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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework, at the Capitol in Washington, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump’s ‘beautiful’ bill spans 1,116 pages. Here’s what’s inside it

Republicans continue to make progress on President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security, though considerable divisions remain as Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to bridge the differences in his conference.
 
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

EPA chief Zeldin faces bipartisan anger in Senate over funding freeze, grant cancellations

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Divisions emerge among House Republicans over how much to cut taxes and Medicaid in Trump’s bill

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework, at the Capitol in Washington, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

What’s in Trump’s big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more

 
The Capitol is seen in Washington, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Republicans look to help Trump strip tax-exempt status of nonprofits he says support terrorism

 

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after meeting with Vice President JD Vance and fellow Republicans to discuss President Donald Trump's agenda at a luncheon, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate GOP budget bill back on track hours after Trump threw it into turmoil

 
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, listens while Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks following the Senate Republican policy luncheon at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Senate GOP pushes ahead with budget bill that funds Trump’s mass deportations and border wall

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives to talk to reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans to find agreement on a spending bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans consider cuts and work requirements for Medicaid, jeopardizing care for millions

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives to talk to reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans to find agreement on a spending bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. The current stopgap measure lasts through March 14. After that, without congressional action, there would be a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans unveil blueprint to extend $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and lift the debt ceiling

 
President Joe Biden talks with Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, left, and Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., as he arrives at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., Friday, June 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Connecticut Rep. John Larson says a complex partial seizure caused him to stop speech on House floor

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, departs a news conference joined from left by Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, R-Ariz., and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., after discussing work on a spending bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans vow action to boost border funds after briefing with Trump officials

 
The U.S. Capitol is seen, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Spending bill talks bog down after Trump’s efforts to slash government

 
The smartphone apps DeepSeek page is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

House lawmakers push to ban AI app DeepSeek from US government devices

 
The U.S. Capitol is seen, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Callers swamp Senate offices in Trump’s first weeks, leading to busy signals and full voicemail

 
U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., arrives at the federal courthouse in Los Angeles, March 16, 2022. Federal prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to dismiss their case against Fortenberry, a former Nebraska congressman who resigned in 2022 and who was charged with lying to authorities about a foreign billionaire’s illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign. A one-page court filing doesn't explain why the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C., is seeking the dismissal of charges. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Prosecutors seek dismissal of campaign finance case against ex-Nebraska congressman Fortenberry

 
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., responds to questions during his weekly press conference at the Capitol, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Democrats are splintered on immigration and how to respond to Trump

 
President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act during an event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

What is the Laken Riley Act? A look at the first bill Trump just signed

 
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., center, joined from left by Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes immigrant detention bill that would be Trump’s first law to sign

 
From left, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., talk to reporters about the Laken Riley Act, a bill to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of certain crimes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was killed last year by a Venezuelan man who entered the U.S. illegally and was allowed to stay to pursue his immigration case. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes immigrant detention bill that could be the first measure Trump signs into law

 
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of the Treasury, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

CBO projects US debt to grow $23.9 trillion in 10 years, not including costs of extending tax cuts

 
Senate Majority Leader John Thune of S.D., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Senate advances a migrant detention bill that could be Trump’s first law to sign

 
Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, May 17, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Speaker Johnson appoints new Intelligence chairman after surprise shakeup

 
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to update reporters on efforts to fund the government before the midnight Friday deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. Congressional leaders are nearing the unveiling of an agreement that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats join Republicans in voting to advance bill to detain migrants accused of crimes

 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., leads a Senate procession through the Rotunda to the House Chamber for a joint session of congress to confirm the Electoral College votes, at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, in Washington. Walking behind her is Sen. Chuck Grassley R-Iowa. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

On Jan. 6, lawmakers remember the carnage of 2021 in sharply different ways

 
Vice President Kamala Harris shakes hands with House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., after a joint session of Congress confirmed the Electoral College votes, affirming President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Congress certifies Trump’s 2024 win, without the Jan. 6 mob violence of four years ago

 
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Lawmakers brace for Trump’s promised Jan. 6 pardons. Some are urging restraint

 
Vice President Mike Pence returns to the House chamber after midnight, Jan. 7, 2021, to finish the work of the Electoral College after a mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in Washington and disrupted the process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

No Jan. 6 disruptions are expected as Trump’s win boosts Republicans’ faith in elections -- for now

 
The mahogany boxes that will hold the electoral votes are on display on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Yuri Gripas)

How Congress will certify Trump’s Electoral College victory on Jan. 6

 
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., takes the oath of office after being re-elected as the House of Representatives meets to elect a speaker and convene the new 119th Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House Speaker Mike Johnson held onto his job, but there are signs of trouble ahead

 
Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., arrives to speak to reporters following a closed-door strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New Majority Leader Thune kicks off Senate session with pledge to preserve filibuster

 
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., closes with the gavel after he and members of the House took the oath of office as the House of Representatives meets to elect a speaker and convene the new 119th Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic floor vote

 
Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., takes the oath to be the new House speaker from the Dean of the House Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Why Mike Johnson’s bid to remain House speaker could be a struggle despite Trump’s support

 
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., stands beside a portrait of her friend and mentor, Shirley Chisolm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

With a nod to her mentor Shirley Chisholm, Rep. Barbara Lee exits Congress as a renegade herself

 
U.S.-Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., left, and her incoming Deputy Chief of Staff & Communications Director, Michaela Kurinsky-Malos, move out of McBride's Delaware State Senate office at the Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover, Del., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on Sarah McBride, the first openly trans person elected to Congress

 
U.S.-Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., hugs Delaware State Democrat Senator Laura Sturgeon from District 4 on the Senate floor during a special session, McBride's last day as a Delaware state senator, at the Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover, Del., Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Transgender trailblazer Sarah McBride heads to her debut in Congress, hoping for a touch of grace

 
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