House Republicans are discussing a significant increase to the $10,000 cap on the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes in a bid to keep blue state GOP lawmakers on board with a broader tax and spending bill.

The Senate GOP on Wednesday narrowly defeated a bipartisan effort to nullify the national emergency that President Trump used to justify his across-the-board tariffs, helped in part by senators' absences from the vote.

President Trump has quietly shifted more responsibility for driving economic growth and creating jobs to the private sector, a marked change from the Biden years, when significant job gains were tethered to government spending.

House Republicans on Wednesday advanced legislation to back a series of President Trump’s immigration priorities, raising fees on those seeking refuge in the United States while boosting resources to detain and deport a record number of migrants.  The measure advanced by the House Judiciary Committee includes funding to support the removal of 1 million migrants...