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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R- Iowa, takes his seat as the panel meets to consider prescription drug pricing and other measures, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress has the power to halt Trump’s tariffs. But Republicans aren’t ready to use it

Republicans in Congress are watching with unease as stock markets tumble in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
 
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, talks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate up late voting on GOP tax breaks and spending cuts plan that’s central to Trump agenda

 
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas, June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton gears up for potential Senate run after bribery probe dismissed

 
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, talks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans moving ahead with Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid tariff uproar

 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is joined by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., right, as they speak to reporters about President Donald Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" of tariffs on foreign countries, at the Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Measuring the cost of extending Trump’s tax cuts becomes a flashpoint in Congress

 

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Sen. Mitch McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, talks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump gives GOP senators his support as they charge ahead on tax package and spending cuts

 
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The Latest: Sen. Cory Booker breaks record for longest Senate speech at over 24 hours

 
Sunlight shines through the flags of Canada and the United States, held together by a protester outside on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Feb. 1, 2025.(Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

A Senate vote to reverse Trump’s tariffs on Canada tests Republican support

 
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, March 28, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president

 
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., listen at the annual St. Patrick's Day luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans eye actions against the courts and judges as Trump rails against rulings

 
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One en route to New Jersey, Friday, Mar. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Trump overhauls US elections in new executive order, including proof of citizenship

 
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth does a television interview outside the White House, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump officials texted attack plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist

 
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Senate passes 6-month funding bill, sending measure to Trump’s desk

 
A homeless woman smokes fentanyl in a park June 28, 2024, in downtown Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Senate passes bill that would increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers

 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., looks at his watch before a television interview as the Senate works to avert a partial government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Senate approves funding bill hours before shutdown deadline, sending to Trump for signature

 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, walks with Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., as Senate Democrats gather behind closed doors to mount a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that already passed the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer to advance GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears

 
Elon Musk leaves after meeting with Senate Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Elon Musk comes to Capitol Hill to meet with Republicans who discuss turning DOGE cuts into law

 
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

Transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress

 
The Capitol, Monday, March 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Bill to ban trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams fails to advance in Senate

 
President Donald Trump gestures at the end of his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump’s speech to Congress comes as he wields vast power almost daring lawmakers, courts to stop him

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

What’s next for Trump agenda after House GOP approves tax breaks and slashed spending in budget

 
Jamieson Greer, President Donald Trump's nominee to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, appears before the Senate Committee on Finance for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

Senate confirms Jamieson Greer to be Trump’s top trade negotiator as battles loom

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, of La., with House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain, from left, Rep. Tim Moore, R-N.C. and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, of La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Scenes at US Capitol on war’s anniversary reflect partisan divide on Ukraine

 
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in the Capitol, Nov. 6, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Sen. Mitch McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker

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

Republicans are pursuing separate paths to get Trump’s priorities through Congress

 
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

 
President Donald Trump speaks at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute summit in Miami Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trump warns Zelenskyy to quickly negotiate war’s end with Russia or risk not having a nation to lead

 
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

 
President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump keeps talking about running for a third term. The US Constitution says that can’t happen

 
This combination photo shows Tulsi Gabbard, nominee for Director of National Intelligence, left, pictured Jan. 30, 2025, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, pictured Jan. 29, 2025, at their confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo)

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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 unveils $340B budget plan with Trump’s deportation and defense funds, as House stalls

 
Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, attends a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead powerful White House budget office

 
President Donald Trump talks to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left and and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, after he spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump meets with congressional Republicans as GOP lawmakers argue over tax and spending cuts

 
Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate confirms Pam Bondi as US attorney general, putting Trump ally at Justice Department’s helm

 
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate confirms Noem as Trump’s homeland security secretary

 
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