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The Republican budget bill remains in rocky territory after a night of contentious, acrimonious debate, during which Democrats repeatedly accused the GOP of using the cover of darkness to attempt to jam through unpopular legislation. The so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would make permanent President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax …

Republican lawmakers in the House have recently been skirting their legislative duties to make unholy pilgrimages to Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York. They’re now using whatever time they do spend legislating to silence references to the former president’s many ongoing legal issues on the House floor. On Tuesday, …