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President Trump's top legislative priority was a victory for him and for Speaker Mike Johnson, who kept the president's trust throughout tricky negotiations.
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Immigrants and wealthy universities, as well as foreign companies, would see higher taxes under the House-passed bill.
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Get the latest news on President Donald Trump's return to the White House and the Republican-led Congress.
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Senate Republicans say changes are coming for the sprawling domestic policy bill carrying President Trump's agenda. Their colleagues who took political risks to push it through the House might not like them.
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Others could see their monthly benefits reduced if the bill were to become law, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
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On this episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann break down a busy week in Washington, starting with the shocking shooting of two Israeli embassy employees. Then, the crew dives into the GOP's "big, beautiful" budget bill: What's in it, what the sticking points were, and what had to be negotiated.
Later, the crew breaks down the chaotic meeting in the Oval Office between Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa - and how Trump is using Oval Office meetings to set up televised showdowns with other world leaders.
Plus, technology reporter Drew Harwell joins the show to preview Trump's morally-murky dinner with investors in his crypto meme coin.
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Over two dozen disability rights activists were arrested on Capitol Hill last week when they protested the Trump-backed Republican budget bill and its cuts to Medicaid, affordable housing and more. "We're putting our bodies on the line [because] our bodies are on the line," says Julie Farrar, an activist with ADAPT, which organized the protest. "It is blood on the hands of the GOP and the president and the administration, that they want this big, beautiful bill for billionaires that will kill poor people [and] disabled people."
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