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New York Times
4 hours ago
- Business
- New York Times
Why a Bill Nobody Loves Feels Inevitable
The path for the One Big Beautiful Bill, as President Trump calls his signature domestic legislation, has not been linear. The bill, which would extend the 2017 tax cuts and cut into the social safety net to pay for it, barely passed the House. It was heavily rewritten in the Senate. In recent days, various provisions have been rejected by a key Senate official whose job is to make sure that lawmakers color inside the lines of such budget bills, leaving senators scrambling to add back in what they can. Then there's the fact that, as my colleagues Carl Hulse and Catie Edmondson wrote today, nobody really loves the bill. But this is Trump's Washington. And trifling matters like not knowing quite what's going to be in the bill — and not particularly liking it — will probably not stop Senate Republicans from voting for it, potentially as soon as this weekend. I asked Catie, who has covered every twist and turn of this bill's winding path, to explain how it became a policy grab bag, why it makes so many Republicans uncomfortable — and why none of that probably matters when it comes to its chances of becoming law. As we speak, Republicans are scrambling to save various provisions that the Senate parliamentarian believes run afoul of the rules governing budget bills. You've covered Congress since the first Trump administration, and you have seen a lot of sausage-making in that time. Is it always, uh, like this? Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
New York Times
16 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Times
The G.O.P. Scramble Over Trump's Policy Bill, and Tracking Major Supreme Court Rulings
Hosted by Will Jarvis Produced by Will Jarvis and Ian Stewart Edited by Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger Featuring Catie Edmondson Top Senate Official Rules Against Several Key Provisions in G.O.P. Policy Bill, by Catie Edmondson and Margot Sanger-Katz With Flu Shot Vote, Kennedy's Vaccine Skepticism Comes Full Circle, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign, by Michael S. Schmidt and Michael C. Bender U.S. Approves $30 Million for Contentious New Gaza Aid Group, by Ephrat Livni The Lethal Risk of Seeking Food in Gaza, by Rawan Sheikh Ahmad and Adam Rasgon Supreme Court Rules Planned Parenthood Cannot Sue Over S. Carolina Defunding Effort, by Adam Liptak The Major Supreme Court Decisions in 2025, by Adam Liptak, Abbie VanSickle and Alicia Parlapiano Honey, We Shrunk the Cod, by Emily Anthes Tune in, and tell us what you think at theheadlines@ For corrections, email nytnews@ For more audio journalism and storytelling, download the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and sign up for our weekly newsletter.
New York Times
05-06-2025
- Business
- New York Times
The Big Ugly Battle Over the Big Beautiful Bill
Hosted by Michael Barbaro Featuring Catie Edmondson Produced by Rob Szypko and Eric Krupke Edited by Rachel Quester and Liz O. Baylen Original music by Pat McCuskerMarion LozanoDan Powell and Rowan Niemisto Engineered by Alyssa Moxley President Trump has called the sweeping domestic policy bill that recently passed in the House the most important piece of legislation in his second term — a single bill that would unlock his entire domestic agenda. But as that bill heads to the Senate, it's raising questions among Republicans about whom Trumpism is really for. Today, the New York Times congressional correspondent Catie Edmondson joins 'The Daily' to talk about the big messy battle over what Republicans have named the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Catie Edmondson, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times. President Trump is pressuring Republicans to back his policy bill, but the measure's opponents have a powerful new ally: Elon Musk. Mr. Trump's policy bill would add $2.4 trillion to the national debt, the Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday. That estimate was all but certain to inflame concerns over the fiscal consequences of the legislation. There are a lot of ways to listen to 'The Daily.' Here's how. We aim to make transcripts available the next workday after an episode's publication. You can find them at the top of the page. The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Alexandra Leigh Young, Lisa Chow, Eric Krupke, Marc Georges, M.J. Davis Lin, Dan Powell, Sydney Harper, Michael Benoist, Liz O. Baylen, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Rachelle Bonja, Diana Nguyen, Marion Lozano, Rob Szypko, Elisheba Ittoop, Mooj Zadie, Patricia Willens, Rowan Niemisto, Jody Becker, Rikki Novetsky, Nina Feldman, Carlos Prieto, Ben Calhoun, Susan Lee, Lexie Diao, Mary Wilson, Alex Stern, Sophia Lanman, Shannon M. Lin, Diane Wong, Devon Taylor, Alyssa Moxley, Olivia Natt, Daniel Ramirez, Brendan Klinkenberg, Chris Haxel, Maria Byrne, Anna Foley and Caitlin O'Keefe. Our theme music is by Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk of Wonderly. Special thanks to Sam Dolnick, Paula Szuchman, Lisa Tobin, Larissa Anderson, Julia Simon, Mahima Chablani, Elizabeth Davis-Moorer, Jeffrey Miranda, Maddy Masiello, Isabella Anderson, Nina Lassam, Nick Pitman and Kathleen O'Brien.
New York Times
17-03-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
The Weekend Democrats Went to War, Against Each Other
Warning: This episode contains strong language. Over the past few days, a routine debate over government funding has exploded into an angry showdown over the Democrats' identity in the Trump era, and whether their current leadership is right for the moment. Catie Edmondson, who covers Congress, and Shane Goldmacher, who covers national politics, discuss a weekend that rocked the Democratic Party.
