Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill wins congressional approval

July 4, 2025 12:35 AM

Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill wins congressional approval

President Donald Trump's tax-cut package cleared its final hurdle in the U.S. Congress on Thursday, as the Republican-controlled House of Representatives narrowly approved the massive bill and sent it to him to sign into law. The 218-214 vote amounts to a significant victory for the Republican president that will fund his immigration crackdown, make his 2017 tax cuts permanent and deliver new tax breaks that he promised during his 2024 campaign. It also cuts health and food safety net...

Panel studying US war in Afghanistan holds first public hearing

July 20, 2024 4:51 PM

Panel studying US war in Afghanistan holds first public hearing

A commission created by Congress to conduct an independent review of the 20-year U.S. war in Afghanistan held its first public hearing on Friday, pledging to be "unflinching" in examining how and why key decisions were made and who made them. But, while accountability "is centrally important, our focus is less on assigning credit or blame ... than on extracting and applying its lessons" for future conflicts, said co-chair Colin Jackson. The panel's first public hearing came just over a month b...

White House should disclose whether Russia sharing US weapons insight with China, says Congress

September 16, 2024 5:55 PM

White House should disclose whether Russia sharing US weapons insight with China, says Congress

A bipartisan U.S. congressional committee urged the White House on Monday to disclose details on whether Russia was sharing insight with China on how to defeat U.S. weapons used on the battlefield in Ukraine. In a letter to White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan seen by Reuters, the House of Representative's select committee on China warned that Russia's battlefield adaptations that undermine certain U.S. weapon systems are "likely to proliferate" to China, including Russian electr...