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The progressive champion is injecting himself into a high-wattage fight over a proposed tax on billionaires. LOS ANGELES — Blasting billionaires as “oligarchs” whose “greed and arrogance and moral turpitude” threaten American society, Bernie Sanders rallied support here Wednesday night for a proposed wealth tax roiling politics in California. “Do you know what the most …
President Donald Trump has said he “might” veto a bill that passed through the House on Thursday that would extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, the president was asked if he would veto the bill if it passed …
Congressional Bill H.R. 131 Vetoed The White House December 30, 2025 I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 131, the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act. The Arkansas Valley Conduit (AVC) is a water pipeline currently being built to provide municipal and industrial water to communities in southeastern Colorado. It was originally authorized as …
The Trump administration is threatening to veto a bipartisan Senate bill to give Congress the ability to review new tariffs, protecting President Donald Trump’s claim of unfettered power in the early stages of a trade war that is sinking financial markets. Trump’s veto threat comes as a handful of Senate Republicans have signed onto a …