Republicans on Tuesday on tariffs
Vice President JD Vance will meet with Senate Republicans during their weekly lunch Tuesday before key tariff votes this…
Largest federal workers’ union calls for an immediate end to the shutdown
The nation’s largest union of federal workers is calling on Congress to pass a short-term funding bill and immediately end…
Capitol agenda: Brace for sharper shutdown pain
Congress is just days away from a significant escalation of shutdown pain. But with President Donald Trump in Asia all week…
6 ways the shutdown is about to get worse
The government shutdown gets uglier at the end of this week. With President Donald Trump traveling abroad and Congress still…
Skepticism abounds that Election Day will be a shutdown inflection point
The government shutdown has blown through missed paychecks, mass firings and threats of delayed public benefits. It will…
Trump administration won’t tap emergency funds to pay food aid
The Trump administration won’t tap emergency funds to pay for federal food benefits, imperiling benefits starting Nov. 1 for…
Republicans are barreling toward an Obamacare subsidy cliff — with no unified plan
Republicans are barreling toward the upcoming Obamacare enrollment period without a unified plan to address the sticker…
Senators eye sanctions vote after Trump targets Russian oil
The bipartisan authors of sweeping Russia sanctions legislation are hoping the Senate is finally ready to consider their…
101 Republicans to defend community finance program from Trump cuts
More than 100 Republican lawmakers are expected to sign on to a letter pushing back on the Trump administration’s move to…
Obamacare ‘auto-enrollees’ are key target as Republicans formulate tax-credit extension plan
As Republicans formulate a plan to potentially extend key health insurance subsidies that are at the center of the…