David Morgan

The continuing resolution will need to be passed by the Senate and signed by Trump into law by Friday to avoid a shutdown.

U.S. Senate Republicans pushed for the U.S. Congress to codify spending cuts identified by billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court declined to let President Donald Trump withhold payments to foreign aid organizations.

Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson aims to hold a vote on Tuesday on a bill to fund the government through September 30, a move needed to avert a partial shutdown of agencies late next week, he told reporters on Thursday.

A controversial plan by U.S. Senate Republicans to make President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts permanent by ignoring the cost to the deficit is raising warnings from party fiscal hawks and independent analysts of a potential "debt spiral" that could undermine economic growth.

The $4.5 trillion tax-cut plan would also fund the deportation of migrants living in the U.S. illegally, tighten border security, energy deregulation, and military spending.

U.S. House Republicans face a major test this week as the fractured and narrow caucus tries to unify around a plan to advance President Donald Trump's agenda for trillions in tax cuts and new spending on defense and border security.

U.S. Senate Republicans will push ahead on Thursday with a measure to kickstart President Donald Trump's agenda on immigration, energy and defense, Majority Leader John Thune said on Wednesday, after Trump called on them to drop the plan in favor of a sweeping resolution prepared by House Republicans.

As congressional Republicans try to extend President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts, some are considering an unusual plan to make them permanent while avoiding the political pain of massive spending cuts to pay for them: Argue that they will not deepen the federal deficit.

US Republicans struggle to find unity on taxes in Trump 'golden age'

Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday that he believes President Donald Trump is considering exemptions to reciprocal tariffs that include the automobile and pharmaceutical industries.