Trump, Senate and spending
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A drama-filled week in DC saw Democrats accuse Republicans ceding Congress' power to Trump and a curveball involving Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump's $9 billion rescissions package is advancing, despite a trio of Republican defections. It targets foreign aid and public broadcasting funding.
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New York Magazine on MSNWhy Trump Keeps Clawing Back SpendingMaybe he truly hates social spending. Maybe he’s promised clawbacks to fiscal hawks. Maybe he wants Democrats to shut down the government. Stay tuned.
The Senate burns the midnight oil hoping to pass Trump’s spending agenda, the man accused of fatally stabbing four college students in Idaho appears to have accepted a plea deal, and the city of Los Angeles is again engrossed in a legal battle over immigration.
House conservatives are drawing battle lines in the burgeoning showdown over President Donald Trump's spending cuts request.