Republican Infighting Stalls Trump's ‘Big, Beautiful’ Tax Bill  —  Disagreements on spending cuts, the process and the debt limit combine to slow House-Senate agreement  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump's tax-cut plans are grinding through Congress in slow motion.  The tax cuts themselves aren't really the reason why.

House GOP seeks spending cuts, defense increases in plan to avert shutdown  —  House Republicans on Saturday unveiled a six-month stopgap government funding plan, that seeks cuts to nondefense programs while boosting funding for defense.  —  The bill's rollout kicks off a crucial stretch …

A Europe in Emotional Shock Grapples With a New Era  —  It remains to be seen how far President Trump's embrace of Russia and abandonment of traditional allies will go.  But “the West” may be gone.  —  For decades a core objective of the Soviet Union was to “decouple” the United States from Europe.

How A Tiny Federal Agency's Lawsuit Could Provide The Smoking Gun Against DOGE  —  The U.S. African Development Foundation's standoff with DOGE contradicts the Trump administration's defenses of Elon Musk's operation.  —  The president of the U.S. African Development Foundation …