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Democrats block stablecoin bill as they raise concerns about Trump’s crypto ventures
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have blocked legislation to regulate stablecoins, a form of cryptocurrency, after arguing ...
New Pope Robert Prevost's shock voting history as his stance on abortion and party registration is revealed
The voting history of the first-ever American pope shocked few when it was revealed on Thursday that he participates in ...
Democrats ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to toss state’s congressional boundaries
Democratic voters in Wisconsin have asked the state’s liberal-controlled Supreme Court to throw out the battleground state’s ...
Jack Ciattarelli and Bill Spadea’s rivalry dominates another GOP debate for N.J. governor
A bitter rivalry between two GOP candidates repeatedly interrupted another GOP debate for New Jersey governor last night. The first debate in February set the stage for a nasty primary, and that ...
Medicaid and taxes and SNAP, oh my
Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including ad campaigns and vulnerable ...
Trump tells Congress to raise taxes on the rich in ‘big, beautiful bill’
The administration is looking at several ways to bring in new tax revenue, but hiking taxes on the wealthy could complicate ...
House follows Trump’s lead with a vote to change the Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’
President Donald Trump already signed an executive order during his first day in office to rename the Gulf. House Republicans ...
Trump urged Speaker Johnson to raise top tax rate, source says
U.S. President Donald Trump privately urged House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson during a phone call on Wednesday to ...
Democrats mock Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Gulf of America bill: ‘I think ‘Saturday Night Live’ just called’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the bill a “silly, small-minded and sycophantic piece of legislation." ...
More older Americans worry Social Security won’t be there for them, an AP-NORC poll finds
Older Americans are generally more confident that Social Security will be available to them than younger adults are, ...
Age-old seniority question divides Democrats as Biden returns to national spotlight
The age-old seniority question has returned to the fold of the Democratic Party as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., ...
GOP centrists revolt against steep cuts to Medicaid and other programs in Trump’s tax breaks bill
As GOP leaders draft President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of some $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $1.5 trillion in ...