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President Donald Trump is meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in an attempt to rally support for his “one big, beautiful” spending bill.
The tax and immigration bill is central to Trump’s agenda but to pass the House, where the GOP hold a narrow majority, they can only afford to lose three Republicans before the vote fails.
What To Know
- On Sunday, the House Budget Committee passed the bill.
- The move followed a failed attempt last week, when hardline conservatives rebelled against specific provisions related to Medicaid and tax credits.
- The rebels demanded that planned work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients should be implemented earlier than 2029.
- After the group hashed out its wants with House Speaker Mike Johnson, all voted “present” on Sunday, allowing the bill to clear the committee.
Stay with Newsweek for the latest updates.
Europe ‘shocked’ as Trump hands Putin ‘win’: Experts
President Donald Trump‘s lengthy phone call with Vladimir Putin yielded no major breakthrough and led some European officials to accuse the U.S. president of handing his Russian counterpart a win.
The leaders spoke for two hours on Monday as part of Washington’s latest attempt to bring the three-year conflict with Ukraine to an end.
After the call, Trump hinted that the U.S. would no longer play a direct role in peace talks. He also refused to impose fresh sanctions on Russia to ramp up pressure on Putin to take negotiations seriously.
“Europe remains shocked” by what it sees as abandonment by Washington, “the previous anchor in the Western alliance,” Swedish economist Anders Åslund, who has served as an economic adviser to both the governments of Russia and Ukraine, told Newsweek.
