THE PULSE OF THE PLANET
House Republicans unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Trump’s ” big, beautiful bill ” late Sunday, at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks. Source link
Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence are considering changes to the processes for information sharing between national security agencies and cyber firms. Source link
The House Ways and Means Committee unveiled a portion of its sweeping tax legislation set to be the centerpiece of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” teeing up the final sprint to ram the president’s agenda through the House. Source link
Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker of the House of Commons, has kept almost 300 gifts over the last four years including dozens of bottles of alcohol, hampers, ties, cufflinks and chocolates, his declarations show. The speaker received a large volume of presents from foreign dignitaries such as ambassadors, MPs and sometimes companies and chose to keep…
Exasperated by the turmoil that has dogged Pete Hegseth’s office in recent weeks, the White House will block the US defense secretary’s choice of chief of staff and select a candidate of its own, according to two people familiar with the matter. Hegseth had suggested giving the chief of staff position to Marine Col Ricky…
The House passed legislation that would make the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America official, despite grumblings from Democrats that lawmakers should be doing more serious work. Source link
