NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Penn., about the budget and tax reconciliation process in the House and how Democrats might capitalize on it.

President Trump will give a speech in Iowa Thursday night as the official start to a year of events marking the country's 250th anniversary. It comes at a crucial time for his domestic policy agenda.

Chuck Watts worked for the city for six years, and previously served as general counsel for the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is a key ally of President Trump's, helping get his domestic policy bill passed by the Senate. It is a dramatic reversal from their days as virtual political enemies.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with New York Rep. Mike Lawler, a republican, about the Senate's tax and spending bill – and whether he thinks the House has enough votes to send it to the president's desk.

With a $16 million payment to settle President Trump's lawsuit over 60 Minutes' interview with Kamala Harris, CBS becomes the latest media outlet to bow to his power.

North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis' announcement over the weekend that he won't seek reelection is heating up the campaign on both sides of the aisle.

The GOP tax cut and spending bill passed by the Senate this week is expected to add trillions of dollars to the federal debt over the next decade. The savings would mostly go to top earners.

The announcement came after President Trump in April proposed a steep 46% tariff on Vietnamese imports; he later paused those tariffs while talks continued.

Congress is racing to pass the bill by July 4.