Tax bill risks billions in Medicare cuts per CBO
The nonpartisan CBO warns the tax and immigration package could add 2.3 trillion dollars to the deficit over a decade, triggering sequestration that would cap Medicare at 4 percent annual cuts totaling about 490 billion through 2036. Experts caution Congress may dodge or soften the impact while noting consequences for rural hospitals and dual-eligible seniors.
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Congressional Republicans
Congress
Nonpartisan
Bookkeeper
Trump
GOP
Congressional Budget Office
CBO
Brendan Boyle
D-Pa
Timothy D. McBride
Washington University
St. Louis
White House Budget Office
McBride
Jonathan Gruber
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Judge: U.S. didn’t follow deportation order arresting eight immigrants
Federal judge in Boston condemned the White House for violating a court order on deportations to third countries. He said eight migrants aboard a flight linked to South Sudan had no meaningful chance to object. Government lawyers argued they had prior opportunities to express fears and that the order time was unclear.
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White House
South Sudan
Trump
United States
Brian E. Murphy
Boston
Administration
Department
Murphy
Trump presses Ramaphosa on white farmer killings claim
In a White House meeting President Trump confronted Cyril Ramaphosa over his baseless charge of a genocide against white farmers. He dimmed lights to show a video of an anti white song and cited news clips to argue land seizure and killings, while Ramaphosa pushed back and stressed the relation remains strained amid no evidence of targeted killings.
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Donald Trump
White House
Cyril Ramaphosa
Trump
Oval Office
U.S
South Africa
Ramaphosa
Julius Malema
Malema
Washington, D.C
Associated Press
Hegseth OKs Boeing 4 from Qatar for Trump's use
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accepted a luxury Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar for President Trump to use as Air Force One. The Pentagon said security measures would be added and the gift complies with federal rules, sparking constitutional and ethical debates among Democrats and Republicans. Critics warn the plan could cost over 1 billion dollars to retrofit and maintain.
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Defense
Pete Hegseth
Qatar
Donald Trump
Pentagon
Defense Department
Sean Parnell
Trump
Middle East
Congress
Senate
Chuck Schumer
New York
Department of Justice
Schumer
Air Force One
Roger Marshall
R-Kan
Tammy Duckworth
DOJ moves to cancel police reform settlements nationwide
The Justice Department moved to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville that aimed to overhaul police departments after Floyd and Taylor killings. It also retracts findings from investigations into six other police departments, reversing a Biden era push for federal oversight amid accusations of civil rights violations.
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Justice Department
Louisville
George Floyd
Breonna Taylor
Trump
Biden
Joe Biden
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