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As JD Vance and Marco Rubio shot to the top of Donald Trump’s list of possible running mates last year, a mix of joy and dread set in for Republicans in Ohio and Florida. The joy was self-explanatory, springing from the clout that comes with having a favorite son in the White House. The dread was more complicated. Even though …

The White House just spent six months jamming a massive legislative package through Congress with almost no margin for error. Now comes the real challenge. Donald Trump’s aides and allies are embarking on a concerted bid to sell the president’s “big, beautiful bill” to voters who are mostly unfamiliar with its specifics and skeptical of what little they have heard …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a Texas Democrat who represents a slice of the Rio Grande Valley along the border with Mexico, won his last congressional election by just over 5,000 votes. That makes him a tempting target for Republicans, who are poised to redraw the state’s congressional maps this coming week and devise five new winnable …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, but a new survey shows that Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy. About two-thirds of U.S. adults expect the new tax law will help the rich, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center …

CNN  —  House Republican leaders are preparing for a late night in the chamber as they try to jam through President Donald Trump’s $9 billion package of cuts to federal funding — after a day of intense talks with GOP holdouts demanding a vote on a Jeffrey Epstein-related measure. Republican leadership sources say the plan is to push the bill, …

House GOP closes in on Epstein measure amid rebellion  Politico Ron Wyden, a Democrat, Won’t Let Go of the Jeffrey Epstein Case, Either  The New York Times Republicans to tee up House vote on Epstein resolution  The Hill Senate GOP blocks resolution demanding Trump release Epstein files  Axios Tensions over Epstein files complicate Republican plan to vote on cuts bill  The Guardian Source link

Senate GOP blocks resolution demanding Trump release Epstein files  Axios Ron Wyden, a Democrat, Won’t Let Go of the Jeffrey Epstein Case, Either  The New York Times Republicans to tee up House vote on Epstein resolution  The Hill Mike Pence says “the time has come” to release the Epstein files  CBS News The little-known tool that could force Trump’s hand on the Epstein files  CNN …

Senate GOP prepares to move first funding package  Politico Senate Republicans salvage FBI funding bill after bypassing Trump rebuke  Politico GOP senators appear to have deal to allow FBI to stay in DC  The Hill FBI Headquarters Fight Holds Up FY 26 Funding Bill  FEDmanager Fight over new FBI headquarters site stalls government funding bill  NBC News Source link

Trump floats firing Fed chair with GOP lawmakers, then backs off  The Washington Post Trump Has Draft of Letter to Fire Fed Chair. He Asked Republicans if He Should Send It.  The New York Times Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq end higher after Trump’s Powell talk sparks volatile trading  Yahoo Finance Trump suggests Fed renovations could be fireable offense for Powell  CNN …

Talking ‘Trump accounts’ and mocking Democrats, Vance offers a preview of how GOP will message the Big Beautiful Bill  Politico Vance touts tax breaks in Pennsylvania as he makes White House’s first big pitch on Trump’s new law  AP News JD Vance urges Republican voters to ‘talk to your friends’ about the ‘big, beautiful bill’  NBC News Vice President JD Vance touts Big …