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As Musk ramps up attacks on Trump budget bill, Johnson says he's "flat wrong"

GOP leaders in Congress appeared undeterred Wednesday as Elon Musk ramped up his criticism of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill."

FDA to review abortion pill mifepristone for safety. Here's what to know.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the FDA "to review the latest data on mifepristone​," but experts say concerns about the abortion pill's safety are misguided.

Trump tariffs would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion, shrink the economy, CBO says

President Trump's sweeping tariff plan would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over 10 years while shrinking the economy, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said.

Trump says Putin plans to respond to Ukraine drone strike

"It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace," President Trump posted on social media.

House Oversight chair expands inquiry into Biden's fitness while in office

The chair of the House Oversight committee is requesting testimony from top Biden aides.

Judge orders documents in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case to be made public

A group of more than a dozen news outlets had asked U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis to make a group of documents filed in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case available to the public.

House Democrat seeks info on Elon Musk's alleged drug use

The New York Times reported that Elon Musk, who served as a senior adviser to President Trump, used the drug ketamine as often as once a day during the 2024 presidential campaign.

Trump bill would raise deficit by $2.4 trillion, leave millions uninsured, CBO says

Republicans' sweeping policy bill would increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said.

China calls Rubio remarks about Tiananmen Square an "attack"

Beijing hit back at Secretary of State Marco Rubio for saying the world will "never forget" the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, describing his remarks as an "attack" on China.

Millions of kids could lose the Child Tax Credit under GOP budget bill

Republican tax bill requires both parents to have a Social Security number to qualify for the Child Tax Credit, a policy shift that would make millions of kids ineligible.

U.S. doubles tariffs on steel and aluminum to 50%

A U.S. tariff on imports of steel and aluminum took effect Wednesday, doubling to 50% and casting a pall on a gathering of OECD ministers.

Man arrested for trying to scale fence at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club: Secret Service

The Secret Service said somebody "scaled a perimeter fence" at President Trump's Florida club early Tuesday morning.

Feds charge California man with threatening to kill Trump on Facebook

Federal prosecutors charged a Southern California man with threatening to kill President Trump after last year's election.

When a senator's husband landed on a travel watchlist, a phone call got him removed

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's husband, William Shaheen, had been briefly trailed by an air marshal.