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White House pauses federal grants and loans

US President Donald Trump has paused grants, loans and other federal assistance, according to a leaked government memo verified by the BBC's US partner, CBS News.

In the memo, the acting head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) calls on government agencies to ensure spending is consistent with Trump's priorities - and nods to a number of executive orders that the returning president has made.

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What could Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ look like?

President-elect Trump said that Republicans are working to craft a “powerful” piece of legislation to advance his agenda.

Republicans had already begun preparing to use a special procedure known as budget reconciliation to bypass Democratic opposition in the Senate to extend expiring provisions in Trump’s signature 2017 tax law. But calls have grown in the party in recent months to use the maneuver to enact other parts of Trump’s agenda, including border security.....MORE

A GOP lawmaker introduces a Capitol bathroom rule before her trans colleague arrives

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is defending a measure she recently introduced that would ban transgender women from women's bathrooms in the U.S. Capitol.

It is unclear if the effort will get a vote or if rules in the Capitol will be changed,+ but the move comes just two weeks after Democrat Sarah McBride became the first openly transgender person elected to Congress.

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House GOP revives bill to let Trump eliminate nonprofits

House Republicans have revived and are looking to push through legislation this week that would hand President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration sweeping power to investigate and shut down nonprofit organizations, including news outlets and humanitarian groups.....MORE

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Speaker Mike Johnson says he will 'strongly request' that Ethics Committee withhold its Matt Gaetz report

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Friday that he would "strongly request" that the House Ethics Committee not release a report detailing its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.....MORE

Trump is already testing Congress and daring Republicans to oppose him

After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans call a “mandate” to govern, an uneasy political question is emerging: Will there be any room for dissent in the U.S. Congress?....MORE

House GOP unveils opening move in bid to prevent a shutdown

The House this week will look to take up a GOP-crafted continuing resolution to fund the government beyond Sept. 30 — the conference’s opening move in Congress’s quest to avoid an end-of-the-month shutdown.....MORE

Judge strikes down Florida Congressional map, orders Legislative redraw

A Leon County judge has ruled in the favor of plaintiffs in a redistricting case, which means that pending appeal, the Legislature may be tasked with drawing a non-deficient congressional map.....MORE

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