Trump’s Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary’s Ouster
The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible.
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The Man Expanding Trump’s Presidential Powers
Coral Davenport, a New York Times reporter, explains how Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, plans to circumvent Congress’s budgetary powers to advance the Trump administration’s agenda.
House Republicans Move to Put Their Stamp on D.C. as Budget Fix Languishes
The House passed bills imposing voting and policing policies on the District of Columbia, but the G.O.P. has refused to consider a measure to restore hundreds of millions of dollars of its funding.
Democrats Grill N.I.H. Leader on Cuts: Who Is Calling the Shots?
Senators criticized the head of the National Institutes of Health for not taking responsibility for Trump administration cuts to research funding.
House Republicans Will Vote Again on Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
A group of fiscal hard-liners on the Budget Committee blocked the bill Friday morning. The group will try again to pass the president’s megabill out of committee Sunday night.
All-Night House Sessions Put Some Lawmakers to Sleep
Members of two key House committees worked all night on a sprawling domestic policy bill. Some fell asleep along the way.
Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, opposes the House G.O.P. plan for Medicaid cuts.
Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, has emerged as one of his party’s staunchest defenders of Medicaid.
Republican Bill to End E.V. Tax Credit Could Hurt G.M. and Ford
A House Republican bill introduced this week would do away with tax credits that had encouraged Americans to buy electric vehicles and automakers to invest in new factories.
DOGE Removes Dozens of Resurrected Contracts From Its List of Savings
Elon Musk’s group is no longer claiming credit for canceling those contracts after The New York Times reported that they were revived.
Millions Would Lose Health Coverage Under G.O.P. Bill. But Not as Many as Democrats Say.
A widely circulated talking point about Medicaid cuts inflates the legislation’s effects by about five million people.