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President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption …

Joshua Nevett Political reporter BBC Spending decisions have been made “harder” by the government’s U-turn on welfare changes, the education secretary has said, as she did not commit to scrapping …

By Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans cleared the “big, beautiful bill” for President Donald Trump’s signature Thursday, marking an end to the painstaking months-long negotiations that began just …

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (left), R-La., speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. …

Senate Republicans today passed a sweeping spending bill that narrowly avoided punitive tax measures on renewable energy but still threatens to stall its growth in the US. After wrangling over …

Brandon Drenon BBC News Reporting fromCapitol HillBBC After hours of stalemate, Republicans in the US Senate have narrowly passed Donald Trump’s mega-bill on tax and spending, meaning the proposed legislation …

WASHINGTON – JUNE 5: The U.S. Capitol is shown June 5, 2003 in Washington, DC. Both houses of the … More U.S. Congress, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House …

San Jose Sharks forward Tyler Toffoli recently spent a few days visiting with teammate Macklin Celebrini and got a firsthand look at the teenager’s rigorous offseason training habits. Toffoli, who …

Paul Kirby Europe digital editor JOHN THYS/AFP The US president (L) has been pushing for Nato allies to “equalise” their defence spending for some time Nato leaders meeting in The …

Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, said it was “not a difficult thing” to get members to agree to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP because of the rising threat …