WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump’s priority bill to approval Thursday.

President Donald Trump clashed with NBC’s Peter Alexander after being asked about the $400 million jet from Qatar during a meeting with South Africa’s president. Trump called him a “bad reporter” and said he “ought to be ashamed” of himself. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., discusses economic policy and spending on 'Kudlow.'

Long-term care operators are putting their trust in the Senate for better terms after the House passed a budget reconciliation bill.

The GOP’s partisan budget will cut Medicaid, Medicare, and food assistance programs, like SNAP, to pay for a tax-cut for the ultra-wealthy…,” the delegation said.

() - Democrats representing Arizona in Congress are pointing to a new report as proof that people would lose health insurance under a reconciliation budget package from Republicans. The Joint Economic Committee Minority said 300,

President Trump met with holdouts again Wednesday as leaders ramp up their efforts to build support around the bill.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took issue with the Congressional Budget Office's scoring of the "One Big Beautiful Bill," which projects the legislation will worsen the nation's fiscal situation. Fox News host Bill Hemmer asked Bessent Friday,

The Congressional Budget Office warned Tuesday that Donald Trump’s proposed One Big Beautiful Bill Act would increase the federal deficit by $3.8 trillion through extended tax cuts. It would also slash Medicaid and SNAP funding by $965 billion.