Congress is drafting President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security and deportation funds.| AP News
As Republican leaders draft President Donald Trump’s big bill of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, dozens of more moderate Republicans from contested congressional districts have positioned themselves at the center of the negotiating table.| AP News
Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, jeopardizing health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program.| AP News
House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill.| AP News
House Republicans have added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package that would authorize the sale of hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah.| AP News
Tax breaks tallying more than $5 trillion. But also sizable reductions in Medicaid health care, food stamps for older Americans and green energy strategies to fight climate change.| AP News
Republicans continue to make progress on President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security, though considerable divisions remain as Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to bridge the differences in his conference.| AP News
House Republicans have revealed the sweeping tax provisions for President Donald Trump’s big bill. It tallies at $4.9 trillion in costs so far, partly paid for with reductions to Medicaid, food stamps and green energy programs used by millions of Americans.| AP News
Mike Johnson is already inventing silly claims to try to disclaim helping Trump to cover up sex trafficking. Those efforts will likely get still more challenging in days ahead. The post Mike Johnson Snitch-Tags Donald Trump appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
(The Center Square) — When asked about crime in Caddo Parish, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said the “Democratic DA” is not prosecuting as he should. Johnson appeared on CNN News Central on Friday and addressed the possibility of bringing the National Guard to Shreveport and Caddo Parish after FBI crime statistics showed that the violent crimes […] The post Speaker Mike Johnson says Shreveport ‘Democratic DA’ is to blame for high crime appeared first on The Hayride.| The Hayride
Content Warning: This op-ed contains mentions of gun violence and death. The scene was tragically familiar: In the wake of a devastating school shooting, a politician spoke near the site of the incident and called for increasing gun control as a way to prevent similar tragedies in the future. “Every child in America deserves these...| The Daily Northwestern
Editor’s Note: a guest post by Louisiana state representative Danny McCormick, a Republican from Oil City in the northwest corner of the state. Starting under the Biden administration and continuing today, Congressman Mike Johnson’s votes have veered away from the conservative principles he claims to represent. Meanwhile, Congressman Thomas Massie has stayed true to an […]| The Hayride
By Thomas Ultican 7/28/2025 Since 2024, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas have passed laws requiring ten commandment posters in all classrooms. These kinds of laws come to us courtesy of a single Christian “bill mill,” Project Blitz. Dozens of other state bills in fidelity with Project Blitz’s proposed legislation were also passed. In 2021, they distributed […]| tultican
House Republicans are moving to establish a long-promised committee to investigate the previous iteration of the January 6 subcommittee, which was formed under controversial circumstances and has been accused of destroying records, presenting false information and more. According to a report from The Hill, a resolution to establish the committee was filed on Wednesday, House […]| Trending Politics Conservative News and Commentary
By Alena Smith and Julianna J. Thomson [Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons] After Mike Johnson (R-LA) became Speaker of the House in October 2023, Republican legislators started using significantly mo…| Religion in Public
The top 100 donors in federal elections gave more than three times as much to Republicans as to Democrats, according to a review of 2024 contribution data.| Sludge
The House passed Senate Republicans’ version of the reconciliation package on Thursday...| TPM – Talking Points Memo
House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”| AP News
House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package. Speaker Mike Johnson defied the skeptics within his ranks and muscled President Donald Trump’s priority bill to approval Thursday.| AP News
House Republicans are getting closer to passing President Donald Trump’s tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security.| AP News
Norman had just voted against Mike Johnson when Nancy Mace handed him the phone and said that Trump wanted to speak with him.| The Daily Signal
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called on his party to force a shutdown if Democrats don’t accept a GOP bill to require an ID to register to vote.| Louisiana Illuminator
The Kids Online Safety Act sailed through the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, marking what could be the first update since the late 1990s.| Washington State Standard
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Monday announced the 13 lawmakers who will make up the bipartisan task force investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.| North Dakota Monitor
